Beijing’s Old Summer Palace is marking the 157th ... Located in the northwestern part of China’s capital city, the exquisite palace, known in Chinese as Yuanmingyuan, was extolled as the ...

a move to force China to open its market. A special activity marks 160th anniversary In order to allow visitors to explore the Old Summer Palace more deeply, the park has launched the "Old Summer ...

Indeed, it can be argued that this event, and Britain’s overall complex relationship with China, has had more ... were taken” from the Summer Palace. The loot is housed across the United ...

It's been described as China's ground zero - a place that ... among the most famous items looted from the Summer Palace. The real Chinese loot investigators appear no less determined, even if ...

The process of research then began…” China’s Cultural Heritage department argues that all items looted from the Summer Palace should ... got lots of valuable loot in the way of watches ...

Beijing's Old Summer Palace ... troops torched the palace after looting it. The destruction of the royal park during the second opium war in 1860 is viewed as one of China's greatest humiliations.