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One of the most powerful and influential women in Chinese history, Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908) controlled Qing-dynasty China for nearly half a century, first as regent for her young son, then as the power behind another child emperor.
Not bad for someone who began her royal life as a low-ranking concubine.
Inside an unassuming room of the Huntington Library in Los Angeles, California, author Lisa See unfolds a stack of court records. At first glance, they…
When the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada, launched its Cantonese language programme in 2015, it was geared towards heritage speakers – second-…
At Vancouver’s Cofu Chinatown restaurant, Japanese chef Akiko Gulkison and her sous chef prepare delectable dishes: miso-glazed aubergine with snow fungus wrapped with nori and…
Welcome to China’s latest, greatest wilderness: Guangdong. Yes, you read that right: the country’s most populous province, with roughly 128 million citizens, is a wildlife…
Playing Tetris could help reduce distressing memories of trauma, a study has found.Show More Health workers who played the classic computer game as part of…