During the siege of Leningrad, a group of scientists working to end famine faced hunger and a terrible dilemma.

Operating under the official title of "The Palace Museum," the Forbidden City (also known as the Imperial Palace) has been a place of wonder and mystery for more than 500 years. This massive ...

Versailles and Forbidden City joint exhibition a sign of past exchanges and possible future strengthening of ties, experts ...

Exhibition offers new ways to discover the two cultures, says Laurent Salome, director of the National Museum of the Palaces ...

The perfect pizza pie in New Orleans was like a forbidden fruit for locals Beau and Nicole Baudier, so they decided to start ...

Unhappy visitors have long complained about pro photographers carrying around bulky equipment and marking off areas to stage ...

China has expanded its visa-free travel policy to 38 countries, including eight additional European nations, allowing ...

I'm not sure where you got Rodger Moore from but the audio tour you can rent from just outside the Forbidden City is excellent. It costs 40RMB plus 100 deposit and uses wireless technology to tell you ...

Let’s rewind to the late 1800s, when New York City was battling outbreaks of contagious diseases like smallpox and typhoid ...

Several Chinese cities maintain their cultural recollections in the form of historical neighborhoods that add to their ...

Our first visit to Beijing. Linda Xie was our guide for 2 days to the major Beijing tourist sites including The Great Wall, Avenue of the Animals, Tiananmen Sq, the Forbidden City and the Summer ...

At the time, Jordan Rosenblum argues in “Forbidden,” the “main topic was not the miracle of the oil but the tragedy of the pig.” The second and fourth Books of the Maccabees describe how ...