Qin Shi Huang had work on his enormous mausoleum started early in his reign. The terracotta warriors of the “underground army” guarding the mausoleum, unearthed in 1974, amazed the world.

He was called Qin Shi Huang or "First Emperor of Qin." He standardized the written script, weights and measures, and currency, and established the system of prefectures and counties. The ...

For now, Qin Shi Huang’s tomb remains sealed, an ancient mystery protected by time, superstition, and toxic defenses—its secrets undisturbed for over two millennia. 'Space's darkest predator!': ...

Archaeologists are terrified to open the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, China's first emperor who has been buried for 2,200 years.

Qin Shi Huang, who created the world-famous terracotta army, ordered a nationwide hunt for the mythical potion. The quest is mentioned in 2000-year-old texts written on thousands of wooden slats ...

By 221 B.C. he had unified a collection of warring kingdoms and took the name of Qin Shi Huang Di—the First Emperor of Qin. During his rule, Qin standardized coins, weights, and measures ...

The 19m (62ft) bronze cast of Qin Shi Huang was blown from its stone pedestal in Shandong province during high winds on Friday. It landed face-first, crushing the head of the terracotta-warrior ...

The first emperor to unify China under a single dynasty, Qin Shi Huang Di packed a lot into his earthly reign, from 221 to 210 B.C.Aside from building the first lengths of the Great Wall ...

Last week, the Jamestown Foundation published the second installment of a two-part investigation by researcher Sze-Fung Lee into “PRC Consulate Gray Zone ‘Pop-up’ Events in New York and ...

For the past year, there has been one China story I haven’t been able to get out of my head: the sudden disappearance of China’s foreign minister, Qin Gang, in the summer of 2023. Qin was a ...

Huang Yuxing is a Chinese painter known for his fluorescent paintings that fluctuate between figurative scenes, landscapes, and abstraction. Born in Beijing in 1975, Yuxing graduated from the ...