Nearly seven decades since the 1959 uprising in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, the Chinese government still treats March 10 ...

Tom Vernon wrecked at least two trains to rob passengers, used a number of aliases during his lifetime and spun tall tales so ...

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This episode follows China’s long 19th century collapse, from foreign carve-ups and the Boxer crisis to Cixi’s disastrous rule and the fragile child emperor Pu Yi. It then shows how railroads, debt, ...

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The viral meme isn’t really about China or actual Chinese people. It's a symbol of what Americans believe their own country has lost. It’s hard to quantify a zeitgeist, but here at WIRED, chronically ...

It seems unlikely that China could so accurately copy a German armored vehicle from schematics alone. Could it have obtained a live one from the battlefield in Ukraine? China has become a high-tech ...

Subaru and Porsche aren’t the only ones with boxer engines these days. Even Chinese automaker BYD has built one for its ultra-lux flagship sedan. It’s a bit of a surprise, given that BYD already has ...

This video traces China’s tumultuous transformation from the Boxer Uprising of 1900 through the fall of the Qing dynasty and the revolutionary movements that reshaped the world’s most populous nation.