How 270 years of uprisings, expansionism, and inheritance disputes helped turn China into the global power it is today.

Ironically, the imperial edict announcing the abdication of the last Qing emperor, Puyi, on December 25, 1911, was issued by Empress Dowager Longyu in the traditional fashion. No finer mockery of ...

To ease their transition into power, the first Qing emperor Shunzhi kept many Ming officials and systems in place. He pacified the people by burying the last Ming emperor with honours and gave ...

After China was unified at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, appeared the outstanding politician Emperor Kangxi. He made great contribution to Chinese history by his vigorous measures to make the ...

China’s last emperor, Puyi ascended to the Qing dynasty throne at age three, only to be stripped of his title three years later, after the Wuchang uprising that triggered the 1911 revolution.

She also liked mushrooms and fresh vegetables. Emperor Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, liked vegetarian food and Western food, and he did not drink wine.

In Beijing’s Forbidden City, once the sprawling palace to China’s Ming and Qing emperors and their legions ... especially that of the Qing, China’s last dynasty that was known for its ...