Chinese Characters is a new series of essays ... she killed her own newborn child – and then framed the Empress for the murder. Wu Zetian (624-705) of the Tang dynasty Wu Zetian started at ...

The most remarkable conquest is China. China’s only woman empress was called Wu Zetian. Wu brings in monks and scholars from Nalanda—some of them Chinese, some of them Indian. You have an ...

T he one genre that dominated the cinematic landscape in the 2000s was sci-fi. Blockbuster hits like The Matrix, Star Wars ...

Shivam Verma Updated : Apr 07, 2025, 10:25 AM IST While European queens like Elizabeth I and Catherine the Great are widely remembered, one powerful queen from China often goes unnoticed — Empress Wu ...

A lively alfresco attic bar in the heart of Boat Quay, Lady Wu is named after Empress Wu Zetian, who ruled China during the Tang Dynasty. The focus here is on contemporary craft cocktails, with ...

After setting a new national record during a women's 60m hurdles semifinal at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, and topping the Asian women's rankings last month, Chinese sprinting ...

If sky-high U.S. tariffs hurt China’s exports, domestic spending will help make up for it, Beijing says. But shoppers were skittish even before the trade war. By Vivian Wang Reporting from ...

China on Tuesday slammed US Vice President JD Vance for his comments about “Chinese peasants” in an interview that has drawn widespread ire and ridicule on China’s internet – and ...

In recent days, the capture of two Chinese soldiers fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine has highlighted the role of foreign fighters in that conflict. In a post to his X account ...