A museum in Norway will later this year return to China seven marble columns that were looted by foreign troops from the Old Summer Palace in Beijing, according to the museum and a mainland ...

Northeast of Beijing’s resplendent Summer Palace lie the ruins of another stately structure, burned to the ground by European forces during the Second Opium War. Once an elaborate network of ...

This week marks the 150th anniversary of the destruction of Beijing's Old Summer Palace, by French and British soldiers in the Second Opium War. Although it remains a minor event in history books ...

Artefacts shattered into hundreds of pieces by pillaging French and British soldiers 150 years ago are being painstakingly put back together by heritage restorers in Beijing.

Archaeologists restore cultural relics unearthed from the Old Summer Palace on December 24, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua] Beijing's Yuanmingyuan, or the Old Summer Palace, has launched the third phase of ...

Start an exciting journey through China's famous tourist attractions, from the Great Wall and the Terracotta Army to the ...

China’s largest Royal Park, the Summer Palace in Beijing, sprawls over 700 acres and is steeped in history. So to get some perspective, we had local experts and scholars weigh in on what to see ...

A joint exhibition focusing on the Old Summer Palace, or "Yuanmingyuan" in Chinese, and the Chengde Mountain Resort opened on Monday in Beijing. The exhibition, divided into four sections, shows ...

Photo taken with a mobile phone shows summer scenery in the Palace Museum in Beijing, capital of China, July 22, 2019. (Photo: Xinhua) ...

In 1860, Britain’s High Commissioner to China, Lord Elgin, ordered troops to destroy both the Summer Palace and Old Summer Palace to avenge the killing of several British envoys to Beijing.

Northeast of Beijing’s resplendent Summer Palace lie the ruins of another stately structure, burned to the ground by European forces during the Second Opium War. Once an elaborate network of ...

In 1860, Britain’s High Commissioner to China, Lord Elgin, ordered troops to destroy both the Summer Palace and Old Summer Palace to avenge the killing of several British envoys to Beijing.