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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

The Old Summer Palace, or the Yuanmingyuan Ruins Park, in Beijing opened free of charge on Sunday to commemorate the 160th anniversary of the massive looting and destruction of the palace carried ...

A horse head sculpture looted from China's Old Summer Palace 160 years ago has become the first of its kind to be restored to its original home. It is one of 12 famous bronze animal head ...

The site in Beijing is an outstanding expression of the creative art of Chinese landscape garden design, incorporating the works of man and nature in a harmonious manner. The Summer Palace was ...

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 ...

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 ...