Midnight off the coast of China. Two cargo ships without lights steam into the South China Sea. Their destination: Taiwan.

A classroom buzzed with energy Tuesday afternoon as students stood face to face, hands poised mid-air before shouting in unison: “Jiǎndāo, shítou, bù!” ...

As it was in the time of the Silk Road, Chengdu, the massive capital of Sichuan Province, is a shopping mecca—these days ...

China welcomed its 60th entry to the World Heritage list—the Xixia Imperial Tombs, a sprawling 40-square-kilometer necropolis nestled at the foot of the Helan Mountains in Ningxia. Fourteen years of ...