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Less than two decades after the First Opium War, Britain launched another brutal campaign against Qing China this time with even higher stakes. This video explores the political motives, economic ...

In ancient China, emperors considered themselves the sons of the heavens. A disaster was, therefore, seen as a sign the emperor had lost favour with the heavens. The monarchs would go to the Temple of ...

An ancient city was most likely ruled by females living in a "matriarchal society" more than 9,000 years ago, according to a study published in Science this week.

Washington and Beijing have signed a trade agreement that will make it easier for American firms to obtain magnets and rare earth minerals from China that are critical to manufacturing and microchip ...

The Trump administration reached an agreement with China this week focused on rare earth exports to the U.S., building on previous talks between the two nations that eased tariffs on imports from B… ...

BEIJING—China on Friday pledged to approve export applications for rare earths to the U.S., potentially easing a major irritant in the countries’ trade negotiations that has also become a ...

U.S. stock futures were powering higher on Friday as China confirmed details of a trade deal that will allow rare earth exports to the U.S., in a move that’s easing tensions between the two ...

China signaled it would approve the export of rare earth minerals in a statement Friday hours after White House officials said that the US and China had signed a trade agreement to work out ...

The deal involves loosening exports of rare earths to the United States and the lifting of some restrictions on U.S. goods to China, China’s Ministry of Commerce said.

Artificial intelligence is helping to solve an ancient mystery from the Roman Empire involving scrolls from a library that was buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted. The eruption of Vesuvius in A.D ...