What did poetry mean to the ancient Chinese? Confucius (551-479 BC) offered an answer. "Poetry can inspire the mind, offer ...

Patel, a former national security official under Trump and the first Indian-American to lead the FBI, framed the fentanyl epidemic not as a policing issue, but as a global, coordinated attack on ...

In southwest China, the ancient teahouses of the Sichuan provincial capital are being reimagined as hipster hangouts where ...

Tian Win Nang squats on the hard-packed earth, balancing a kilogramme (2.2 pounds) of chocolate-coloured raw opium in each ...

Religious monuments in China have provided a refuge for ancient trees for thousands of years, including dozens of endangered ...

Buddhist temples in China are home to trees from dozens of endangered species, a new study shows. Some of them are almost ...