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 ...

A film studio's reconstruction of the Old Summer Palace has been criticized for trivializing history but the owner says it will promote patriotism.

Summer Palace Two star-kissed lovers meet, part and finally are reunited against a backdrop of 14 years of contempo Chinese history in "Summer Palace," an occasionally involving but way over ...

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 ...

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 ...

Beijing: The Old Summer Palace in Beijing allowed free entry to the public yesterday, the day that marks the 160th anniversary of the burning and massive looting of the palace, in a bid to ...

Beijing’s temperature soared past 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) again Thursday, as the Chinese capital grapples with what is shaping up to be one the most severe heat waves on record.

BEIJING, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- 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 ...

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

Hengdian Studios in Zhejiang province is building a 30 billion yuan ($6 billion) film set of the 3.5-square-kilometre palace grounds in Beijing before they were razed and left in ruins by foreign ...

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 ...