The Opium Wars, a 19th-century armed conflict between the Qing Dynasty and the British Empire, is narrated by a history professor who has a hypnotic effect on his students.

Born in Newport on January 6, 1842, Clarence King, commonly referred to as “Clare”, was a fifth-generation Newporter. His ...

Cynics suffer more depression, drink more heavily, earn less money and die younger; hope is what helps us endure ...

The meeting appeared to begin well enough. Face-to-face in a room at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in Rio de Janeiro, flanked by ...

Depth, Sreeparna Banerjee, Associate Research Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), delves into the escalating ...

Seventeen years later, Edo and Delfina remain united by a highly productive marriage, both artistically and personally. They have just successfully closed an exhibition entitled Opium Whispers at the ...

Here’s how it works. Figuring out how to watch the Star Wars movies in order can be a difficult task, thanks to just how many movies and TV shows make up the galaxy far, far away. With Skeleton ...

The Prime Minister is determined to start afresh with Xi Jinping – but the UK’s relationship with China has always been ...

A fascinating article in The New York Timesthis week by Kurt Gray, professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University ...

Based in Guangzhou, at an excellent normal school for training English teachers, it provided invaluable insights into China.

President Joe Biden said that US will continue to deliver weapons to Ukraine, to strengthen its position against Russia.

A storm in the Kerch Strait damaged barriers protecting the illegal Crimean Bridge from Ukrainian maritime drones, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported on Dec. 26, citing satellite images. The ...