The man who police believe killed two Idaho firefighters responding to a brush fire after starting the flames himself had wanted to pursue a career in the fire service, his grandfather told CNN.

A statue called “Otome no Hi” (Monument to the maidens) was erected in 1982 in Gifu Prefecture. But an explanation on who the ...

Bandits, Japanese invaders, and Communists all threatened her life. Her dedication never wavered. In 1923, 26-year-old Mamie Johnston (韩悦恩, Han Yue-en) was sent by the Presbyterian Church in ...

Spanning the full sweep of Chinese studies of six centuries, Modern China encourages scholarship that crosses over the old "premodern/modern" and "modern/contemporary" divides. In addition to research ...