"The Great Wall impresses everyone who sees it for the first time, from children to adults, from the general tourists to scholars,” says Henry Ng, the manager of the World Monuments Fund’s ...

Photographer Cheng Dalin has been documenting the wall for 30 years and is a leading authority on the structure. Smoke signals from towers like those at Jinshanling, says Cheng, conveyed threats ...

The 8.5-mile-long wall that surrounds Xi’an, touted as one of the best-preserved walled fortifications in China, could be the next UNESCO World Heritage site. Millions of people converge on Xi ...

In c. 220 B.C., under Qin Shi Huang, sections of earlier fortifications were joined together to form a united defence system against invasions from the north. Construction continued up to the Ming ...

China’s Great Wall wasn’t built all at once—it was constructed and connected over many centuries. Now, new research suggests the earliest known section of the landmark may be roughly 300 ...

Archaeologists in China have discovered a 2,800-year-old fortified wall that predates the country's first emperor. The wall, which runs through a narrow mountain pass in the eastern province of ...

China has filed a lawsuit with the World Trade Organization against the U.S.’s additional 10% tariff on Chinese goods, ...

BEIJING — Chinese people love pork. They ate about 57 million metric tons of pork last year — just over half of the global total — and the pork section at Xinfadi, Beijing’s largest ...

China is a treasure trove of bucket-list worthy destinations, from heritage sites to dramatic natural landscapes and man-made wonders like the world-famous Great Wall. One of the best ways to ...

According to legend, the Great Wall was built by the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shi Huang (Reigned 221-210 BC), though historical records trace the true origin of the wall to defensive ...

Just north of Beijing, you'll find one of the most famous monuments in the world: the Great Wall of China. Although it's unlikely you'll see the whole thing, you should aim to experience a portion ...

The Government of China requested the World Heritage Centre to undertake a mission to evaluate the state of conservation of five cultural World Heritage sites. The Great Wall, which is over 50,000 km.