He standardized the written script, weights and measures, and currencies, and established the system of prefectures ... for 5,000 km in northern China. Qin Shi Huang had work on his enormous ...

Workers digging a well outside the city of Xi'an, China, in 1974 struck upon one ... of warring kingdoms and took the name of Qin Shi Huang Di—the First Emperor of Qin. During his rule, Qin ...

Though Qin sounded optimistic about U.S.-China relations during his relatively brief, 17-month stint as ambassador in Washington - his predecessor had held the post for eight years - his tenure ...