Flowering dogwood trees are hallmarks of Southern landscaping. One of our favorites is the Empress of China dogwood. It is an ...

That was Empress Dowager Cixi’s life story; the woman who ruled China in the 19th century and arguably the most important Chinese woman in history. Born in 1835, Cixi was brought in as a ...

Wu Zetian was the first, but it took 1,200 years for ... edicts "from behind the curtains" that she and Dowager Empress Cian would rule China jointly until her son, Tongzhi, was of age.

Six elderly imperial family members, including Naruhito’s parents, Emperor Emeritus Akihito, 87, and Empress Emerita Michiko 86, received their first vaccinations on June 1.