Visitors take a camel trek into the desert of the Hexi Corridor in Gansu province, a region famed for its wealth of historical sites and a variety of natural landscapes. CHINA DAILY Editor's note: ...
A pair of wooden lions carved in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) during Dunhuang's decline. ERIK NILSSON/CHINA DAILY The Dunhuang Museum is a newfound fount of history in Gansu province's desert — an ...
China was an unmatched power in the Song and Ming dynasties, with greater concentrated authority. But it consolidated, rather than colonised.