The Forbidden City’s role as the imperial residence ended in 1924 when the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Puyi, was overthrown. Although he had abdicated the throne in 1912, he and his family were ...

Lianhe Fanghu, a bronze jar with lotus and crane decorations, on show in the exhibition ‘A Century of Stewardship: From the Forbidden City to the Palace Museum’ (JIANG DONG / CHINA DAILY) Meridian ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing's Forbidden City may close down its Starbucks in the face of growing protests that the presence of a U.S. coffee shop in the former imperial palace is an insult to Chinese ...

The moment I stepped into the Forbidden City, the noise of the modern world seemed to fade away. Just moments earlier, Beijing's familiar chaos -- the honking cars, the rush of people, the hum of a ...

Within the walls of the Forbidden City, the Neijinshui (Inner Golden Water) River winds its way, bearing witness to the palace's transformation from a centuries-old royal residence to a modern museum, ...

(CNN) — The Forbidden City was once one of the most powerful places on the planet. In 1420, while Europe was in the midst of the Hundred Years’ War and yet to discover America, China’s Ming Dynasty ...

A scale model of the Forbidden City, viewed facing south. ImageCourtesy of Flickr user Can Pac Swire (licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0) The new name was only the beginning of Zhu Di’s grand vision for ...

Courtesy of the Palace Museum. Editor's Note: One hundred years ago today, on October 10, 1925, beneath the Gate of Di ...