China TV drama The Story of Yanxi Palace is just the latest example of Emperor Qianlong’s approach to art being called into question. He couldn’t resist writing in the margins of paintings.

A vase kept in a kitchen in England could sell for £150,000 ($186,000) after it was revealed to be a rare 18th century Chinese artifact which was created for the Qianlong Emperor.

The Chinese TV show about the Qianlong emperor’s harem of concubines has viewers across Asia hooked; we look at four key players and their deadly game of one-upmanship.

Emperor Qianlong was unlike most emperors in Chinese history, and in p art icular his father Emperor Yong Zheng, who had to wait for 44 years before ascending to the throne, with bitter political ...

The blue-glazed, silver and gilt vase was created for the court of the Qianlong Emperor An "extremely rare" 18th Century Chinese vase bought in the 1980s for a few hundred pounds and kept in a ...

Japanese Emperor Akihito, center, waves to well-wishers celebrating his 83rd birthday with Empress Michiko and Crown Prince Naruhito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in 2016.

From what is today Beijing, the Qianlong emperor commanded the largest, richest empire on earth, so he “spared no expense” while constructing a private complex of 27 buildings, pavilions, and ...

Amid waging war and juggling the intrigues of court, Chinese emperor Qianlong was an avid art collector.