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.

Qianlong has been billed as a lady killer, but when he headed to his favorite retreat he had very serious regal duties on his mind. When Emperor Qianlong arrived in Hangzhou for the first time in ...

Emperor's penchant for travel was tightly bound to his reputation for being highly educated. On all the evidence, Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) loved to be on the road: he ...

Reports initially suggested Dex, known from ‘Single’s Inferno’, would join Bae Suzy in the upcoming drama ‘Men of the Harem’ as one of the male concubines.

“I think she always had negative feelings toward me because her girlfriends and wives always liked me,” the “Drop Dead Diva” alum claimed of DeGeneres.

EMPEROR’S CONCUBINES’ TEMPLE It had been grey and wet, but warm, during our first few days in Hunan, but we woke up to a sunny morning on Mother’s Day.

While interhuman relationships go back to the early years of civilization, marriage has only become commonplace in the recent annals of history. Evidence suggests that marriage as an institution ...

The horse shaped the fate of empires, allowing mounted warriors to subdue enemy foot soldiers and overtake large swathes of territory.

Genetic analysis of 60 people buried in a Stone Age cemetery has revealed two clans headed by women that spanned 10 generations.

Ganlong guan yao yan jiu : zuo wei sheng wang de li xiang yi xiang / Yu Peijin = A study of Qianlong official wares and the ideal of a sagacious ruler / Yu Pei-chin ...