China

This map claims that a Chinese Muslim beat Columbus to it. But is it real?

A new exhibition shows China’s history through photobooks

At a former television factory in China’s capital, you’ll find wine that deserves an Emmy

John Shakespeare lived in Peking in 1936. Now in his 80s, he has just gone back there for the first time

In Chairman Mao’s China, it wasn’t just supplies that were rationed

They have long been silenced or sidelined. But now a booming economy has transformed their lives

Xu Bing’s ambitions could have been dashed by Maoism, but his skill saved him

Liao Yiwu was brutally imprisoned for his poem about Tiananmen Square. Simon Willis reads his memoir

Keep your chopsticks about you. Where to eat, sleep and toboggan down the Great Wall