Two Japanese tourists were detained for two weeks in China after taking "inappropriate" photos at the Great Wall of China. The incident involved a man exposing his buttocks while a woman took pictures ...

Insider Tip: The Great Wall was designed for protection, but don’t forget the forts that were another part of China’s defenses ... by Michael Yamashita’s photos. Voices of the Pipa by ...

Just north of Beijing, you'll find one of the most famous monuments in the world: the Great Wall of China. Although it's unlikely you'll see the whole thing, you should aim to experience a portion ...

For more than four decades, Liu Zonglin has sought to protect a section of the Great Wall of China near his home in Chengde, North China’s Hebei province. The 72-year-old farmer has lived in ...

The Great Wall of China may be even older than we once thought. Newly discovered ruins in Shandong province – home to some of its oldest sections – suggest that parts of the grand structure ...

The oldest known part of the Great Wall of China was recently excavated, dating 300 years earlier than the previous record-holding section. This new find is part of the larger oldest part of the ...

The 8.5-mile-long wall that surrounds Xi’an, touted as one of the best-preserved walled fortifications in China, could be the ... as part of the country’s Great Leap Forward narrative.

Archaeologists in China have discovered a 2,800-year-old fortified wall that predates the country's first emperor. The wall, which runs through a narrow mountain pass in the eastern province of ...