Eastday-Qing dynasty wall topples

A QING dynasty wall collapsed early yesterday in Huangpu District, crushing a van parked alongside. No one was injured in the incident at daybreak on Huangpu's Wuyuan street, near Henan Road.

Eastday-Emperors, empresses put on a show at airport

Young volunteers dress up in Qing Dynasty (1644-19111) (Xinhua) imperial costumes as they staged a parade at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport's Terminal 2 yesterday to celebrate Chinese New Year.

Medicine king of Jiangnan

Rising from rags to riches, Hangzhou merchant Hu Xueyan built a pharmaceutical business that continues to flourish today.

‘Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom,’ by Stephen R. Platt

In his new book, Stephen R. Platt recounts the 19th-century Taiping conflict in China, perhaps the bloodiest civil war of all time.

Beijing ceremony

Performers take part in a traditional Qing Dynasty ceremony in which emperors prayed for good fortune, during the opening of an annual fair at the Temple of Earth park in Beijing.