A replica of the ship that carried Ming Dynasty hero Cheng Chen-king to Taiwan in 1616 is expected to be completed by the end of November. TAIPEI: In southern Taiwan's city of Tainan, work is well ...

EARLIER this month China’s first aircraft-carrier set out from the port city of Dalian to begin her longest sea trial to date, one that is likely to include J-15 fighters performing take-off and ...

Chinese war junks with crimson sails, diets said to influence the sex of a child and match-makers with painted white faces and red cheeks: Lord of Formosa, which centers on the life of the 17th ...

A full-size replica of a 17th-century Ming Dynasty armed merchant ship set off on its maiden voyage from Anping Harbor (安平漁港) in Tainan City yesterday to re-enact the scene of the arrival of a Chinese ...

This year marks the 350th anniversary of an event Time magazine has included in its top 10 most audacious acts of piracy of all time. When pirate Zheng Chenggong (better known as Koxinga) defeated the ...

My new book, Lost Colony: the Untold Story of China’s First Great Victory over the West, won’t be published in mainland China. It might have found a strong readership there. Its main personage, ...