Since Queen Victoria instituted the Victoria Cross in 1856, five American-born men have received Britain’s highest military ...

Fast-forward two millennia and the paintwork has long since faded, giving rise to a range of colourless copycats that would ...

After deserting a merchant ship in Boston, he enlisted in the Royal Navy and served aboard the warship Impérieuse on the China Station during the Taiping Rebellion. In 1862, he transferred to the ...

Set during the Taiping Rebellion in 1860s China, the film follows General Pang Qingyun, played by Li, who, after being defeated, forms a powerful alliance with two bandit leaders. The Warlords is ...

However, the garden ended up taking some hits, enduring both British occupation during the Opium Wars and again by the French during the Taiping Rebellion. Despite the turmoil, the garden remained ...

The story of the Taiping Rebellion - which historian Michael Wood calls the 'worst war of the 19th Century'. The Rise of Mao ZeDong. videoThe Rise of Mao ZeDong Historian Michael Wood explores the ...

In 1911, the Long Bar introduced the Famous Shanghai Buck, China’s first classic cocktail, which created a sensation in the ...

As a result, a war was being planned against Japan while China, already weakened by the Taiping Rebellion (1851–1864), found itself more influenced by the West. As expected, Japan has progressed and ...

He also bore witness to the ongoing Chinese conflict known as the Taiping Rebellion led by Hong Xiuquan and observed the atrocities committed throughout the Chinese countryside. Whilst the war came to ...

There were claims that some 60 prison wardens had assaulted more than 100 prisoners in Taiping prison recently, leading to the death of one inmate. (Facebook pic) Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram ...