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Dalai Lama Set To Reveal Succession Plan: How Will The Successor Be Chosen?
The choice of a successor to the Dalai Lama, the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhists, is a matter of riveting interest not only for followers of his religion, but also China, India, and the United States, for strategic reasons.
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Watch Owned By China's Last Emperor Sells For $6 Million
The Ref 96 Quantieme Lune timepiece, which boasts a crown-like moon phase, originally belonged to Aisin-Gioro Puyi, the final monarch of the Chinese Qing dynasty.
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Vase Kept In Kitchen Turned Out To Be 250-Year-Old Relic, Auctioned For 1.5 Million Pounds
The blue gilded vase was made for the court of the Qianlong Emperor - the sixth emperor of the Qing dynasty in China.
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Ancient City Dating Back To The Ming Dynasty Found In China
Archaeologists have discovered a city dating back to the Ming Dynasty (1384-1644) in China's Jiangxi province.
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Vase Found In Shoebox Is "Major Work Of Art" Worth Half A Million Dollars
A Chinese vase discovered in a battered shoebox stuffed in an attic in France is set to be the star of a Sotheby's auction next month. Experts have identified the find as an exquisite porcelain vessel made for the 18th century Qing dynasty Emperor Qianlong and the guide price for its auction on June 12 starts at a modest 500,000 euros ($590,000).
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Rare Qing Dynasty Bowl - One Of Only 3 Known To Exist - Sells For $30.4 Million
An extremely rare Qing Dynasty bowl made for the Chinese emperor Kangxi fetched US$30.4 million (HK$239 million) at auction Tuesday, Sotheby's said. The bowl, said to have been used by the emperor in the early 18th century, was sold within five minutes to an unnamed phone bidder from the "Greater China" region, said chairman of Sotheby's Asia Nicol...
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Why China's 'Emperor Xi' Should Worry The US
The last emperor of China, Pu Yi, abdicated in 1912. He was the 12th emperor of the historically important Qing dynasty, which lasted 267 years. With his departure, two millenniums of empire, usually with a single individual dominating all of China, ended. Since then, the nation has moved toward an authoritarian system under Communist Party control...
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Dalai Lama Set To Reveal Succession Plan: How Will The Successor Be Chosen?
The choice of a successor to the Dalai Lama, the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhists, is a matter of riveting interest not only for followers of his religion, but also China, India, and the United States, for strategic reasons.
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Watch Owned By China's Last Emperor Sells For $6 Million
The Ref 96 Quantieme Lune timepiece, which boasts a crown-like moon phase, originally belonged to Aisin-Gioro Puyi, the final monarch of the Chinese Qing dynasty.
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Vase Kept In Kitchen Turned Out To Be 250-Year-Old Relic, Auctioned For 1.5 Million Pounds
The blue gilded vase was made for the court of the Qianlong Emperor - the sixth emperor of the Qing dynasty in China.
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Ancient City Dating Back To The Ming Dynasty Found In China
Archaeologists have discovered a city dating back to the Ming Dynasty (1384-1644) in China's Jiangxi province.
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Vase Found In Shoebox Is "Major Work Of Art" Worth Half A Million Dollars
A Chinese vase discovered in a battered shoebox stuffed in an attic in France is set to be the star of a Sotheby's auction next month. Experts have identified the find as an exquisite porcelain vessel made for the 18th century Qing dynasty Emperor Qianlong and the guide price for its auction on June 12 starts at a modest 500,000 euros ($590,000).
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Rare Qing Dynasty Bowl - One Of Only 3 Known To Exist - Sells For $30.4 Million
An extremely rare Qing Dynasty bowl made for the Chinese emperor Kangxi fetched US$30.4 million (HK$239 million) at auction Tuesday, Sotheby's said. The bowl, said to have been used by the emperor in the early 18th century, was sold within five minutes to an unnamed phone bidder from the "Greater China" region, said chairman of Sotheby's Asia Nicol...
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Why China's 'Emperor Xi' Should Worry The US
The last emperor of China, Pu Yi, abdicated in 1912. He was the 12th emperor of the historically important Qing dynasty, which lasted 267 years. With his departure, two millenniums of empire, usually with a single individual dominating all of China, ended. Since then, the nation has moved toward an authoritarian system under Communist Party control...
