Our writer searches for tradition amid the high-rise modernity of China’s largest city, 25 years after her first visit ...
The 7.7 magnitude quake hit midday Friday with an epicenter near Mandalay, bringing down scores of buildings and damaging ...
Exhausted, overwhelmed rescuers in Myanmar's second-biggest city pleaded for help Saturday as they struggled to free hundreds ...
Rocks are among the fundamental elements of large and small Japanese garden ideas, where they represent mountains. Even in a ...
Set in the hills above the town, Intra Ngean Pagoda (also called Wat Krom) is a prominent historic and religious site for the region. Guided tours explain the significance of the reclining Buddha, as ...
Since 1762 the skyline of Kew in West London has been dominated by a rather curious building: a gigantic Chinese Pagoda. The building soars 164ft (50 metres) into the west London sky and was the ...