Lang Shining left a body of paintings that depict royal events and ceremonies and landscapes. He introduced the Western ...

China approved the world's largest hydropower project to begin construction, citing the economic benefits and need to shift ...

Controlling the process of reincarnation enables Beijing to shape the spiritual leadership of Tibetan Buddhism.

Even though the Empress Dowager Ling’s rule was problematic and short — resulting in her assassination — she laid the foundation for other, more successful female rulers across medieval East Asia.

The territorial government confirmed that federal funding for the Fort Liard pilot project will continue until its contract ...

A new book written by the Dalai Lama reveals that his next incarnation will be born in the "free world," outside the ...

The Dalai Lama's successor will be born outside China, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism has said in a new book. It marks the first time the Dalai Lama has specified his successor would be ...

In a new book released on Tuesday, the 89-year-old spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism says that he will ... which has alternated between independence and Chinese control over the centuries ...

Alibaba surged on Thursday after the company made one of its artificial intelligence models public, a sign that the party isn't over for Chinese tech ... model is now open-source on platforms ...

Kushan monks, such as Lokaksema (c. 178 CE), travelled to the Chinese capital of Loyang, where they became the first translators of Mahayana Buddhist scriptures into Chinese. Two half-brothers from ...

The excavation work at the 5th-13th Century Buddhist complex in Ratnagiri has unearthed a colossal Buddha head, a massive palm, an ancient wall, and inscribed Buddhist relics, all of which are ...