Legend has it that in the Ming Dynasty, this area housed barrel-makers employed by Shen Wansan, Jiangnan's richest merchant.

In the sweltering summer of AD18, a desperate chant echoed across China's sun-scorched plains: "Heaven has gone blind!" ...

Cambodia and China have signed a $1.2 billion deal to finance an ambitious canal project that aims to boost trade efficiency ...

Liu Yu, a representative inheritor of Honglücai Porcelain from the Dezhou Kiln, paints Honglücai Porcelain pieces in her studio. Photo: Courtesy of Sun Yi ...

Earlier this week, Hegseth visited U.S. troops, met with Panamanian officials and toured the canal. He warned that China’s reach in the Western Hemisphere is already too big, and still growing.

The escalating war of words between the US and China over the canal has left Panama – which does not have a military – baffled and brings to mind the old proverb of how “when elephants fight ...

The canal has been thrust into the limelight since the return of Donald Trump as US president in January. Trump is opposed to China's growing influence in the region, and has repeatedly spoken ...

The US would not allow China to “threaten” the operations of the Panama Canal, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday during a visit to the Central American nation. Hegseth is the second ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Wednesday focused again on China's presence in the Western Hemisphere, one day after calling the world power a threat to the Panama Canal.Speaking at a ...

The Chinese government is accusing the U.S. of “blackmail” after U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared Beijing a threat to the Panama Canal, asserting that Washington along with Panama ...

The United States will take back the Panama Canal from Chinese influence, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday during a visit to the Central American nation. Hegseth, following talks ...