China Daily Global Edition2d
Soulful tunes of an antique land
In the Tang Dynasty, a Lei family in Sichuan was known for making guqin masterpieces, and Lei Wei was the most famous in the ...
Global Times12d
New Southern Song aristocratic tomb discovered in E.China
A Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) tomb of an aristocrat has been discovered near the Dong­qian Lake burial complex in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang Province, according to the China News Service.
The Independent20d
First came the £3m museum heist, then the murder plot, court hears
Three men who allegedly plotted to murder a career criminal had stolen Ming dynasty antiques worth nearly £3 million from a Swiss museum shortly beforehand, a court has heard. Paul Allen ...
Daily Mail20d
Gang carried out a £2.8m heist weeks before they shot the man behind Britain's biggest ever armed robbery in his luxury home, court hears
The defendants headed to Room 3, which was referred to as the Ming Porcelain room, forced open display case 13 using the sledgehammer and crowbar and seized the three Ming dynasty antiques.
The New York Times4d
Movie Reviews
The French director Alain Guiraudie’s latest film, a bent kind of murder mystery, presents life at its basest and gamiest. By Wesley Morris This gimmicky thriller starring Bill Skarsgard and ...