With a history that spans over 3,000 years, there’s a lot to take in Beijing, but four days will give you a good introduction to the capital. ByLivia Hengel, Former Contributor. Forbes contributors ...

Beijing is home to some of the world’s most famous historical sites, headlined by the Great Wall of China and the Forbidden City. Yet, to many Westerners, a trip to the Chinese capital may feel a bit ...

Step inside Verbotene Stadt Peking, the legendary Gugong palace in Peking, China, where 24 emperors ruled and a vast walled world once stayed off-limits to ordinary eyes. From the moment the red walls ...

In China, there is a palace so huge that it has nearly 9,000 rooms, covers an area bigger than 100 football fields, and was completely off-limits to ordinary people for almost 500 years. Sounds like ...

Located centrally in Beijing adjacent to Tiananmen-Platz (Tiananmen Square), Gugong serves as an ideal starting point for city explorations. Built between 1406 and 1420 as the residence of Ming and ...

Many historic palaces around the world are admired for their beauty, but few are as mysterious as China's Forbidden City. Located in the heart of Beijing, this magnificent palace served as the home of ...

Fly over Beijing’s iconic Forbidden City with this breathtaking drone footage. Experience the vast imperial palace complex, ...

BEIJING, China (AP) — In Beijing’s Forbidden City, once the sprawling palace to China’s Ming and Qing emperors and their legions of guards and servants, steady streams of visitors wearing historical ...