Zhou Xin is Tech Editor of the Post, following stints as Political Economy Editor and Deputy China Editor. He has previously worked for Reuters and Bloomberg in Beijing. The international roll-out ...

BEIJING – A study tracking rainfall patterns over thousands of years has found that more arid periods coincided with ages of dynastic turmoil in China, highlighting a historical link between ...

Avengers: Doomsday, also known as Avengers 5, is one of the most exciting upcoming Marvel movies that's on the way. It's been a long time since we saw Earth's Mightiest Heroes together on the big ...

During the first drought phase—which ran from 110 BC to 280 AD—the short-lived Xin Dynasty was established and then rapidly declined. When the climate became arid after 14 AD, famine and ...

In 1960, The Queen adopted a personal flag to be flown on any building, ship, car or aircraft in which she was staying or travelling. The Royal Standard represents not only the Sovereign but also the ...

At the stroke of noon on February 15, 1965, Canada’s red and white maple leaf flag was raised for the very first time on Parliament Hill. On the same day in 1996, National Flag of Canada Day was ...

The dimensions/proportions of the National Flag of Canada have an exact ratio of 2 to 1 (twice as long as it is wide), and must not be modified. The National Flag of Canada should not be written on or ...

Alice Gibbs is a Newsweek Senior Internet Trends & Culture Reporter based in the U.K. For the last two years she has specialized in viral trends and internet news, with a particular focus on ...

The tomb was of Xin Zhui, wife of Changsha State’s Prime Minister Li Cang in the Western Han Dynasty who lived in the second century B.C. Due to the special embalming techniques and conditions of the ...

The departure of Mike Ashley meant the return of Wor Flags to matches, as they ended their boycott. The pre-match flag displays once again becoming part of the matchday routine. Ahead of the first ...

Take Wang Mang (c. 45 BC-23 AD), for instance, a Han dynasty official who seized the throne and founded the Xin dynasty. Inami gave him the sobriquet of "Hadaka no Osama" (literally, the naked ...