Five stories tall, with commanding views of the city, Empress of China has been a Chinatown landmark since the '60s, with a wall covered in portraits of visiting celebrities from its '80s heyday.

It was the merchant ship Empress of China, bound for Canton (now Guangdong), China. At first, the American interest in China was economic. Americans were looking for new markets to buy goods ...

The ship then proceeded to Canton to trade the ... ll hit their target without being dragged under. The merchantman Empress of China sets sail from New York for Canton with 30 tons of ginseng ...

The ship is the 25-year-old Empress, which is now sailing for the ... He cited strength in the Caribbean and China, as well as Royal’s 7-month-old program of not discounting close-in cruises ...