Visitors immerse themselves in a virtual reality exhibition at the Nanjing Museum in Jiangsu province on July 10, 2025. The exhibition, titled Mapping the World: The Kunyu Wanguo Quantu of Ming China, ...

European colonisation was harsh and lasted only a few decades. After the Qing dynasty overthrew the Ming dynasty in China in 1644, adherents of the deposed regime fled to Formosa.

This 12th-century map of China shows the Great Wall fortification in sections along the country's northern borders. (Image credit: Public Domain, circa 1136; Wikimedia Commons) ...