Every week, without fail, specially-modified light aircraft take off from an air strip in Panama and head out over the jungle ...

China has created a 3,000-kilometer-long green belt of trees surrounding the Taklamakan Desert to combat sandstorms and ...

Just north of Beijing, you'll find one of the most famous monuments in the world: the Great Wall of China. Although it's unlikely you'll see the whole thing, you should aim to experience a portion ...

"The Great Wall impresses everyone who sees it for the first time, from children to adults, from the general tourists to scholars,” says Henry Ng, the manager of the World Monuments Fund’s ...

According to legend, the Great Wall was built by the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shi Huang (Reigned 221-210 BC), though historical records trace the true origin of the wall to defensive ...

Chadd Scott covers the intersection of art and travel. After painting is completed at LACMA, the panels will be added to The Great Wall, an epic Baca worked on over five summers (1976-83 ...

Ordinarily I might have paused to catch my breath, but hiking up to the Great Wall of China is never an ordinary affair. Its silhouetted battlements running along the skyline spur me on.

Local police say two people excavated a "big gap" on an existing cavity of the ancient Great Wall to create a shortcut A part of China's Great Wall has been severely damaged by construction ...

Chinese carmaker Great Wall Motor Co. is considering a convertible bond offering to raise as much as $1 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. The company, one of the largest ...

Airbnb has called off a competition offering the chance to spend a night on the Great Wall of China. The accommodation site asked people to write a 500-word essay on overcoming cultural boundaries ...