A late night journey to the summit of the mythological Kunlun mountain, in search of jade palaces and the peaches of immortality. Show more In his second series for The Essay, composer Erland ...

China is sending its largest surface combatant, the amphibious landing ship Kunlun Shan, to the Gulf of Aden to serve as a command ship for a PLA Navy anti-piracy task force, according to China ...