BEIJING — The herder couldn’t speak for long. His phone was being monitored, he said, as were those of many other Mongols around him. “We have no way out. There’s nothing we can do ...

The Mongols could not have ruled China without the help of some of the Chinese elite and yet they were reluctant to use the Chinese, particular the Southern Song, in their government. Although Genghis ...

Discover the ancient technology that gave Kublai Khan a strategic edge in conquering China and shaping the course of history.

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan ...

You'll have heard the name. Here's why. "Genghis Khan: The Secret History of the Mongols" tells the story of a man who built an empire that stretched from China to Mesopotamia and from the Danube ...

A Mongol force led by Kublai Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan, conquered China in 1271. At the time, the Mongols also controlled Mongolia and parts of modern-day Russia, Korea and Vietnam.

The Mongols connected the Rus’, directly or indirectly, to markets in the regions of the Volga River and the Caspian, the Black, and the Baltic Seas, along with China, the Middle East, and the ...

The Mongol Khan, which is due to open at the London Coliseum next month, was approved by Chinese authorities to perform in the city of Hohhot in Inner Mongolia, China’s northernmost province ...