Even though the Empress Dowager Ling’s rule was problematic and short — resulting in her assassination — she laid the foundation for other, more successful female rulers across medieval East Asia.

(THE CONVERSATION) In sixth-century China, a woman known to history as Empress Dowager Ling ruled over an empire called the Northern Wei. Historians do not know her birth name or in what year she was ...

Since 1762 the skyline of Kew in West London has been dominated by a rather curious building: a gigantic Chinese Pagoda. The building soars 164ft (50 metres) into the west London sky and was the ...

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The season opens with the world premiere of a new play by David Hare, GRACE PERVADES which sees Ralph Fiennes play opposite Miranda Raison (Spooks, Anne Boleyn, The Winter's Tale). For ...

SINGAPORE – Local actress Hong Ling’s Thai mother Kaewsoda Kesorn died on Feb 23 at the age of 52. It was first disclosed by Hong’s husband, local actor Nick Teo, who posted an obituary on ...

Kaewsoda Kesorn, the mother of Mediacorp actress Hong Ling, died on Sunday (Feb 23). She was 52. The 30-year-old Your World In Mine star posted a tribute to her late mother on Instagram on Monday. “My ...

Mediacorp actress Hong Ling took to social media today (Feb 24) to mourn the death of her mum, Kaewsoda Kesorn. Mdm Kesorn died on Sunday (Feb 23) at the age of 52. According to Hong Ling’s husband, ...

But just as she began to live for herself, she was taken away." Hours before Hong Ling posted the tribute, her husband, fellow actor Nick Teo, posted an Instagram story sharing the news about ...

Local actress Hong Ling's mother has died at the age of 52. The announcement was made by the 30-year-old's actor husband Nick Teo this morning (Feb 24). The 35-year-old posted an obituary on ...