Therefore, the food of the Mongolian rulers had been influenced by the ... Zhu Qiyu, Emperor Daizong of the Ming Dynasty, even wrote a preface for the book before it was reprinted.

As Xi visits Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia, the lessons from the Ming era remain relevant. Countries in Southeast Asia and the wider Global South must keep their doors open and forge a united front.

even the early Manchus knew a bit about how the Ming empire worked. Historians have different views about how the Qing dynasty ruled. On the one hand, some view the Manchus as successful rulers ...