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Skyscrapers in China

Photo taken in Xian, China, on Oct. 9, 2023, shows high-rise condominium buildings, the construction of which came to a halt with the bankruptcy of property developer China Evergrande Group in August.

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UNESCO decides to add Silk Road to World Heritage list

BEIJING, China - Giant Wild Goose Pagoda (back) and the Statue of Xuanzang in Xian, Shaanxi Province, China, are photographed on June 6, 2014. UNESCO's World Heritage Committee decided on June 22 to add part of the Silk Road ancient trade route to the World Cultural Heritage list.

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UNESCO decides to add Silk Road to World Heritage list

BEIJING, China - Giant Wild Goose Pagoda (back) and the Statue of Xuanzang in Xian, Shaanxi Province, China, are photographed on June 6, 2014. UNESCO's World Heritage Committee decided on June 22 to add part of the Silk Road ancient trade route to the World Cultural Heritage list.

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Monument marks Korean fight against Japan's wartime rule

XIAN, China - Park Sung Choon (2nd from L), minister of patriots and veterans affairs of South Korea, and other officials read inscriptions written in both Chinese and Korean on a stone monument unveiled in Xian, China, on May 29, 2014. The monument is dedicated to the South Korean resistance army Gwangbokgun that battled Japanese military rule during World War II.

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Monument marks Korean fight against Japan's wartime rule

XIAN, China - Journalists gather in front of a stone monument at an unveiling ceremony in Xian, China, on May 29, 2014. The monument, dedicated to the South Korean resistance army Gwangbokgun that battled Japanese military rule during World War II, has inscriptions written in both Chinese and Korean.

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Korean monument in China

XIAN, China - Photo shows a stone monument honoring Koreans who fought for the Korean peninsula's independence from Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule, which was unveiled in Xian, China, on May 29, 2014.

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Japan-linked monument vandalized

XIAN, China - Photo shows a stone monument dedicated to a Japanese envoy to Tang Dynasty China vandalized with what appears to be paint in a park in the ancient city of Xian, China, on Oct. 7, 2012. The defacement of the monument commemorating Abe no Nakamaro is believed to occurred in protest at the Japanese government's decision in mid-September to bring under state control a group of islands in the East China Sea that both Tokyo and Beijing claim sovereignty over.

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Japan-linked monument vandalized

XIAN, China - Photo shows a stone monument dedicated to a Japanese envoy to Tang Dynasty China vandalized with what appears to be paint in a park in the ancient city of Xian, China, on Oct. 7, 2012. The defacement of the monument commemorating Abe no Nakamaro is believed to occurred in protest at the Japanese government's decision in mid-September to bring under state control a group of islands in the East China Sea that both Tokyo and Beijing claim sovereignty over.

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Anti-Japan protest in China

XIAN, China - Police officers run after participants of an anti-Japanese demonstration in Xian, Shaanxi Province, on Sept. 15, 2012. Widespread demonstrations in China were triggered by Japan's purchase of three of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, called the Diaoyu Islands in China which also claims them.

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Anti-Japan protests occur for 2nd day, China gov't urges restraint

XIAN, China - Security officials are on the alert at a square in Xian, China, where anti-Japan protests broke out over Japan's control of the disputed Senkaku Islands, on Oct. 17, 2010. Violent demonstrations were carried out for a 2nd day in China despite its government's call for restraint.

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Protesters damage Mizuno store in China

XIAN, China - Photo shows a store operated by Japanese sporting goods retailer Mizuno Co. in Xian, Shaanxi Province, on Oct. 17, 2010, a day after it was damaged by protestors who broke in during a rally against Japan over the disputed Senkaku Islands, called Diaoyu in China. An estimated 10,000 people took part in anti-Japan protests with some targeting stores operated by Japanese retailers.