The Jinyi Wei (simplified Chinese: 锦衣卫; literally "Brocade-Clad Guard") was the secret service of the Ming emperors, Imperial highest Central Intelligence Agency. As Political commissar on any Ming's ...

The dynasty had a strong and complex central government that unified and controlled the empire. The emperor's role became more autocratic, although Zhu Yuanzhang necessarily continued to use what he ...

BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) -- A total of 1 million fridge magnets featuring intricate details of a delicate empress crown from the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), a treasured piece held in the National ...