Narrator: The Qing dynasty was the last imperial dynasty in China. It began in 1644 when the Manchu people from the North overthrew the ruling Ming dynasty and established their capital in Beijing.

The Qing dynasty lasted over 250 years. China had been ruled by emperors from other dynasties for over two thousand years. Why did this system suddenly collapse in 1911? This is one of the big ...

More than 2,000 people worked on the “Qing History,” the latest draft of which comprised 103 volumes—from an original 92—and ...

The Qing fell in 1911 and following decades of ... Some participants base their looks on characters from novels, plays and poems going back centuries. Throngs of people gather along the walls ...