China's one-child policy was aimed at slashing the nation's population to boost economic growth. It resulted in millions of forced sterilizations, abortions, infanticide, and marital misery. After ...

In many places I travel as a National Geographic photographer, I’m the conspicuous foreigner, the pale, blonde woman toting 40 pounds of camera gear. I’ve gotten so used to people staring that ...

China hopes to become a global leader in protected nature reserves, creating a network of wilderness that would be three ...

Kids Commute From Clifftop to School With Death-Defying Ladders. A village in rural China replaced decaying bamboo ladders with steel steps, improving safety.

Meet pirate queen Zheng Yi Sao, who tormented the South China Sea with her fleet of 70,000 raiders in the early 19th century. ... the new book from National Geographic Kids. ...

Of all the countries we’ve visited as a family, the hardest, by far, was China. A series of missteps on my part meant that, after a 13-hour flight, we found ourselves in a very non-touristy part ...

China holds 1.4 billion people (18. ... If invited to someone’s house for Lunar New Year and you know they have kids, ... National Geographic Instagram National Geographic Facebook National ...