The first answer is simple: hereditary rule. For most of this period, emperors were not chosen on the basis of their ability or honesty, but simply because they were born in the right family.

Chinese imperial food dates back to slave society. Ever since there were emperors and palaces, there has been imperial food, which was served mainly to the emperors, their wives and concubines ...

Black Emperor. Yet one of the musicians most beloved there is the spellbinding Lhasa de Sela, who wrote and sang in English, French and Spanish, but remains largely unknown in the United States.

Yet, the Chinese government has now revealed plans to build a shopping mall on the site, and fears that this may seriously endanger the site are escalating among the Tibetan and international ...

They can transform any tangled coat into a luscious mane, and that's exactly what they did for a senior Lhasa Apso named Chaktah. The sweet old pup was treated to a spa day at the local groomer ...

Here's a little Lhasa Apso mix after my own heart, because this dog loves toast as much as I do. The only difference is, instead of chowing the toast down like most of us would, he's cuddling it ...

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