In 1880, Spode developed a technique which resulted in porcelain of special transparency and beauty. He did much to popularise the willow pattern and became the foremost china manufacturer of his ...

Unless your grandmother just so happens to casually be the Queen of Genovia, odds are the dishes in your cabinet are some mix of pristine white plates you picked up years ago matched with a few ...

The pottery produced in North Staffordshire has given the county’s name a world-wide currency and The Potteries has a unique claim in England to be named after its staple product. Stoke on Trent City ...

My mother and both my grannies had their domestic china, so whether I was doing the flowers with ... Then, suddenly, in Stoke-on-Trent I was driving past the likes of Minton's, Spode – all these big ...

Various ancient porcelains and woodblock paintings on display transformed Prince Kung's Palace Museum into a vibrant hub of ...

The number of new marriages recorded in China fell to a record low last year, despite sweeping government efforts to encourage young people to tie the knot and have babies to halt demographic ...

Analysts say they see signs of malaise in China’s domestic economy, but those problems were offset mainly by robust exports and a $1 trillion trade surplus. By Keith Bradsher Reporting from ...

The younger generations are embracing tableware that was once considered naff as part of the ‘cottagecore’ aesthetic ...

Han said Beijing was ready to work with Washington to “implement the important consensus reached between President Xi Jinping and president-elect Trump”, said China’s official news agency ...

China’s population continued to decline last year—though births edged up for the first time in eight years—falling for a third straight year as deaths outpaced births. China had seen birth ...

China’s population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Friday, pointing to further demographic challenges for the world’s second most populous nation, which is now ...