I had reservations about the three-week tour I planned to end my 10 months of working life in China. In many senses I was tired of the country and the...
The talk of what's concealed inside the tomb of Qin Shi Huang is of glittering jade, gold and precious stones, of rivers of mercury and of warriors with crossbows ready to fire at any intruder. There would also be the hallmarks of a supreme ruler who craved power and attention.
When the First Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, decreed his people to make him a terracotta army to protect him in the afterlife, it's a safe bet he w...