Boats provide the common theme connecting the paintings exhibited here. The boat motif has no fixed meaning in Chinese art, but boats are a common figure in painting, especially landscape painting.

The group says Saturday’s ceremony showcases the ancient Chinese tradition of painting the eyes on the dragon boats, symbolically “waking up” the revered creatures. Beyond celebrating these ...

A Taiwanese Navy ship and a Chinese fishing boat collided in waters off central Taiwan on Thursday amid heightened tensions between the two armies. The Taiwanese Navy said its landing ship ...