It’stheyear50BC.TheEmpressofChinahasjustbeenimprisonedfollowingacoupd’étatincitedbyDengTsinQin,atraitorousprince. HelpedbyFinalthesis,thePhoenicianmerchant,andherfaithfulbodyguardMaiWei,theEmpress’onlydaughterPrincessSass-YifleestoGaultoaskforhelpfromtwovaliantwarriorsAsterixandObelix,whoareendowedwithsuperhumanstrengththankstotheirmagicpotion. OurtwoinseparableheroesgladlyaccepttohelpthePrincesssavehermotherandfreehercountry.AndthusbeginsagreatvoyageandadventureontheroadtoChina. ButCaesarandhispowerfularmy,thirstyforanewconquest,arealsoheadingtowardtheMiddleKingdom.
