That was Empress Dowager Cixi’s life story; the woman who ruled China in the 19th century and arguably the most important Chinese woman in history. Born in 1835, Cixi was brought in as a ...

Toward the end of the Qing Dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi arrogated all powers onto herself. This period, called the Guangxu Xuantong Reign, was China's darkest and most corrupt political period.

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The Diplomat’s Justin McDonnell spoke with author Jung Chang about her latest book, Empress Dowager Cixi, a biography of the “most important woman in Chinese history.

The previous Emperor was despicable, but the real villains were the nobles who sent their young girls like the Empress ...

The mausoleums of Emperor Qianlong, called the Yuling, and Empress Dowager Cixi, called the Dingdongling, have been renovated and are open to visitors. The Qing Dynasty attained its greatest power ...

The decision was plotted by Empress Dowager Cixi. After she began to hold court from behind a screen in 1873, she remained the actual ruler of the country. She caused the loss of large tracts of China ...

Jung Chang's fast-paced and gripping story reassesses the reputation of the formidable 19th-century stateswoman. Read by Pik-Sen Lim. Abridged by Sara Davies ...

Like Wild Swans it is banned in China. 2013 saw the publication of Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China. Here Chang reassesses the reputation of the formidable 19th ...

Han Hsiang Li's lush epic re-creates the fascinating life and times of Tzu Hsi, the Manchu Qing dynasty empress who rose from the ranks of Emperor Xianfeng's many concubines to become the de facto ...