Toward the end of the Qing Dynasty, Empress ... a red pearl. Beneath the boxes were tin bases of hot water wrapped with cotton padded cushions to keep the food warm. Normally, Cixi took her ...

Best-selling author Jung Chang’s newest work, Empress Dowager Cixi, upends the stereotypes of China’s last Empress, who ruled for nearly five decades until her death in 1908. Instead of a cruel, ...

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 ...