The role of women in society is central to her practice, and her first Hong Kong solo show, Beneath the Golden Canopy, ...

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 ...

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.

His wife, Empress Consort Ci'an — who was made co-regent together with Cixi after the emperor's death in 1861 but was for all practical purposes prevailed upon by the latter, who ruled in the ...

But the newly named Empress Dowager Cixi quickly ousted them on fabricated charges of incompetence. She then issued imperial edicts "from behind the curtains" that she and Dowager Empress Cian ...