Toward the end of the Qing Dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi arrogated all powers ... she was told that it was made by another cook, Liu Da. Cixi became so angry that she had the cook lashed 40 ...

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 ...

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, ...