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The Empress Dowager Cixi () (November 29, 1835 –November 15, 1908), popularly known in China as the Western Empress Dowager (西太后), and officially known posthumously as Empress Xiaoqin Xian (孝欽顯皇后), was a powerful and charismatic figure who was the de facto ruler of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, ruling over China for most of the period from 1861 to her death in 1908.
Historians consider that she probably did her best to cope with the difficulties of the era but her conservative attitudes did not serve her well and the Western powers continued to take advantage of the country's relatively low level of technological development.
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@Dipsyet Tzu-hsi doesn't sound so cruel on Wikipedia. HAHA.
GioDion (Gio Dionisio) Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:53:08 -0000
@Dipsyet Tzu-hsi doesn't sound so cruel on Wikipedia. HAHA.
Empress Dowager Cixi - The story of the concubine who came to rule China in the late 1800s.
Empress Dowager Tzu Hsi - The Concubine and the Emperor - Her life from being a concubine in the Forbidden City to the empress of China.
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