But the newly named Empress Dowager ... as the new Qing emperor even though he was only two years old. She was buried in splendour in the Eastern Qing Tombs. Like Wu Zetian, Cixi has long been ...

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.

She was the Empress Dowager Cixi (also spelt Tzu Hsi). This was her honorific name and means "kindly ... They defeated the peasant rebels, occupied the whole of China and set up a new dynasty called ...

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 political centre of the Qing Dynasty displayed imposing dignity in a tranquil atmosphere ... This was a signal given to dethrone Guangxu, arousing general concern of public opinion in China and ...

Empress Dowager Cixi compromised with the eight powers in order to end the war as soon as possible. Some ministers who had favoured the use of force to resist the invaders became her scapegoats. Li ...

"The Confidant" depicts how a group of eunuchs survive in the weakening Qing empire ... years of the Qing Dynasty. The drama also follows Li's relationship with Empress Dowager Cixi, and how ...