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Empress Dowager Cixi

In Our Time

CHAPTER

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The chapter examines the life of Empress Dowager Cixi and her rule over the Chinese court in a time of considerable change, discussing her efforts at reform and the criticisms she faced for self-serving governance rather than efficient modernization.

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