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Empress Dowager CIXI: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China by Jung Chang

2 reviews

constancely's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective relaxing slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Torture, War, Murder, and Violence

Feminist history

skitch41's review

informative fast-paced

5.0

The economic and political rise of China since the late 1970s has been one of the key historic trends of the last several decades. What is interesting though about China’s rise is that this is not the first time China has recovered from disastrous economic and political management to become a powerhouse in international affairs. In the middle of the 19th century, China had been humiliated in a war with foreign powers, but new leadership arose to lead China out of the middle ages and into the modern era. This wonderful biography is about the most important figure responsible for China’s first move towards modernity, the Empress Dowager Cixi, and why she should be considered in the same league as other great women world leaders like Elizabeth I of England or Catherine the Great of Russia.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Torture, Xenophobia, and War