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Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

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Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

A New York Times Notable Book
An NPR Best Book of the Year

In 1852, at age sixteen, Cixi was chosen as one of Emperor Xianfengâ‚¬s numerous concubines. When he died in 1861, their five-year-old son succeeded to the throne. Cixi at once launched a coup against her sonâ‚¬s regents and placed herself as the true source of powerâ‚¬"governing through a silk screen that separated her from her male officials.
Â Â Â Â Drawing on newly available sources, Jung Chang comprehensively overturns Cixiâ‚¬s reputation as a conservative despot. Cixiâ‚¬s extraordinary reign saw the birth of modern China. Under her, the ancient country attained industries, railways, electricity, and a military with up-to-date weaponry. She abolished foot-binding, inaugurated womenâ‚¬s liberation, and embarked on a path to introduce voting rights. Packed with drama, this groundbreaking biography powerfully reforms our view of a crucial period in Chinaâ‚¬sâ‚¬"and the worldâ‚¬sâ‚¬"history.Â