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Sackler Gallery, provides a look at spin, Qing dynasty-style. The photographs’ primary subject is Empress Dowager Cixi, the dominant figure in the Qing court for more than 45 years until her ...
Soon after the empress dowager declared war on foreign powers in 1900, the Qing dynasty collapsed. Trump's tariffs reflect the same delusion A viral political cartoon circulating in China shows US ...
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.
Dominique Fung reimagines royal figures from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911 ... centers around the figure of Empress Dowager Cixi, who was the most powerful figure in China from 1861 to 1908.
The 113-year-old Empress Theatre in Fort Macleod is putting out a plea to raise funds for much-needed renovation and a restoration this summer.
The Qing dynasty lasted over 250 years. China had been ruled by emperors from other dynasties for over two thousand years. Why did this system suddenly collapse in 1911? This is one of the big ...
The Qing were the last dynasty close dynastyA series of rulers who are all from the same family. to rule China. Founded by the Manchus close ManchuThe Manchu are a people from northeast China.
Han Hsiang Li's lush epic re-creates the fascinating life and times of Tzu Hsi, the Manchu Qing dynasty empress who rose from the ranks of Emperor Xianfeng's many concubines to become the de facto ...