Book of the Week - Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China - Episode 1

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Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern ChinaEmpress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

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Released On: 23 Sep 2013

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Jung Chang's biography of the woman who single-handedly dragged China into modernity.

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Book of the Week
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
Episode 1
Jung Chang's biography of the woman who single-handedly dragged China into modernity.
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Book of the Week
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
Episode 2
Cixi forms an important political alliance and launches a palace coup.
15 mins
Book of the Week
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
Episode 3
Cixi adopts the three-year-old son of her sister and names him Emperor.
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Book of the Week
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
Episode 4
A young ambitious reformist looks to topple Cixi from power, and a battle of wits ensues.
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Book of the Week
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
Episode 5
Cixi faces her greatest challenge as ruler, when anti-Western feeling leads to violence.
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