![]() ![]() The book seemed a bit fragmented/disjointed, as if written in chunks. Mosgiel 005 It required determination to read this through to the end. ![]() Most of us learnt a lot about China and her development with Cixi at the helm. Aokau 001 A good discussion ensued although half the group had not finished the book - had struggled with the depth of detail. ![]() Comments from GroupsĪn informative and interesting look at China. Meticulously researched using previously unavailable material from the imperial archives in Beijing, this is a revisionist biography of a fascinating and controversial figure and the nation she ruled. Laying the foundation for modern China, Cixi's legacy was a many and varied one: not only developing industry and the infrastructure required to support it, but improving conditions for women by abolishing such outdated practices as foot-binding. From minor concubine to monarch, Cixi's trajectory to power in late 19th Century China was impressive, even if she had to rule from behind a silk screen. ![]()
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