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The legendary Queens and concubines in Chinese history

(Guangming Online)

14:00, March 20, 2013

Empress Dowager Cixi (GMW.cn)

Empress Dowager Cixi, or Empress Dowager Tzu-hsi of the Manchu Yehenara clan, was a powerful and charismatic woman who unofficially but effectively controlled the Manchu Qing Dynasty in China for 47 years, from 1861 to her death in 1908.

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