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Empress Dowager Cixi

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In this ground-breaking biography, Jung Chang shows that under Cixi's rule China acquired virtually all the attributes of a modern state: industries, railways, cars, electricity, telephones, Western medicine, an army and navy with modern weaponry.

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Empress Dowager Cixi, Jung Chang

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2013
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Language
English
Authors
Jung Chang
Publisher
Random House
Released
2013
Format
Paperback
Pages
464
ISBN10
0224087444
ISBN13
9780224087445
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In this ground-breaking biography, Jung Chang shows that under Cixi's rule China acquired virtually all the attributes of a modern state: industries, railways, cars, electricity, telephones, Western medicine, an army and navy with modern weaponry.