But the newly named Empress Dowager Cixi quickly ousted them on fabricated ... She was referred to in the West as "Old Buddha" and the "She-Dragon". The large pearl in her crown is said to ...

Toward the end of the Qing Dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi arrogated all powers onto ... Then the 500 eunuchs shouted, "Long live Her Majesty the Old Buddha!" in loud voices that spread to the ...

Best-selling author Jung Chang’s newest work, Empress Dowager Cixi, upends the stereotypes of China’s last Empress, who ruled for nearly five decades until her death in 1908. Instead of a cruel, ...