To the front of the stage (1898-1901) - The reforms of 1898 - A plot to kill Cixi (september 1898) - Desperate to dethrone her adopted son (1898-1900) - To war against the world powers: with the Boxers (1899-1900) - Fighting to a bitter end - Flight (1900-1) - Remorse (1900-1) - VI. Emperor Guangxu takes over (1889-1898) - The education of Emperor Guangxu (1875-94) - The Summer Palace (1886-94) - In retirement and in leisure (1889-94) - War with Japan - A peace that ruined China - The scramble for China (1895-8) - V. Ruling through an adopted son (1875-1889) - A three-year-old is made emperor - Modernisation accelerates (1875-89) - Defender of the empire (1875-89) - IV. In this ground-breaking biography, Jung Chang shows that under Cixis 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 Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-415) and index I. Reigning behind her sons' throne (1861-1875) - First step on the long road to modernity (1861-9) - Virgin journeys to the west (1861-71) - Love doomed - A vendetta against the west (1869-71) - Life and death of Emperor Tongzhi (1861-1875) - III. The imperial concubine in stormy times (1835-1861) - Concubine to an emperor (1835-56) - From the Opium War to the burning of the old Summer Palace (1839-60) - Emperor Xianfeng dies (1860-61) - The coup that changed China - II. Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-415) and index 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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