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Cixi: from 16-year-old concubine to Empress Dowager of China

Published: 10:00pm, 1 Dec, 2014

By Sarah Brennan

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Cixi rose from a 16-year-old concubine of the emperor to ruler herself untilher reign ended just before the 1911 Revolution

By Sarah Brennan |

Published: 10:00pm, 1 Dec, 2014

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