Quotes by Jung Chang, Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

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Cixi’s lack of formal education was more than made up for by her intuitive intelligence, which she liked to use from her — Jung Chang, Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
Cixi was not at the coronation. The majestic main part of the Forbidden City was out of bounds to her – because she was — Jung Chang, Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
For Cixi, the whole episode taught her that to survive at court she must hold her tongue about state affairs. This was d — Jung Chang, Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
As events would show, Cixi was indeed opposed to the foreign policy of her husband and his inner circle – but for very d — Jung Chang, Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
Finally, in 1888, Cixi approved the Western-style Navy Regulations. It was in endorsing these Regulations that she effec — Jung Chang, Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China