In sixth-century China, a woman known to history as Empress Dowager Ling ruled over an empire called the Northern Wei.

"Empress Dowager Cixi is a fascinating figure because she represents a contradiction — she wielded immense power in a world that sought to diminish women's authority," says the artist.

But the newly named Empress Dowager Cixi quickly ousted them on fabricated charges of incompetence. She then issued imperial edicts "from behind the curtains" that she and Dowager Empress Cian ...

She challenges the conventional view of the Dowager Empress as a deeply conservative and cruel despot. Chang joined Woman's Hour on Radio 4 in September 1995 to discuss her best-selling ...

This is the Empress Dowager chair, which belonged to Empress Wanrong, the wife of Puyi, the last emperor of China and the final ruler of the Qing Dynasty. The club has numerous artifacts from ...

Last week's episode of The Apothecary Diaries, "The Empress Dowager", took anime fans down a dark rabbit hole filled with ...