Jung Chang and 'the concubine who launched modern China'

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Jung Chang and 'the concubine who launched modern China'

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/jung-chang-concubine-launched-modern-china-052409369.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jcl6EjeEtsL.X2dYY1gN3A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/c563e71ac6f03cfc5e51c812c08005fdf394d7db.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Chinese writer Jung Chang, pictured during an interview in Hong Kong, on October 30, 2013" align="left" title="Chinese writer Jung Chang, pictured during an interview in Hong Kong, on October 30, 2013" border="0" /></a>Jung Chang says she does not enjoy arguments, but the latest book from the writer whose works are banned in China is proving to be typically contentious. The &quot;Wild Swans&quot; author has offered a revisionist account of Empress Dowager Cixi, the concubine who ruled behind the scenes from 1861 until her death in 1908. A powerful figure who unofficially controlled the Manchu Qing Dynasty for nearly 50 years, Cixi governed during a tumultuous period in which she faced internal rebellions, war and foreign invasions. Cixi has since been portrayed as a cruel, hapless despot with an extravagant lifestyle, a conservative who suppressed reform in China for decades, who ordered the killing of reformists and put the emperor under house arrest for years until his death.</p><br clear="all"/>

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