La 4è de couverture indique " Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908) is the most important woman in Chinese history. She ruled China for decades and brought a medieval empire into the modern age. At the age of 16, in a nationwide selection for royal consorts, Cixi was chosen as one of…
"Relations between the Choson and Qing states are often cited as the prime example of the operation of the "traditional" Chinese "tribute system." In contrast, this work contends that the motivations, tactics, and successes (and failures) of the late Qing Empire in Choson Korea …
The author argues that that the political end of the Qing dynasty in 1911 was less important than the late-Qing government's own Xinzheng or "new systems" reforms.
The author argues that that the political end of the Qing dynasty in 1911 was less important than the late-Qing government's own Xinzheng or "new systems" reforms.