Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
Episode 2 of 5

Jung Chang's biography of one woman's remarkable rise to power in 19th century China continues. Cixi forms an important political alliance and launches a palace coup.

Read by Pik-Sen Lim
Abridged by Sara Davies
Produced by Gemma Jenkins.

First broadcast: 24 Sep 2013 (b03bdpl9)
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