Empress Dowager Cixi took over the rule of mighty Imperial China in the late 19th century. After her son Tongzhi succeeded his father Emperor Xianfeng, she made herself custodian to the minor emperor on the dragon throne. During audiences she sat behind the curtains and determined what the Chinese ruler would "decide". Following her son's death she then placed her minor nephew Guanxu on the throne. But Cixi's reign was not easy, as the country suffered under oppression by imperial powers and uprisings of its unhappy people. Learn all about the secret Empress Cixi in this episode of IT'S HISTORY. » The Complete PLAYLIST: http://bit.ly/HistoryOfChina » Biography of Wu Zetian: http://bit.ly/WuZetianBio » JOIN OUR COMMUNITY FOR MORE HISTORY KNOWLEDGE! Write us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/ITSHISTORYfb Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/thehistoryshow Your photos on Instagram: https://instagram.com/itshistorychannel » Interested in the First World War? Check out our PARTNER channel THE GREAT WAR! https://www.youtube.com/user/TheGreatWar » SOURCES Videos: British Pathé (https://www.youtube.com/user/britishpathe) Pictures: mainly Picture Alliance Content: Chang, Jung (2014): Kaiserinwitwe Cixi: Die Konkubine, die Chinas Weg in die Moderne ebnete, Blessing Verlag, München. Gernet, Jacques (1988): Die chinesische Welt. Die Geschichte Chinas von den Anfängen bis zur Jetztzeit, Suhrkamp, Berlin. Scharlau, Winfried (1985): Als China erwachte…, in DIE ZEIT Nr. 15/1985 http://www.zeit.de/1985/15/als-china-erwachte/komplettansicht Vogelsang, Kai (2013): Geschichte Chinas, Reclam, Ditzingen. » ABOUT US IT’S HISTORY is a ride through history - Join us discovering the world’s most important eras in IN TIME, BIOGRAPHIES of the GREATEST MINDS and the most important INVENTIONS. » HOW CAN I SUPPORT YOUR CHANNEL? You can support us by sharing our videos with your friends and spreading the word about our work. » CAN I EMBED YOUR VIDEOS ON MY WEBSITE? Of course, you can embed our videos on your website. We are happy if you show our channel to your friends, fellow students, classmates, professors, teachers or neighbors. Or just share our videos on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit etc. Subscribe to our channel and like our videos with a thumbs up. » CAN I SHOW YOUR VIDEOS IN CLASS? Of course! Tell your teachers or professors about our channel and our videos. We’re happy if we can contribute with our videos. » CREDITS Presented by: Guy Kiddey Script by: Julia Korbik Translated by: Guy Kiddey Directed by: Daniel Czepelczauer Director of Photography: Markus Kretzschmar Music: Markus Kretzschmar Sound Design: Bojan Novic Editing: Julian Zahn A Mediakraft Networks original channel Based on a concept by Florian Wittig and Daniel Czepelczauer Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard-Olsson, Spartacus Olsson Head of Production: Michael Wendt Producer: Daniel Czepelczauer Social Media Manager: Laura Pagan and Florian Wittig Contains material licensed from British Pathé All rights reserved - © Mediakraft Networks GmbH, 2015

• published: 29 Aug 2015
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