Dowager Empress Cixi of China

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For this installment, we cover chapter 12-16, when things really get dark

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December 12, 1936. During the Chinese Civil War, Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-Shek is kidnapped, sparking a political reckoning that unites the Chinese against a common enemy: Japan.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.co ...  Show more

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