In this week’s episode of The Historian’s Movie Review I look at the film The Last Emperor.
Topics discussed include the Empress Dowager CiXi, The May Fourth Movement, and the Chinese Civil War.
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Sources:
The Empress Dowager CiXi: the Concubine who Launched Modern China – Jung Chang
The Last Manchu: The Autobiography of Henry Pu Yi, Last Emperor of China – Henry Pu Yi
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