Greg Jenner
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You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Sure.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
So you think kind of harsh but effective.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Is that your vibe?
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Yeah.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Okay.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Yang Wen, what is, in terms of her public policy, in terms of what she does for the people of China, what can we ascribe to her?
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Yeah, she built warships and weapons.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Yeah, I mean, you've written a book on the history of the railways in China.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
That's her policy.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Yeah, the French are there.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Right.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Yeah.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Right.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
You mentioned briefly the Taiping Rebellion.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Yes.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
That is a Christian uprising.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Which is interesting, I suppose, because missionaries have been in China for a while.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
So Christianity has been growing in China.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Yeah, it's a huge, it's a massive rebellion, isn't it?
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
It's not a small little thing.