I have often thought that i am the most clever woman that e… - Empress Dowager Cixi

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I have often thought that i am the most clever woman that ever lived, and others cannot compare with me.... Although I have heard much about Queen Victoria...I don't think her life was half so interesting and eventful as mine.... she had... really nothing to say about the policy of the country. Now look at me. I have 400,000,000 people dependent on my judgement.

Empress Dowager Cixi

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Empress Dowager Cixi (Empress Dowager Tzu-hsi; 慈禧太后) (29 November 1835 – 15 November 1908), of the Manchu Yehe Nara Clan, was a powerful and charismatic figure who became the de facto ruler of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in China for 47 years from 1861 to her death in 1908.

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Alternative Names: Cixi • Tzu Hsi • Empress Cixi • Cixi Taihou • Tzu-hsi • Empress Tzu-hsi • Dowager Empress Tzu-hsi

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Had the foreign legations being subjected to the full force of bombardment, would those buildings still be intact today? (Original Chinese:設使火轟水灌，豈能一律保全？)

（一）生而父为中国人者。（二）生於父死后而父死时为中国人者。（三）母为中国人而父无可考或无国籍者第二条，若父母均无可考或均无国籍而生於中国地方者亦属中国国籍。其生地并无可考而在中国地方发现之弃童同。第二章入籍。第三条，凡外国人具备左列各款愿入中国国籍者准其呈请入籍

Your tail, is becoming too heavy to wag.

I have often thought that i am the most clever woman that ever lived, and others cannot compare with me.... Although I have heard much about Queen Vi… - Empress Dowager Cixi

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