Wu Zetian, the only woman to officially rule as emperor of China, amassed an estimated fortune of $16 trillion, exceeding the combined wealth of today ...

That woman is known as Empress Wu, or Emperor Wu Zhao, and she is undoubtedly the most famous woman in all of Chinese history ...

Chinese Empress Wu Zetian: European queens like Catherine the Great and Queen Elizabeth I are often celebrated for their might, but here is a queen whose name often finds a miss. Known for her ...

Seeking to consolidate her grip on the Chinese throne, Empress Wu Zetian embarked on an audacious project: expanding the imperial palace on a scale never before seen in China, or the world.

Wu accused the Empress Wang of strangling the child (whom ... reinforced by the sexism of the Confucian beliefs followed by official Chinese historians over the centuries.

However, once Wu Zetain moved into the palace ... took the throne herself and titled her reign "Zhou," becoming the first empress in Chinese history to rule the country. Well-versed in culture ...

While European queens like Elizabeth I and Catherine the Great are widely remembered, one powerful queen from China often ...

Chinese Characters is a new series of essays ... she killed her own newborn child – and then framed the Empress for the murder. Wu Zetian (624-705) of the Tang dynasty Wu Zetian started at ...

A small foot in China, no different from a tiny waist in ... political conspiracy against the emperor’s powerful wife, Empress Wu Zetian. After the plot was exposed, the irate empress had ...

another woman would rise to rule China independently, this time taking the title of “emperor.” That woman is known as Empress Wu, or Emperor Wu Zhao, and she is undoubtedly the most famous woman in ...