5.24 Cixi (3): Here we coup again
/Cixi was on the sidelines, but a bungled attempt at reform and a disastrous war with Japan would bring her back once again.
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Cixi was on the sidelines, but a bungled attempt at reform and a disastrous war with Japan would bring her back once again.
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