The empress, like many other rulers at the time, legitimized her reign through Buddhism, portraying herself either as a ...

Predictive models indicate that the Chinese team's likelihood of qualifying for the World Cup stands at a disheartening 0.03%. This figure is not merely a reflection of current performance but is ...

Even though the Empress Dowager Ling’s rule was problematic and short — resulting in her assassination — she laid the foundation for other, more successful female rulers across medieval East Asia.