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Wu Zetian was China’s first and only female emperor, ruling from 690 until 705 A.D. At age 13, Wu Zetian (then Wu Zhao) was chosen to be a concubine for Emperor Taizong. Wu Zetian ejected her son, ...

The "Training Day" helmer is set for historic epic about a Tang Dynasty emperor and one of China's four legendary beauties. By Karen Chu HONG KONG – Training Day director Antoine Fuqua has signed on ...

In China's Valley of the Kings, there stands a tall, carved stone. It honors the resting place of a woman named Wu Zetian, who rose from concubine to become China's only female emperor. For more than ...

Seth Faison, a former China correspondent for the New York Times, is the author of "South of the Clouds: Exploring the Hidden Realms of China." IN 1852, a delicate-looking young woman from southern ...

Courtesy of My Way Film Co. Like a Bollywood movie, only with lousy dancing and no songs, “Lady of the Dynasty” — a screen representation of the tragic romance between the Tang Emperor and one of the ...

A 1,300-year-old tomb, discovered in Xi'an city, China, holds the bones of a man who helped the nation's only female emperor rise to power. The epitaphs in the tomb describe how she then executed him ...

Emperor Wen of Sui (541–604), born in Yan Jian, was the founder and first Emperor of China's Sui Dynasty. He unified China when it was undergoing serious splits over hundreds of years, which spared ...