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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 ...