Boxer uprising
The Empress Dowager was a moderniser, not a minx. But does China care?
For susceptible Englishmen of a certain inclination — like Sir Edmund Backhouse or George Macdonald Fraser — the Empress Dowager…
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‘Voting for it? I’ve been campaigning for it.’
‘The image of the child in the manger
in the stable has gone viral.’
‘I think we might ease up on Barry’s steroids, Mrs Stephens.’
‘Let’s get the festivities started — by going round the
table revealing which way we voted.’
‘The sixpence is subject to a windfall tax.’
