Throughout China's long, male-dominated history ... of foot-binding and "death by a thousand cuts". The young Emperor Guangxu was obliged to address her as "qin baba" or "biological father".

In the 10th year of Emperor Guangxu's reign (1884), Xinjiang was ... discoveries have shown that Xinjiang bore the imprint of Chinese civilization from its earliest days, with ancient trade ...

Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Chinese capital cities have all ... Cixi came to her seat accompanied by Emperor Guangxu and the Empress. She first clasped her hands in tribute to the Heaven ...

Grapes symbolize happiness, prosperity and good luck in traditional Chinese culture. As such, patterns of grapes have adorned ...

PHBS is a component school of Peking University, the second oldest public university in China, founded in 1898 by the Guangxu Emperor. The school itself was founded in 2004 with funding from HSBC ...

This essay appears in 52 Artists 52 Actions: Small Acts of Disobedience, co-published by Artspace Sydney and Thames & Hudson Australia in 2019.