Stephanie Balkwill, University of California, Los Angeles (THE CONVERSATION) In sixth-century China, a woman known to history as Empress Dowager Ling ruled over an empire called the Northern Wei.

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Lorien Chen, editor of BQ magazine tells listeners that famous Chinese movie star Liu Xiaoqing will come to Melbourne with her stage play ' Empress Wu Zeting' in early March.

In sixth-century China, a woman known to history as Empress Dowager Ling ruled over an empire called the Northern Wei. Historians do not know her birth name or in what year she was born ...