Episode 19 - The Last Emperor (Part I)

 

In this week’s episode of The Historian’s Movie Review I look at the film The Last Emperor.

Topics discussed include the Empress Dowager CiXi, The May Fourth Movement, and the Chinese Civil War.

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Sources:

The Empress Dowager CiXi: the Concubine who Launched Modern China – Jung Chang

The Last Manchu: The Autobiography of Henry Pu Yi, Last Emperor of China – Henry Pu Yi

Intro/Outro Music - "Smells Like Roast Liar" - BASIC