Court of the Empress Dowager Cixi

Having lost the Opium Wars, the Court of The Empress Dowager Cixi's is in a dire situation in the 1890s. On the home front, the Japanese are becoming more aggressive while the Western powers are pressuring for more concessions and open ports. Meanwhile, the economy is spiraling downwards while Empress Dowager's sixtieth birthday looms ahead. Can Empress Dowager Cixi's Court save China?

Chair

Danielle Zheng - dzheng@uchicago.edu

Crisis Director

Ryan Kaminski - ryank@uchicago.edu

Rules

PDF DOC:emp_r.pdf

Paper

PDF DOC:emp.pdf
PDF DOC:bio.pdf

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