The story of the most important woman in Chinese history. Under the Empress鈥檚 rule, the ancient country attained virtually all the attributes of a modern state: industries, railways, electricity, telegraph, and an army and navy with up-to-date weaponry. It was she who abolished gruesome punishments like 鈥榙eath by a thousand cuts鈥� and put an end to foot-binding. She inaugurated women鈥檚 liberation, and embarked on the path to introducing parliamentary elections to China.