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Can you outsmart the Empress Dowager Cixi herself in this ruthless empire quiz?

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The Old Buddha pulled the strings while the Boxers burned the capital. Empress Dowager Cixi gambled the Qing dynasty on a single, bloody uprising against the foreign powers. Can you navigate the court intrigue and the Siege of the Legations, or will your empire crumble under the pressure?

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