Here, series presenter Rana Mitter tells the story of Wu Zetian, the female Emperor. Only one woman has ever sat on China’s throne as Emperor in her own right. That woman was Wu Zetian (624-705 ...

Back in Medieval China, Emperor Wu was the daughter of a lumber ... laws were put in place to improve the lives of women. Punishments for rapists were made more severe and facilities were ...

Wu Zhao - noble, beautiful and well-educated - became the concubine of the elderly Emperor Taizong at the ... a campaign to elevate the status of women, recruiting scholars to write biographies ...

Wu Zetian, better known as Empress Wu, was not only the first and only female emperor of China but also the richest woman to have ever lived. Her reign during the Tang Dynasty (624-705 AD ...