She rose from a teenage concubine to become the only woman to rule China under her own name. But was Wu Zetian a visionary leader or a ruthless tyrant?

In 690AD, she forced him to step down, declaring herself the founding emperor of a new Zhou dynasty, and taking the name Wu Zetian. But as brutal as her rise to power undoubtedly was ...

Wu Zetian is a Chinese television series based ... It was first broadcast on CCTV in China in 1995 and subsequently aired by television stations in other countries.

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 ...