The drama will be centered on Wu Zetian, the only female empress in the history of China. By Lesley Goldberg Chris Newman, Xu Yan, Kia Jam - Publicity - H 2016 With the end of Game of Thrones in sight ...

Chinese actress-producer Liu Xiaoqing will star in and co-produce “Empress,” a U.S. television series in development about the seventh and eighth century empress Wu Zetian, Variety has learned ...

Empress Wu (625-705), the only woman in Chinese history to rule in her own name during the golden age of the Tang Dynasty, began her career as a low-ranking concubine in the palace of Emperor Taizong.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that Empress Wu was a woman. This Chinese ruler was notorious for ordering executions, torturing her enemies, and even sentencing family members to death.