All of the following about the Empress Dowager Cixi are correct except that she
A. ruled as Chinese regent for two decades.
B. placed her nephew on the throne and then imprisoned him in a palace coup.
C. had once been an imperial concubine.
D. opposed radical attempts to bring about Chinese reform.
E. abandoned her Manchu connections and adopted western democracy reforms.
Answer: E
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