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On the death of Emperor Kao-tsung his son Wu Chao becomes Emperor Chung-tsung. A month later, after his wife attempts to exercise the same sort of power wielded by her mother-in-law, however, Empress Wu deposes this son and places another, Jui-tsung, on the throne. He rules in name only while his mother governs China. In 690 she usurps the throne.
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