China's Craziest Leaders

While Europeans were playing with rocks, the Chinese were discussing philosophy. Long before the rest of the world, ancient China mastered papermaking, printing, navigation, and the complex administrative challenge of governing such a vast territory. Arguably, the Middle Kingdom has epitomized order and stability for millennia.

So it doesn’t immediately spring to mind as a land of nutty barbarians and lunatic kings. However, much like Rome, China has had its fair share of crazies. Here are some of the craziest.