Chep
Emperor
I thought that was the intention behind the power in the first place 
with China it isn't that much of a problem as you should have enough time to build offensive units but with Russia I found it really unfair.
What annoyed me when fighting the Mongols as China was: They took Qufu (would be between fish and silk on the picture from Tomorrow's Dawn and they got Fuzhu - my capitol! - without any fighting or something via some kind of flipping mechanism.

with China it isn't that much of a problem as you should have enough time to build offensive units but with Russia I found it really unfair.
What annoyed me when fighting the Mongols as China was: They took Qufu (would be between fish and silk on the picture from Tomorrow's Dawn and they got Fuzhu - my capitol! - without any fighting or something via some kind of flipping mechanism.