centralized and agrarian fiscal system of the Qing China was transformed into a responsive, decentralized and diverse one since the 1850s. It offers us new perspectives to understand the making of a ...

The Taiping rebellion promised to bring a kingdom of heavenly peace to China but actually led to one of the bloodiest civil wars in history, killing as many as 20 million people, according to some ...

Finally, in 1864, aided by Britain and the other Western Powers and modern weapons, the Qing were able to re-conquer Nanjing and finally defeat the Taiping Rebellion and reunite China. This short ...

In 1853, a Taiping army infiltrated North China, threatening Beijing and the Qing dynasty itself ... Most notably, in 1828, the Daoguang emperor had ordered the live capture and transportation to ...

Remarkably, China was also struck by what’s been called the bloodiest civil war in human history less than a century before ...

China wars often stemmed from internal revolts ... During this time, almost 25 million people died in the hostilities. The Taiping Rebellion was a Christian millenarian movement aimed at unseating ...

The Taiping Rebellion was a religious movement and rebellion that devastated southern China. ‘Taiping’ is also often used to refer to the followers of the movement. The leader of the uprising ...

Hong showed peasant rebellion could work in the modern ... "If you look at the history of China from say the Taiping through to the death of Mao in 1976, no country had as bad a prolonged period ...

This poster provides a detailed research design and its preliminary results on the topic of fiscal modernisation for Late Imperial China from 1850s to 1900s. It investigates the impact of Taiping ...

China’s domestic crackdowns belie a deep and growing sense of fear among its political elites. This insecurity runs counter ...