PRESENTER:'But for the British and the other foreigners ... and rural poverty. The Taiping Rebellion was mostly a revolt by poor rural peasants against their landlords and the rich; inspired ...

The British Royal Navy had much better guns ... All of the treaties were very damaging to the Qing. The Taiping Rebellion (1850 - 1864) is another example of the things that were going wrong ...

It offers us new perspectives to understand the making of a modern fiscal state. It finds a positive link between the military conflicts during the Taiping Rebellion and the establishment and ...

The American Revolution (1765–1783) The American Revolution was a colonial revolt against British rule ... The Taiping Revolution (1850-1864) The Taiping Rebellion, also known as the Taiping ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from SGS Taipings The game recreates the Taïping Rebellion (1851-64), the deadliest Chinese civil war, costing the lives of millions. Play the Taïping ...

The truth is that for every Chinese rebellion which succeeds, there are scores which fail - like the Taiping rebellion ... Century they were losing to the British in the Opium Wars.

However, the garden ended up taking some hits, enduring both British occupation during the Opium Wars and again by the French during the Taiping Rebellion. Despite the turmoil, the garden remained ...

In 1911, the Long Bar introduced the Famous Shanghai Buck, China’s first classic cocktail, which created a sensation in the ...