Occupying much of imperial China's Yangzi River heartland and costing more than twenty million lives, the Taiping Rebellion was no ordinary peasant revolt. What most distinguished this dramatic upheav
Occupying much of imperial Chinas Yangzi River heartlandand costing more than twenty million lives, the Taiping Rebellion(1851-64) was no ordinary peasant revolt. What most distinguished thisdramatic
Western missionaries in China often considered themselves “voluntary exiles” in a distant land, while Chinese considered Christians either the demons of imperialism or the angels of modernization. Thi
Western missionaries in China often considered themselves “voluntary exiles” in a distant land, while Chinese considered Christians either the demons of imperialism or the angels of modernization. Thi
