Saw significant territorial expansion but also faced internal rebellions and external pressures, leading to the “Century of Humiliation.” Boxer Rebellion (1898-1900) TheBoxer Rebellion or Yihetuan Movementwas a violent xenophobic and anti-Christian movement that took place in China towards the end o...
But Tang began to decline toward the end of the eighth century, causing rebellions of warlords from within and invasions from without. After Tang, China was again divided. In 1211 Genghis Khan, a Mongolian leader, began the invasion into China from the north, but the conquest was not ...
Despite its loss, the Qing government failed to realize its growing weakness, and widespread rebellions against the unpopular Qing government were further exploited by foreign states. At the end of the Second Opium War (1856–58), one of the conditions in the Treaty of Tientsin was that the ...
Writing History or Collecting Facts? Different Ways of Representing Modern Chinese Rebellions李孝悌(Hsiao-T'i Li)中央研究院歷史語言研究所古今論衡李孝悌,“Writing History or Collecting Facts? Different Ways of Representing Modern Chinese Rebellions,” 《古今論衡》,9(臺北,2003.7),頁31-34。 :...
Kangxi Emperor stabilized the country from armed rebellions, defeated the Mongols, expanded the Qing Dynasty’s territory to Taiwan and Tibet, and rivaled the Russian invasion. Kangxi was frugal in court expenditures and reduced taxes many times to lighten the heavy burden on the poor. ...
War with England, rampant addiction to opium, famine and domestic rebellions devastated living conditions, particularly in southeast China. Chinese immigrants were lured to America by tales of California's gold rush. Rumors of "gum saam," or "the gold mountain" held a promise of economic ...
We mean important events related to changes of the parameters of power, such as gain and loss of independence or territory, large scale rebellions, change of dynasty etc. Here we give some examples in this sense. The reader can find a lot more in the book and also some in the book. ...
In the field of science, the achievements in architecture were outstanding. Summer Palace, Beijing After the middle period, all kinds of social contradictions increasingly surfaced and Qing began to decline. Under the corrupt ruling of the later rulers, various rebellions and uprisings broke out....
But if there is one product that represented the highest standard of craftsmanship in Chenghua period and rightly considered as one of the peaks of excellence in the history of Chinese porcelain, it must be thedoucaiporcelain. During the Wanli period, a pair ofdoucaicups with chicken motif was...
It all started in 1820, China was at the end of Qing Dynasty with a rotten emperor government and militarily rebellions everywhere. Cantonese people were transported into U.S. during the Gold Rush, either as labours or slaves. More followed with a hope to seek a better life in the new ...