Taiping Rebellion Taiping population referred to theQing Dynastyand itsManchu governmentthedemons. On the other hand, the Taiping population was named theYue Banditsby the Manchu government. Hong Xiuquan, a descendent of the long-haired people (Taiping) brought to his poor village of Guangdong, a...
The Blue Republic’s official beginning was a partly successful rebellion that began with the Wuchang Uprising of 10thOctober 1911. The rebels soon controlled a big chunk of South China and officially declared a republic on January 1912. But there was still an Imperial government in Beijing, soli...