Taiping Rebellion
The Manchu-led Qing dynasty and the Hakka-led Taiping Heavenly Kingdom fought each other in the Taiping Rebellion, sometimes referred to as the Taiping Civil War or the Taiping Revolution, in China. From its start in 1850 until the collapse of Taiping-controlled Nanjing, which they had renamed Tianjing “heavenly capital,” in 1864, the struggle lasted 14 … Read more