The Taiping Rebellion, from the perception of its leader, could erroneously be regarded as a cult movement. In the events that followed, it became more a mass movement of the Chinese people akin to a ...

The Taiping Rebellion (1851-1864) was one of the bloodiest conflicts in world history. At least 20 million people perished in this 14-year civil war between a peasant army led by a pseudo-religious ...

Twilight of a Nation is a Hong Kong television series based on the events of the Taiping Rebellion and the rise and fall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom during the late Qing Dynasty. The 45 episodes ...

Taiping Tianguo is a Chinese television series based on the events of the Taiping Rebellion and the rise and fall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom during the late Qing Dynasty. The 48-episodes long ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Hong Xiuquan believed he was the younger brother of Christ and by 1850 had 20,000 Chinese followers ...

The New York Times reviews a new book, Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War, which looks at the Taiping Rebellion, one of the bloodiest periods ...