Hong Xiuquan, who led the 19th Century Taiping rebellion, showed Communists a peasant uprising was still possible in the modern age.

The Taiping Rebellion and its self-proclaimed messiah threatened the Qing dynasty's hold on China as the nation battled Europe in the Opium Wars. ... The Taiping leader Hong Xiuquan was a Hakka, ...

The Taiping Rebellion was an unfinished revolution Lau Guan Kim Updated: 2004-09-03 10:12. ... On a personal side, one just wonders if Hong Xiuquan had not failed his Imperial Exam, ...

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 ...

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Taiping Rebellion.In 1850 a Chinese Christian convert, Hong Xiuquan, proclaimed himself leader of a new dynasty, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Religious movements often spring up. In Malaysia, followers of the Teacher worship the Creator. One such movement saw 20 million Chinese die Recently, on the sad occasion of the death of a friend ...

Hong Xiuquan believed he was the younger brother of Christ and by 1850 had 20,000 Chinese followers gearing up for a rebellion. Skip to main content. ABC listen. Search. ... Royal Taiping Seal.

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Hong Xiuquan, who led the 19th Century Taiping rebellion, showed Communists a peasant uprising was still possible in the modern age.