taiping

Challenge: Have the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, ruled by the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan, gain independence, and Industrialize over the decades along side Japan (Not modernize the Government, it would remain feudal, hey would never do that under Hong Xiuquan)

The Taiping rebellion brought the Qing to its knees, however, it ultimately failed due to it being a Christian rebellion. While many fighting for the Taiping didn't really care for it being Christian, it failed to turn into a Han revolution because it was not based on Confucianism. In fact, many...

As you know, during the the period from 1850 to 1874 China was wracked by one conflicts after another from the Taipei Civil War to the Nien Rebellion to the Second Opium War. Miraculously, the Qing still managed to put down the numerous rebellions and continue to be a functioning state for a...

We all know China's history in the 19th century wasn't too rosy. It was faced by corruption, rebellion (e.g. the Taiping), the Opium Wars, Western imposed unequal treaties, free trade, extraterritoriality, treaty ports under foreign control, foreign concessions on Chinese soil (Hong Kong...