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  2. Taiping Rebellion - Wikipedia

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    The Taiping Rebellion, also known as the Taiping Civil War or the Taiping Revolution, was a civil war in China between the Manchu-led Qing dynasty and the Hakka-led Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The conflict lasted 14 years, from its outbreak in 1850 until the fall of Taiping-controlled Nanjing —which they had renamed Tianjing "heavenly capital ...

  3. Taiping Heavenly Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom developed its own regulated system of clothing and fashion, in response to the cultural policy of tifayifu set by the Qing. One of the earliest acts of rebellion was Taiping members letting their hairs grow and forbade the use of queue braids.

  4. Third Battle of Nanjing - Wikipedia

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    With the fall of Nanjing, the capital of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the rebellion came to an end. The Hunan Army , an unpaid and barely fed militia commissioned by the Qing Empire, lost all their discipline and committed mass-scale random murder, wartime rape , looting and arson against the civilians of Nanjing , seen as "rebels".

  5. Tianjing incident - Wikipedia

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    The conflict itself took place in the Taiping's capital city Tianjing. A few key leaders of the Taiping Rebellion were killed: the East King Yang Xiuqing, the North King Wei Changhui and the Yan King Qin Rigang. More than 27,000 other opposition rivals including soldiers perished in the conflict as well.

  6. Battle of Muddy Flat - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Muddy Flat, also called the Battle of Nicheng (泥城之戰) by the Chinese, was a small land/naval battle on the borders of the Shanghai Concession areas of what would later become the Shanghai International Settlement between a British, American, and Small Swords Society alliance and units of the Qing Imperial forces with a fleet of mercenary pirate allies on April 3–4, 1854. [1]

  7. Tai Chao-chuen incident - Wikipedia

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    Although the rebellion was led by Tai Chao-chuen (Chinese: 戴潮春; Taiwanese: Tè Tiâu-tshun), many rich and powerful people from all over Taiwan, like Lin Ri-cheng and Hung Tsung, were also involved. At this time, the Qing dynasty was facing the Taiping Rebellion and therefore had little military force to spare to put down rebellion in ...

  8. Battle of Changsha (1852) - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Changsha was fought in the early years of the Taiping Rebellion throughout 1852. [1] After defeating Qing forces in Guangxi , the Taipings advanced into neighboring Hunan province . The city was heavily defended and a delay in the Taiping advance allowed Qing forces to reinforce the city.

  9. Occupation of Ningbo - Wikipedia

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    The capture of Ningbo provided the Taiping with access to the sea and the opportunity to demonstrate that Taiping rule would not harm foreign interests. [3] Initially, foreign reaction to the occupation was positive, even from those who were normally critical of the Taiping, such as Harry Parkes and S. Wells Williams. [4]