The Nian Rebellion (1851-1869) in the east and north of China had ties to a Buddhist sect, while the Taiping Rebellion in the south was led by a man who claimed to be the recipient of divine ...

PRESENTER:'The Chinese revolution of 1949 'was preceded by several other revolutions. PRESENTER:'The greatest of them, the Taiping. PRESENTER:'In the 1840s, China was still the greatest state on ...