Chinese modern history essay

550words essay

You may write on any theme of significance. • Themes may involve:

(1) The historical significance of Canton in modern Chinese history:

from the Canton system to Sun Yat-sen

(2) Change and limitation of the Taiping Rebellion

(3) The impact of Qing’s reforms on its collapse

(4) The nature of the Qing’s multiethnic empire;

(5) tensions between Han Chinese and Manchu rulers;

(6) The impact of global changes on China’s imperial history;

(7)the fluid boundaries among rebels, reformers and revolutionaries;

(8) The incomplete transition of China from empire to nation-state.

Chinese Modern History

Change and limitation of the Taiping Rebellion

The Taiping Rebellion is considered to be the bloodiest civil war in the world. It lasted for more than thirteen years and almost toppled the Qing Dynasty. More than twenty million people died in the violence. The conflict witnessed during the rebellion although it later became to be observed to be a form of descent to any form of anarchy that was being perpetrated by the various dynasties. According to most historians, the rebellion was the most event that took place in the country during the 19^th century (Chin, & Fogel, 2018).