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CW: Wars, death tolls, refugees 19th century
#TheHouseOfDoors novel has a main character, the narrator, Lesley.
She's in Penang in 1910 and speaks of some #ChineseHistory - the #TaipingRebellion. WP has 20-30 million deaths. But I've seen estimates x5 higher.
As well as the rebellion leader thinking he is the #BrotherOfJesus, the rebellion is lead by the #Hakka, who I've heard refered to as the #NomadClan, or "#GuestPeople who may have offended the Emperor". Whereas they had lead a rebellion! -
> ... China was quite exceptional. But things began to change with the #OpiumWars, the extraction of concessions from China by European countries. The system began to fragment. Local mandarins frequently became corrupt and sold off the granaries. China in the 1860s experienced three civil wars, the largest of which — the #TaipingRebellion
— is probably the bloodiest in world history.
#ChinaTrade #OpiumTrade