It is astonishing how many messianic visionaries throughout history have tried to establish kingdoms in God’s name, unleashing civil wars and massacres that only distance and time can strip of their ...

THE Taiping rebellion, which was imagined to be opening China to Christianity, and which promised at one time to revolutionize the empire, grew out of the contact with foreigners and the loss of ...

A potent mix of war, wuxia and male bonding, “The Warlords” uses a large canvas — the Taiping Rebellion in 19th-century China — as the backdrop for a small personal drama. Shouldering the movie’s ...

We have seen China suffer devastating rebellions such as the Taiping rebellion. The country suffered a humiliating defeat ...

A new body of research is examining historical calamities like the Black Death and the Taiping Rebellion to better understand their role in development. Three key features of society are necessary for ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

This poster presents a quantitative study that investigates how the static, centralized and agrarian fiscal system of the Qing China was transformed into a responsive, decentralized and diverse one ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: As late as the 1970s, war raged across Southeast Asia. Today, Asia is in one of its most peaceful periods in modern history. All current... Here’s What You Need to Know: ...