• huf [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 month ago

    wasnt it this rebellion that broke the qing so badly (even though they managed to put it down) that it became possible to overthrow them and start on the road to mao?

    • LaughingLion [any, any]@hexbear.net
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      1 month ago

      I guess you could look at it this way. Though, this was happening exactly during the Second Opium War. Basically, exactly during the period in which the west was trying to destroy China through opium import. Which broke which?