Caption

Rebellions and foreign attacks, 1839-1901

Summary

After the Opium War of 1839-1842, the
Qing dynasty was challenged from within by a number of
rebellions and uprisings that caused immense destruction and loss of
life. The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-5
resulted in significant loss of imperial territory, including
Korea, Taiwan, and the Liaodong peninsula.

The map shows the area of Taiping (Wade-Giles: T’ai-p’ing) control at
various times; the routes taken by the Taiping rebels, and the the
locations and dates of the following:

• Yunnan Muslim rebellion
• northwestern Muslim uprising
• Boxer rebellion
• Nien rebellion (捻軍起義; pinyin: niǎn jūn qǐ yì)
• Nian invasion of Zhili (Wade-Giles: Nien; Chihli; Zhili’s modern name is Hebei)
• Guizhou-Miao tribal rising (Wade-Giles: Kuei-chou, also spelled Kweichow)
• Hakka-Cantonese war
• Japanese naval victory of 1894

Arrows indicate British, Anglo-French, French, Japanese and Chinese attacks.

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Reproduced from The Times Complete History of the World by permission of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

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Source

The Times Complete History of the World (2007), p. 257.