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Chinese and the Manchus, 2007.
This paper discusses the evolution of Chinese attitudes toward the Manchus.
1,085 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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Abstract
In this article, the writer traces the evolution of Chinese attitudes toward the Manchus from 1644 to 1796. The writer looks at how these attitudes affected the course of the Qing government. The writer explains that the Qing, or Manchus, were responsible for overseeing China's last period of imperial rule. Furthe, the writer notes specific turning points and looks at what effects they had on policy. The writer also discusses that during the height of their power, the Manchus adopted many aspects of Chinese culture, won widespread Chinese collaboration and ruled China with a surprising amount of popular acclaim, while still retaining special privileges for their own people.
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"The early greatness of the empire fostered a sense of pride in all Chinese people and increased positive attitudes towards the usurpers of the Ming throne. Under the Manchu rule the empire grew to include a larger area than before or since. The Qing was the first dynasty to eliminate successfully all danger to China via the land. The Emperor K'ang Hsi, who reigned from 1661-1722, consolidated the Manchu regime by suppressing internal rebellions from 1673-81 and then defeated the Mongols and Tibetans. He also signed a peace treaty with Russia. This practice of effective relations with foreigners was cultural as well as political. At first, the Manchu emperors practiced toleration towards the West. They even accepted Jesuit missionaries into China, but when converts were told to reject Confucius, ancestor worship, and a cosmology that placed the Emperor at the center of the universe in terms of significance, this lead to the expulsion of the Roman Catholic missionaries in the early 18th century."
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The Taiping Rebellion., 2002.
This paper examines in detail the reasons for this rebellion and the events that followed.
1,275 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 4 sources, $ 48.95
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The Taiping rebellion is often regarded as a domestic civil war, but it was a response against European imperialism as well. The rebels, after all, were fighting a ruling class, the Manchu dynasty, that was at the subservience of European powers. This meant, in turn, that the Manchus were exploiting the Chinese people. In the end, the Taiping rebellion had failed, partly because the wealthier classes, who were in league with European imperialists, preferred to support the Manchu dynasty, which to them stood for stability. The anti-imperialist nature of the Taiping rebellion was well illustrated by the fact that its forces were eventually put down not only by Chinese imperial troops, but also by their allies -- a mixed force of Europeans, who feared to lose their commercial interests if the Manchu dynasty fell. In order to understand China's response to imperialism in the late 19th century, therefore, it is necessary to perceive the role that the Taiping rebellion played in moulding China's anti-imperialist ideology and capability.
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