I personally believe that the Taiping uprising was completely directed towards the Opium war. After the British and the Chinese gov’t reached the agreements, the British basically gained 100% control of the Chinese gov’t. For the next 10-15 years, the Chinese gov’t stood by as the British called all the shots. After finally paying off all their debts, the Chinese gov’t gained control back. However, they were not prepared to have all the power back in their hands and were not ready to run the nation. The Chinese people knew this and noticed that they had to take action. This is where the Taiping uprising started and they knew they had to throw off the poor and weak gov’t that was in charge at the time.
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ReplyDeleteGreat Blog Cal!!
ReplyDeleteI never knew that the british had all control i knew they had the majority but i never knew they had 100%. Also the chinese did have to take charge if they wanted their control their own government.
Cal: what do you mean by 100% control of the Qing government? What did that look like? Please explain and cite.
ReplyDeleteCal, they did not obtain 100% of the Chinese government but obtained a lot of the major ports and had the power to look over and the final verdict on any law proposition in the Chinese government. This is stated in the Treaty of Nanjing
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