that's the one I meant, it left the country decimated and ripe for outside imperial conquest, which is what happened since the second opium war started half-way through the Taiping Rebellion. It was why the Shanghai ports were owned by the UK for so long too.
that's the one I meant, it left the country decimated and ripe for outside imperial conquest, which is what happened since the second opium war started half-way through the Taiping Rebellion. It was why the Shanghai ports were owned by the UK for so long too.