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The Strange Army of China in the Taiping Era
Channing A Bart chronicles a chaotic view of China’s armed forces and leadership during upheavals, detailing Li Hung Chang and Li Ward Gordon, the Eight Banners, Green Flows, and the flawed, uneven modernization efforts. The piece contrasts brave Chinese fighters with obsolete weapons and systemic weaknesses, noting foreign influence and the massed populace as the core danger to invaders.
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Gordon
Ward
Khartum
China
Li Hung Chang
Forbidden City
Shanghai
Amarin
Tientain
Ping-yang
Korea
Niuchusng
Peking
Nankin
Iners
Cain
Chinn
Opee
Confucius
Pu Ose
Li Huns Chang
Beresford
Tien-tain
Barsier
Imp
Channing A Bart