S01E34 Taiping Rebellion: Foreigners and Revolutions In this episode we're shifting back to look at the Taiping side of the Taiping Rebellion. We look at how the Taiping Rebellion works out to be a failed, an incomplete revolution. It brings out certain problems that future revolutions will resolve, but it fails in certain critical ways. We further look at how foreigners influence what China does, but ultimately the permanent changes are decided by Chinese people in China. Hong Rengan was the highest level Taiping figure who had deep familiarity with foreign cultures, but his power base was not quite right for bringing what he knew into the Taiping movement. As we push on toward the end of the Taiping Rebellion episodes of this podcast, we'll be looking at how it sets up future revolutions. If You'd Like to Support the Podcast Subscribe, share, leave a rating. Give once, give monthly at www.buymeacoffee.com/crpodcast Subscribe to the substack newsletter at https://chineserevolutions.substack.com/ Also... Please reach out at chineserevolutions@gmail.com and let me know what you think!