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Modern China
History 102 with WhatifAltHist's Rudyard Lynch and Austin Padgett
Cultural Transformation through Conflict
American missionaries played a significant role in transforming Chinese customs and societal norms, notably banning practices like footbinding. Their influence also led to the introduction of democratic ideas in China. The Taiping Rebellion, led by Hong Xiuquan, emerged as a radical movement advocating for a unique interpretation of Christianity that sought to establish a communist utopia, drawing parallels to the Nation of Islam's deviation from traditional Islam. This conflict resulted in an estimated 30 million deaths, marking it as the third deadliest war in history, occurring concurrently with the American Civil War.
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