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... was the Tai Ping Rebellion. During the Tai Ping rebellion, the government was in war with the Tai Pings. As a result, the rebellion destroyed the economy badly and caused many internal problems of the country. Most of the country was at war and trades were not safe to be made where economy was stroke badly since goods were not imported or exported. There were many internal problems caused by the rebellion which include famine, harsh peasant lives, economy breakdown etc. These problems lasted in China as the years passed which was one of the factors that triggered the 1911 revolution. Another internal factor was the Boxer rebellion. The Boxer during the rebellion plundered foreign shops, tore up railroad tracks and murdered both foreigners and Chinese Christians. This caused the Chinese government to pay an indemnity of $333 million dollars to the foreigners which turned China into financial debt. Another ...
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