


Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on history of asia and much more so go give them a look over on Youtube. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. #36 This episode is China & Japan: Big Brother & Little Brother

Henceforth the two nations, China Big Brother and Japan, little brother, would never be the same again. Another nation, just across the sea, faced the same cataclysm, but would undergo a vastly different approach. China was facing an uncomfortable situation, she had to modernize to survive against threats abroad and within. Foreign encroachment and internal strife were breaking down the dynasty brick by brick. Yet this civil war was just one event amongst many simultaneously occurring in the Qing dynasty. History's bloodiest civil war was over, claiming the lives of 20-30 million people. All the remaining Taiping Kings and Hong’s son were hunted down and executed. Hong Xiuquan, the self proclaimed brother of Jesus was dead. Last time we spoke the Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace, Tianjing had finally fallen to the forces of Zeng Guofan and his Xiang army.
