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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- An anti-Qing peasant revolution is a mass armed uprising by China's rural classes against the Manchu Qing dynasty (1644–1912), driven by agrarian distress, ethnic resentment, and dynastic decline.
- Why did the Taiping Rebellion ultimately fail?
- What was the slogan uniting many anti-Qing movements?
- How does Marxist historiography interpret these revolts?
- How did peasant revolts contribute to the 1911 fall of the Qing?

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