The Great Chinese Demon Hunt That Led to the Death of 70 Million People
The little known tale of the Taiping Rebellion and the Heavenly Kingdom
10 min readApr 10, 2021
In 1837, at the age of 23, Hong Huoxiu failed the Chinese state civil service examinations for the third time. It was a crushing failure. Hong Huoxiu had been born into a poor Hakka family in southern China with very few…
