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What was the goal of the taiping rebels in china?

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With that act, the Taipings awakened a nation to rebellion. ... The Taiping goal was simple: destroy the Manchus and restore to China her past greatness. The leader of the Taipings, Hung Hsiu-Ch'uan, shaped the entire rebellion and thus much of modern China. He was born on January first, in 1814.
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