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The '''Taiping Revolution '''(also called the Taiping Rebellion or Taiping Civil War) was an effort by radical christians to establish a theocratic, totatlirain, proto-socialist society in China from 1851 to 1864.

Positives

• The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom made significant strides towards gender equality by banning foot binding and mandatory hairstyles, letting women into civil service exams, and declaring men and women equal.
• The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom began to initiate the use of railroads and steamboats to help modernise China on par with the west.

Negatives

• The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom established a totalitarian regime with no degree of democracy or self-management.
• The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom mandated Christianity as a state religion.
• The Rebellion killed between 20 and 30 million by ''conservative ''estimates, others put the death toll at 120,000,000.