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What 14-year long Chinese conflict, begun in the 1850s, was one of the deadliest wars in the history of the world?
A
Taiping Rebellion
B
Boxer Rebellion
C
Opium War
D
Sino-Japanese War
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Taiping Rebellion, also known as the Taiping Civil War or the Taiping Revolution, was a massive civil war in China between the Manchu-led Qing dynasty and the Hakka-led Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Detailed explanation-2: -Taiping Rebellion, radical political and religious upheaval that was probably the most important event in China in the 19th century. It lasted for some 14 years (1850–64), ravaged 17 provinces, took an estimated 20 million lives, and irrevocably altered the Qing dynasty (1644–1911/12).

Detailed explanation-3: -The Taiping Rebellion against the Chinese Qing Dynasty was the bloodiest civil war in history. Yet, unlike the Chinese Civil War of 1927-1949, it is hardly remembered in the West. The Taiping Rebellion, which broke out in 1850, would come to be the bloodiest civil war in human history.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Taiping Rebellion was a revolt against the Qing dynasty in China, fought with religious conviction over regional economic conditions, and lasting from 1850 to 1864.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the 1850s, the United States and the European powers grew increasingly dissatisfied with both the terms of their treaties with China and the Qing Government’s failure to adhere to them. The British forced the issue by attacking the Chinese port cities of Guangzhou and Tianjin in the Second Opium War.

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