Comments by "Winston Smith" (@kryts27) on "Was China's \"Century of Humiliation\" Inevitable? History of China 1839-1895 Documentary 2/10" video.

  1. There were a few modern equipped regiments in late Qing China; full compliment of rifles for each company and adequate training and discipline. However, these "elite" troops were very much in the minority in the Qing army as a whole, which were mostly a motley collection of adventurers and scoundrels without fire-power.
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  2. The background map of China is wrong for this period in history (19th century). The Qing Dynasty were lucky at it's large and unwieldy empire did not split apart (this actually happened in the 1920s during the warlord period). Obviously also too, China was backwards with regards to more advanced military technology and tactics from Europe.
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