The Twilight of Southern Ming Resistance As the Qing conquest of China gained momentum in the mid-17th century, the Southern […]
The Crucible of Resistance: Origins of the Kuizhou Base In the turbulent early years of the Qing dynasty, ethnic tensions […]
The Fall of the Ming and the Rise of Southern Ming Resistance When the Ming Dynasty collapsed in 1644 under […]
The Rise of Coastal Resistance In the mid-17th century, as the newly established Qing dynasty consolidated its rule over China, […]
The Rise of a Ming Loyalist In the turbulent mid-17th century, as the Ming dynasty crumbled before Qing forces, one […]
The Rise of a Maritime Powerhouse Zheng Chenggong, better known in the West as Koxinga, emerged during one of China’s […]
The Strategic Crossroads of 17th-Century East Asia In the turbulent 17th century, as the Ming Dynasty crumbled under Manchu invasions, […]
The Collapse of the Ming Dynasty and Rise of Southern Ming The mid-17th century witnessed one of China’s most dramatic […]
The Collapse of the Ming Dynasty and the Rise of the Southern Ming The mid-17th century marked a turbulent period […]
The Collapse of Ming Loyalist Resistance in Yunnan By 1659, the Qing dynasty had consolidated control over most of China […]
The Collapse of the Southern Ming Dynasty The mid-17th century marked the death throes of China’s Ming Dynasty as Manchu […]
The Fragile Alliance: Southern Ming’s Last Stand in the South In the turbulent decade following the Qing conquest of Beijing […]
The Fragile State of the Southern Ming Court By 1659, the Southern Ming Yongli regime found itself in a desperate […]
The Desperate Retreat of a Doomed Court In the bitter winter of 1659, as Qing forces tightened their grip on […]
The Strategic Context of the Yangtze Expedition In the summer of 1659, as the Southern Ming resistance against Qing rule […]
The Historical Context of Zheng Chenggong’s Northern Expedition In the summer of 1659, Zheng Chenggong (also known as Koxinga), the […]
The Rise of Zheng Chenggong and the Southern Ming Resistance The mid-17th century was a tumultuous period in Chinese history, […]
The Strategic Landscape of Late Ming Resistance In the turbulent mid-17th century, as the Qing dynasty consolidated its rule over […]
The Collapse of the Southern Ming and the Rise of Li Dingguo By 1659, the Southern Ming dynasty was in […]
The Collapsing Southern Ming Dynasty As Qing forces advanced relentlessly into Guizhou and Yunnan in 1658, the Southern Ming court […]
The Fractured Southern Ming Court The Southern Ming regime, clinging to legitimacy after the fall of Beijing in 1644, faced […]
The Fractured Landscape of Late Ming China The mid-17th century witnessed one of China’s most turbulent periods as the Ming […]