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Dingpatang: Chinese Victory at Zhaitou, 1868

David Leffman March 8, 2017 Mesny, Miao War 2 Comments

The country bus from Kaili dropped Mr Li and myself above a tight little valley, with a dark ridge rising 2km to the north. Below was Zhaitou village; founded back in Ming dynasty, it once sat on a post-road at the boundary of Chinese and Miao territory. In 1855, at the start of the Miao War, the chieftain (Wang) Guan …

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