In the midst of America’s civil war another, bloodier, battle was being fought in China. The Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864) took more lives than World War I and devastated parts of rural China so thoroughly that they were not fully recovered until the 1950s. The Taiping Rebellion was the deadliest war the 19th century world had ever seen…and it was started by one man, Hong Xiuquan.
Leaders, good or bad, have lessons to teach us and that’s …