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 | | The Qing weren't the worst rulers; under themthe arts flowered (China's greatest novel, a work known variously as TheDream of the Red Chamber, A Dream of Red Mansions, and The Story of theStone, was written during the Qing) and culture bloomed. |
 | | On the other hand, they did do their bestto prop up the ailing Qing, the most notable example being the crushingof the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 by foreign troops (primarily U.S. Marines).What the Western powers were interested in was the carving up of Chinafor their own purposes, and that, paradoxically, required keeping Chinatogether. |
 | | First,in 1911, the Qing dynasty collapsed and China plunged headlong into chaos.Second, in 1914, the Archduke Ferdinand told his driver to go down a streetin Sarajevo he shouldn't have, and Europe plunged headlong into chaos. |
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