Taiping's history started more or less in the middle of the 19th century when the different warlords fought over the tin-fields in the Larut district of Perak.
The reputation as a clean city as a cool town was enhanced by the cool weather and the water from the nearby highlands.
Taiping's location was strategic because the nearby hills: Gunung Jijau rise up to over 1500 meter and it's only 20 km from the coast.
Taiping Rebellion 1850-64, revolt against the Ch'ing (Manchu) dynasty of China.
He directed (1852-59) resistance to the Taiping Rebellion in his native Hunan and later organized (1860) a volunteer corps that fought the Taipings in Jiangxi and Anhui provs.
Ward arrived in Shanghai in 1859, when the Taiping Rebellion was at its height.
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