Qing. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Qing

PRONUNCIATION:	chng
VARIANT FORMS:	also Ch'ing
VARIANTS:	also called Manchu.
	A Chinese dynasty (1644–1912) during which increasing Western influence and trade led to the Opium War (1839–1842) with Britain and the Boxer Rebellion (1898–1900). The dynasty, China's last, was overthrown by nationalist revolutionaries.


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