S2·E12 – October 1860 - The Sacking of the Summer Palace in Beijing
2020-10-25 • 27 min
The capture and looting of Emperor Qing Xianfeng's two summer palaces in Beijing (Peking) was the culmination of the Second Opium War; pitting the colonial powers of France and the United Kingdom against China. Yet it was also a double-edged sword.
