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During the opium wars the social classes were scattered. It went from the opium sellers being on top of the table, to the warrior class becoming the highest ranked class.
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Gave woman more rights and replaced what used to be the old chineese ways of life. Hong Xiuquan believed he was God which put him higher on the social scale
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Much like the first opium war the soldier class aquired much more social power which made them stand above most of the normal people
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This was the time period after the fall of the Qing dynasty where the people tried to reconstruct the military to where they were stronger, so they would not be defeated. Socially the classes shifted around minimally.
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Kang Youweit lead a reform movememnt within China