https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/kash19818.4 In the middle of the eighteenth century, the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty seized on an opportunity to do ...
QAPQAL XIBE AUTONOMOUS COUNTY, China — Loyal to the core and prized for their horsemanship, several thousand Manchu soldiers heeded the emperor’s call and, with families and livestock in tow, embarked ...