The Revolutions of 1848/October 1860, sack of the Summer Palace in Beijing
1848 isn't so much a date as a vintage, a year that concerned the whole of Europe, laying the foundations of its political modernity.
October 1860, English and French troops pillaged and destroyed Qing Xianfeng's summer palace: the Yuánmíng Yuán. The episode marked the climax of the Second Opium War.
Directed by: Pascal Goblot, Juliette Garcias (France, 2019-220)
1848 isn't so much a date as a vintage, a year that concerned the whole of Europe, laying the foundations of its political modernity.
October 1860, English and French troops pillaged and destroyed Qing Xianfeng's summer palace: the Yuánmíng Yuán. The episode marked the climax of the Second Opium War.
Directed by: Pascal Goblot, Juliette Garcias (France, 2019-220)