Compare and contrast the “Indian Mutiny” and the Taiping Rebellion as indigenous responses to globalization. The Indian Mutiny (1857-1858) and the Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864) were the result of Britain's desire for a world empire. This desire is called globalization and is defined by John Darwin in his work as “The Growth of Global Connectivity”. Through new technologies and attractive products, Britain successfully connected its world to the Asian world during the 19th century. For a long time, the British wanted to establish a deeper foothold in India and China to improve their global influence. Merchants disliked the restrictions on trade, missionaries wanted to convert more people to Christianity, and sailors demanded more docking ports. Once influenced by the British Empire, India and China responded to globalization in two distinctly different ways, but also with many similarities. The aim of this article is to compare the Indian Mutiny and the Chinese Taiping Rebellion as indigenous reactions to globalization in the following areas: British influence, religion and education, economics and socio-politics. Both the Taiping Rebellion and the Indian Mutiny were reactions against globalization in the form of British imperialism, but the Taiping Rebellion drew on Western ideas and attacked Chinese traditions, while the Indian Mutiny was an attack on the British invasion and an attempt to preserve their traditional culture. The Taiping Rebellion was not a rebellion against foreign authorities like that of the British, but an uprising against local authority after the introduction of Western ideas into Chinese culture. The rebellion was a civil war led by Christian convert Hong Xiuquan middle of paper...... eastern modernity towards non-industrial Asia was inevitable, the way indigenous people decided to deal with globalization was however the key to their future. Work Cited Darwin, John. After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of World Empires, 1400-2000. New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2008. Hong Xiuquan. “Voice of the Heavenly Realm.” In Meridians Sources in World History., edited by Mark Kishlansky. Boston, MA: Pearson Custom Publishing, 2010. Khan, Syed Ahmed. “The causes of the Indian revolt”. In Meridians: Sources of World History., edited by Mark Kishlansky, New York: Pearson Learning Solutions, 2010. Metcalf, Thomas. The consequences of the revolt. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1964. “The Rise of Modern Globalization in China.” In Globalization in World History, edited by AG Hopkins, by Hans Van De Ven, New York: Norton, 2002.