Details
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.
- Documentary, War & Politics
- French
Cast & Crew
- Patrick Boucheron
- Patrick Boucheron, Denis van Waerebeke