Historian Frank Dikötter alleges Taiping-era wars killed over 100 million

What was said

""If you look at the demography you'll find something much more interesting namely that during that conflict which lasted from roughly the 1850s till the 1860s about 14 15 years and was followed by other civil wars uh about 70 million plus individuals were massacred from both sides.""

Historian Frank Dikötter argues that the often-cited Western estimate of about 20 million deaths in the Taiping Rebellion lacks clear sourcing. He says demographic evidence indicates roughly 70 million-plus were killed during the Taiping conflict and subsequent civil wars, and that adding other rebellions could take the total to well over 100 million.