> Ross Law (bogatyr@hknet.com) > Tue, 17 Dec 1996 14:56:25 +0800 (HKT) > 1) All the initial leaders of the Taiping movement, except Xiao > Chaogui, were Hakkas. Xiao was a brother-in-law of Hong Xiuquan. According to the book, God's Chinese Son, by Jonathon Spence, Xiao Chaogui was introduced as a Hakka peasant. Can anyone verify this? - Dixie