Behind all this there was extortionate taxation, a form of oppression the Chinese have never learned to tolerate, and discontent led to disorder.

Kublai's grandson was for a time an honest ruler and tried to stem the tide, but by 1368 the mandate of the Mongols was exhausted.

They were an alien race, and the Chinese were glad to get rid of them.
Chinese soldiers are often stigmatized as arrant cowards, who run away at the slightest provocation, their first thought being for the safety of their own skins.

No doubt Chinese soldiers do run away--sometimes; at other times they fight to the death, as has been amply proved over and over again.

It is the old story of marking the hits and not the misses.
A great deal depends upon sufficiency and regularity of pay.