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China's
Modern Period (1840-1919)
Opium War ( Nabal Battle )
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The Opium War of 1840 marked a turning point in Chinese history. The
corrupt and incompetent Qing government capitulated to the foreign invaders time
and again, and finally signed the Treaty of Nanjing with Britain, a treaty of
national betrayal and humiliation. From then on, China was reduced to a
semi-colonial and semi-feudal country.
After the Opium War, Briatin, the United States, France, Russia and Japan
forced the Qing government to sign various unequal treaties, seized
"concessions" and divided China into "spheres of
influence." To oppose the twin evils of feudal oppression and foreign
aggression, the Chinese people waged heroic struggles, with many national heroes
coming to the fore. The Revolution of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in
1851, led by Hong Quiquan, was the largest peasant uprising in modern Chinese
history.
The Revolution of 1911, a bourgeois-democratic revolution led by
Dr. Sun Yat-sen, ended up the rule of the Qing Dynasty. The monarchial
system that had been in place in China for more than 2,000 years was discarded
with the founding of the provisional government of the Republic of China.
The Revolution of 1911 is of great significance in modern Chinese history.
But the fruits of victory were soon compromised by concession on the part of the
Chinese bourgeoisie, and the country entered a period of domination by the
Northern Warlords headed by Yuan Shikai. The peole lived in an abyss of
misery in this period.
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