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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars
by ori_b 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars
- alexeldeib 9y agoAdding onto this, consider that China was, for a relatively long period in its development, the dominant power in its interactions. Interactions with the colonial West in the 1800s were a dramatic departure from long term history in a number of ways. At the end of the 1800s, the Sino Japanese War was also a major defeat for the Chinese. From a certain perspective, the current state of affairs could be viewed as something of a long-term return to normal.
- dis-sys 9y ago"the current state of affairs could be viewed as something of a long-term return to normal" CCP has its own "Make China Great Again" thing, officially known as "The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation". https://www.amazon.com/CHINESE-DREAM-GREAT-REJUVENATION-NATION/dp/7119086960 https://www.amazon.com/CHINESE-DREAM-GREAT-REJUVENATION-NATI...
- rgbrenner 9y agoI thought you would have linked to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_of_humiliation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_of_humiliation