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China fought a land war against a coalition of invaders who attempted to subvert its economic, political and religious sovereignty. China lost, was forced to c
by wombatmobile 6y ago
China fought a land war against a coalition of invaders who attempted to subvert its economic, political and religious sovereignty.
China lost, was forced to cede Hong Kong to the British for 99 years, and paid 668,661,220 taels of silver from 1901 to 1939, equivalent in 2010 to $US 61 billion on a purchasing power parity basis.
A large portion of the reparations paid to the United States was diverted to pay for the education of Chinese students in U.S. universities under the Boxer Indemnity Scholarship Program. To prepare the students chosen for this program an institute was established to teach the English language and to serve as a preparatory school. When the first of these students returned to China they undertook the teaching of subsequent students; from this institute was born Tsinghua University.
- srtjstjsj 6y agoFascinating but doesn't seem relevant to the topic at hand. The China of that history has been displaced by an undemocratic revolutionary regime that conquered the Chinese people.
- wombatmobile 6y agoAre you sure you have your timeline straight, srtjstsj? When were the Chinese people "conquered"? Tsinghua University is a world leader in AI and software technology. Chinese engineers and entrepreneurs are competing in world markets with innovative products and services, not gunships. 100 million American users of TikTok appreciate this. Have you considered the possibility that China is not trying to take over the world, but rather to be a part of it? https://uwaterloo.ca/tsinghua-uwaterloo-joint-research-centre-micro-nano-energy-environmental-technology/news/how-chinas-mit-tsinghua-university-drives-countrys-tech https://uwaterloo.ca/tsinghua-uwaterloo-joint-research-centr...
- pnw_hazor 6y agoThe CCP conquered the Chinese people.
- sudosysgen 6y agoYes, the previously free Chinese people under.... The Qing Dynasty and the Kuomintang?
- kolanos 6y agoIn 1842, Hong Kong was considered by both the Chinese and British to be uninhabited, there were only a few thousand inhabitants when the island was seceded. [0] I know symbolically this is of great importance to the Chinese, but at the time it was an easy thing for the Emperor to give up given he was on the losing end of a war. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Island#British_colony https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Island#British_colon...