The Eight-Power Alliance refers to the eight countries that invaded the Qing Dynasty of China in 1900 (the twenty-sixth year of the Qing Dynasty), namely the British Empire (Britain), the United States of America (the United States), the French Third Republic (France), the German Empire (Germany), the Russian Empire (Russia), the Japanese Empire (Japan), the Kingdom of Italy (Italy), the Austro-Hungarian Empire (Austria), and one of them, because it is a British colony, has no sovereignty, and is led by Britain, and is not counted.
However, careful netizens, it is estimated that they have seen that there is no 6th in the ranking, in fact, the Chinese DGP at that time ranked 6th in the world, and a country that should have risen was destroyed by the Manchu Qing rulers. It should have been friction with eight countries against other countries, and as a result, it was jointly rubbed by eight countries. However, it is not difficult to see that the Qing Dynasty at that time needed eight countries to shake, and it was still difficult to compete with China with the military strength of a single country. Even if Britain, France, and Japan defeated the Qing government many times, they did not dare to swallow it alone, and could only leave with money. China was not India at that time, and it is estimated that there was no faith, so once the lion woke up, other countries were also afraid.
Let's look at the military strength of the eight-power alliance. According to the statistics of the US think tank "2018 Global Military Ranking", 1. the United States; 2. Russia; 3. China; 4. India; 5. France; 6. The United Kingdom; 7. South Korea; 8. Japan; 9. Turkey; 10. Germany. It is estimated that only the top three rankings are not much controversial, and the controversy behind is estimated to be very large. However, it is undeniable that nuclear-armed states do have to rank ahead. Without nuclear weapons, no matter how strong the military is, it is empty. In fact, the military strength of the original Eight-Power Alliance, in addition to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Italy faded out of our vision, the military strength of several other old empires can still not be underestimated.
For example, Britain, France and Germany were crippled after the competition of World War I and World War II, and now the economic growth rate is relatively slow. However, in the early 20th century, it was a very good country, and because the United States was far away from Europe, it reaped the benefits of the two world wars. This is also one of the main factors for the United States to develop into a world superpower, and if it had been close to Germany in Europe, whether it could become a global superpower is estimated to be a question mark. In short, in addition to India, the Eight-Power Alliance has taken advantage of foreign aggression. The great powers made their fortunes rich, more or less by plunder and colonies. Therefore, China's backwardness, in the final analysis, has not caught up with the pace of the industrial revolution, and the external sector has become a blank. The rulers of the time were absolutely primarily responsible.