In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, the mighty Boxer Rebellion broke out, Cixi in order to suppress the reaction, attracted great powers into China to suppress the Boxer Rebellion, did not expect that behind this was a catastrophe, Cixi originally wanted to borrow foreign forces to consolidate his political power, but did not expect to attract wolves into the house. The Western powers that came to China directly carried out aggression, and the Qing government was once again forced to sign unequal treaties to compensate the great powers for money.
Since the beginning of modern times, the Qing government has betrayed the country and sought glory and signed unequal treaties many times, and indemnity for land cutting has become a common thing, as long as it is defeated in a war, it will be slaughtered by the great powers. This is the shame of China, who made the regime at that time weak, and the weak country not strong. Now that China has become a world power, what is the situation of the great powers that invaded China now?
As a country founded for only a few hundred years, the United States has become the hegemon of the world, as early as the beginning of the twentieth century, the United States has a rising trend, but it is not too obvious. At that time, the United States had become the world's leading industrial power, and only sent a small number of troops when it invaded China, in order to take advantage of some small advantages. After experiencing two world wars, the United States has become the world's number one power, and after experiencing the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union, it has successfully dragged down the Soviet Union and become a superpower in the world.
Britain, which once had no sun set, was the world's number one country at the time when it launched the war of aggression against China, and has occupied this position for hundreds of years. The British were immensely proud of their power, with tens of thousands of square kilometers of colonial land under its umbrella, hundreds of millions of people under his management, truly becoming a country where the sun would never set. What surprised the British was that only after the Second World War, it lost its global hegemony, and its territory was reduced to only a few islands, so that it had to become a horse boy of the United States, which made the British feel worse, and finally even Scotland could not be saved, Northern Ireland was also ready to separate, Wales saw other regions independent, and also wanted to get rid of British management.
The veteran powerhouse France has the same huge ambitions as Britain, and the freedom-loving France has always been pressed on the head by Britain, as early as the colonial period, France's colonies ranked after Britain, belonging to the world's second largest power. After The Second World War, France suffered a heavy blow and its international status was much worse than before, but France is now in much better condition than Britain, at least more stable at home. Nowadays, the biggest change is Germany, today's Germany no longer has a monarch, the land area has been greatly reduced, after the defeat of World War II, even if German industry is more developed, but still become a victim of the war, all facilities are re-established on the ruins, the Germans are constantly developing through their own efforts.
The former Austro-Hungarian Empire has long ceased to exist, and in the war of aggression against China at the beginning of the twentieth century, it only sent a few hundred troops to participate in the war. After the outbreak of World War I, germany's allies disappeared forever after only one defeat and became part of the Czech Republic and other countries. Traditional Italy gives people a fashionable feeling, and it is funny that Italy only sent a few dozen people to participate in the war of aggression against China, which only reflects its participation in the war. Italy, which was unified later, was far less powerful than the old powers such as France and Britain. After World War II, Italy, as a defeated country, was less traumatized and recovered relatively quickly.
Speaking of Tsarist Russia, everyone must think of the word insatiable greed, and Tsarist Russia fully interpreted the meaning of this word, when the Qing government was busy dealing with the war of aggression against China, this Tsarist Russia directly occupied the three northeastern provinces, and to this day there are still millions of square kilometers of land occupied by Russia. After the overthrow of Tsarist Russia, the Soviet Union was formed, but it did not take much time to survive the struggle with the United States, and it ceased to exist again, leaving a strong industrial base inherited by Russia.
After the Restoration, Japan gradually became a powerful country in the Asian region, and Japan, which was not satisfied with its land area, carried out a terrible war of aggression, and after World War II, Japan was controlled by the United States for a long time, but it was still able to develop rapidly and have certain capabilities.