preface
In 1840, Britain launched a war of aggression against our country, this war was called the Opium War, which ended in the reparations for our country's failure to cut land, which was also the first unequal treaty in China's history, the Treaty of Nanking, which gradually reduced china to a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society.
Then, in 1900 AD, the well-equipped Eight-Power Alliance invaded China, during which the city of Beijing was completely destroyed, they burned and looted without evil, and then the Yuanmingyuan of the Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens was plundered, then became a ruin, and then on September 7, 1901, it ended with the signing of the unequal treaty "Xinugu Treaty".
It was also from that time that people of insight in our country woke up one after another, and everyone rose up to resist, and after more than half a century of efforts, the chaotic era came to an end with the founding of New China, and then it took half a century of development, and China gradually became the world's second largest economy from a "weak country".
So let's look back and look at it, what happened to the eight countries that invaded China in those years?
Of the eight countries of that year, one has perished and five are in decline
First of all, we must know which eight countries were the Eight-Power Alliance that invaded China in those years? The Eight-Power Alliance was composed of Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Japan, Russia, Italy, and Austria-Hungary.
At that time, Britain's strength was the strongest among these countries, but after two world wars, Britain's strength declined off a cliff, and at the same time, after the global national liberation movement, the British gradually lost control of the colonies, and eventually the country fell from the strongest country to a second-rate country.
After Britain, France is to say France, France is one of the most serious crimes in the Eight-Power Alliance, when the country's strength reached its peak at that time, France was once caught in a dead cycle of conservatism, and eventually the country gradually declined.
Later, it was affected by two world wars, easily defeated by the Germans, and left a lot of international jokes at that time.
Although Germany was also an infinite scenery at that time, after the end of World War II, it became a defeated country and was decomposed by the victorious countries, and many territories were lost in large quantities, and the vitality was seriously injured, and then it was not until after the reunification of the two Germanys that the domestic situation was able to improve, but compared with the original infinite scenery, it was impossible to go back.
The United States is still the world's largest economy, and its domestic economic development and scientific and technological culture are at the world's leading level, but in recent years, the hegemonism of the United States has been resisted by various countries. China has now become the world's second largest economy and has established equal international relations with all countries in the world, including the United States.
Japan invaded our country in 1931, once wanted to turn our country into its colony, and finally in 1945 was defeated and driven out of our country, due to the perennial war, japan's domestic economic development once fell into a trough, and now Japan's development is gradually recovering, becoming the only developed country in Asia.
Although Tsarist Russia also had a glorious history in history, after experiencing the blows of war, the Tsarist regime was completely overthrown, and then entered the Soviet era, and also became the world's largest country, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the new Russia developed rapidly and also had good cooperative relations with our country.
Italy suffered heavy losses in World War II, after which Italy entered an aging era, and now Italy began to vigorously develop art, and local art is very developed, but in terms of economy, it is still lagging behind in Europe.
There have always been many contradictions in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and they are too dependent on other countries, and eventually the Austro-Hungarian Empire disintegrated, the country was completely destroyed, and there was no more Austro-Hungarian Empire in the world.
The development of our country
After these countries, we have to say that our country has developed, after experiencing a humiliating history, the people of our country understand better the truth that backwardness will be beaten, and now our country's comprehensive strength is getting stronger and stronger, the people's living standards are constantly improving, and gradually become another superpower in the world.
summary
It can be said that the war is very cruel, and the harm caused to the country and the people is also irreversible, and now that we have ushered in the era of peace, we must redouble our efforts and cherish this hard-won good life.