The Qing Dynasty, especially at the end of the period, in the eyes of our descendants, almost all of them were backward, incompetent such words filled our impression, as the last feudal dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing Dynasty was eventually engulfed by the tide of history, it seems to be a very normal trend, in the late Qing Dynasty, not to mention the Western powers for our bullying, even India, Japan and other Eastern countries also dared to invade (India once entered China with the Eight-Power Alliance, not to mention Japan), it can be seen that The Qing Dynasty has become incompetent and weak to what extent.
But many things have two sides, although the Qing Dynasty in our eyes, more incompetent, but the Qing Dynasty still has its own tough side to the outside world, we know that in that period, many countries in the Qing Dynasty have their own concessions, within the concessions, their own people can come and go at will, which is almost equivalent to a country within a country, but also a manifestation of a country's strength.
At that time, the Qing Dynasty actually had its own concessions in foreign countries, but the distance was not far, all in Korea at that time, because the Qing Dynasty's control over Korea at that time had always existed!
At that time, in Korea, there were Japanese, Russian and Qing dynasty forces, intricate, the Qing Dynasty minister yuan shikai was bold and capable, quickly calmed the situation, and safeguarded the interests of the Qing Dynasty in korea, and then the Qing Dynasty also set up concessions in the port cities of Incheon, Wonsan, and Busan in Korea, which later formed Chinatown.
This is a piece of history that many people do not know, and it also fully shows that although the national strength of the late Qing Dynasty was indeed relatively weak, it still had a certain degree of control and influence in the surrounding areas.