There is a saying in the international community that "if you are backward, you will be beaten." As a typical example of this sentence, China has the most say. In the early 20s, the Qing Dynasty became increasingly corrupt and incompetent under the rule of Empress Dowager Cixi, making China a fish on the board of many overseas countries, ready to be slaughtered. On May 8, 1900, a war with the largest amount of reparations occurred in China, britain, Germany, France, Austria-Hungary, Japan, the United States, Tsarist Russia, and Italy formed an eight-power alliance and launched a war of aggression against our country. At that time, the corrupt and incompetent Qing government officials were not opponents of the great powers at all, and in order to survive, they could only cut off the land and pay compensation, and signed the "Xinugu Treaty" that lost power and humiliated the country, which reduced China to a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, and brought unprecedented disasters to the country and people at that time.
Time flies, a hundred years have passed since the Eight-Power Alliance's war of aggression against China, China has gradually risen from a decaying country, with rapid economic development, continuous strengthening of national strength, and even its international status has become higher and higher. The eight countries that invaded us are different, two of which have ceased to exist. These two countries were Austria-Hungary and Tsarist Russia. The Austro-Hungarian Empire was the kingdom and royal territory represented by the Imperial Congregation and the Crown of St. Stephen of Hungary, the last state ruled by the Habsburgs. At that time, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was very strong in Europe, one of the five major powers in Europe and one of the world powers at that time, not only a vast land area, but also a large population, second only to the Russian Empire at that time, but it disintegrated after the defeat of the world's first world war.
Tsarist Russia was the last monarchy in Russian history and had a very large population, ranking third most populous country in the world. As one of the most powerful countries, Tsarist Russia at that time had a very high international status, one of the strongest powers in Europe, until the middle of the nineteenth century, when it lost the Crimean War, the shortcomings of Tsarist Russia's serfdom were revealed, which led to the economic, social, industrialization and other backward countries of the entire country, thus moving towards the road of abuse. The cruelty of history, it has made many countries gradually disappear in this long river, which makes people feel impressed.
Centuries of development have made Britain's international status higher and higher, before the Second World War, Britain's strength was the strongest, many small countries in the world are his colonies. However, in the period of rapid development after the Second World War, Britain's strength was weakened a lot, but because of its strong foundation, it is still a world power. France's strength has always been very strong, but it has never reached the top of the position of the world's only power, if France belongs to the list of great powers, and becomes one of the five permanent directors of the United Nations, it has a certain right to speak, and it is also one of the world's great powers.
Although the number of people is not large, the area of the country is not large, but the domestic economic, military and other development is hundreds of times better than China, after World War II, it became the world's third largest economy with the support of the United States, the rapid economic development, and the people's living standards have gradually improved. Germany suffered heavy losses at the outbreak of World War II, losing a large amount of land. However, Germany's industrial and scientific and technological strength is still very strong, making it ahead of many countries in the world, in the leading position in the world, with high influence and a certain right to speak.
After the end of World War II, Italy's economy began to develop rapidly, and its total economic output ranked among the top in the world. But it is strange that no matter how good Italy's domestic economic development is, its international status is not high, and its sense of existence has always been relatively low, perhaps because of its low profile. No matter what the reason, we have mastered the basic information of each country, and we are constantly improving our own strength, so that our people can live more realistically and no longer have to be bullied by other countries.