As the last feudal dynasty in China, the Qing Dynasty not only had a weak regime, a weak country and a poor people, but also turned a blind eye to the development of the world at that time and was intoxicated with itself. At a time when external countries were constantly carrying out industrial revolutions and pursuing progress, the Qing government still adhered to its own system and etiquette, and educated most of the people in ignorance. As for the situation of the Qing government at that time, foreign powers had long covetous intentions. Before 1900, some foreigners had been harassing and acting more and more arrogantly on China's borders, when China's hot-blooded boys formed the Boxer Rebellion, determined to drive out foreigners and defend their homeland.
At that time, the Qing government was afraid of really offending the foreigners, defined the Boxer Rebellion as a turbulent current, and suppressed them, and the foreigners had no excuse to go to war against the Qing government, but they were always looking for opportunities. However, the killing of a German envoy during the Boxer Rebellion gave the Eight-Power Coalition the best excuse to declare war with the Qing government. However, after the eight-power alliance invaded China, after the victory, 7 countries wanted to divide China, and the only country that did not oppose it was now a world superpower.
In this battle, the eight-nation coalition army dispatched more than 50,000 people and about 40 or 50 warships. When the foreigners declared war on the Qing government, the Forbidden City was already in a mess, and Cixi angrily rebuked the officials for not doing a good job and for not encircling and suppressing the Boxers, which offended the foreigners. He also decided to retreat west overnight to escape the flames of war between the Eight-Power Alliance. With such a person in power, how can China not be bullied? The eight-nation army effortlessly captured Beijing, entered the Forbidden City to plunder and plunder, and countless precious treasures lost by our country in this battle, in the Yuanmingyuan, the foreigners not only snatched the treasures but also burned the Yuanmingyuan.
After that, the eight armies were stationed in Beijing, and compared the results of their robbery with each other, at the last moment the Russian Empire proposed a plan to divide China, and quickly got the approval of Britain, France, Japan and other countries. After that, these foreigners began to discuss the partition of China on the spot, and also quarreled over the size of the territory they had divided. At that time, the British and French countries were not too enthusiastic about dividing Up China, and the only one who did not have the idea of dividing China at that time was the United States, because it had already seized the Philippines and Guam, and the division of China was not in the interests of the United States in China, so it made the decision not to divide China. Since Russia was the most active in dividing up China because of its border with China, after the quarrel was fruitless, they considered the actual problem and believed that China was not so good at dividing up, and it was better to take the opportunity to make more money.
In fact, the United States has its own unique concept in many cases, they have a very long-term vision, although the United States is because of personal interests to oppose the partition, but more or less indirectly helped us, and the United States is precisely because of the advanced concept, so in the future can rise so rapidly, become the world's superpower. Today's United States has surpassed the major powers in every way and has become the only superpower in the world.
The history of the Eight-Power Alliance's invasion of China is an eternal pain in the hearts of the sons and daughters of China, who hate the backward feudal system and the behavior of foreigners and bandits. However, the founding of New China completely changed China's position in the world, from the Purple Quartz incident at the Yangtze River port, to the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, to the successful explosion of China's first atomic bomb. Every incident has announced to the world that Chinese people have stood up, that the Communist regime is no longer a weak regime, and that the Chinese nation is no longer a nation that was bullied by its predecessors. Our country is recovering the lost national treasures one by one, but unfortunately, through the continuous efforts of our government, a large number of national treasures have returned to the motherland and will continue to return in the future. All of this can be achieved because of the backing of a strong motherland.