If studying ancient history can allow us to understand the wisdom of the ancients and the laws of the rise and fall of history, then when studying modern history, we must certainly experience the same feeling: backwardness will be beaten, and if we want to avoid being bullied, we must open our eyes to see the world, never forget the lessons of history, and strive to make ourselves strong.
This is not some chicken soup circulating on the Internet, but a summary of real historical experience. As we all know, in 1900, soldiers from 8 countries formed a coalition army to invade Beijing, the decaying Qing court was powerless to resist, countless treasures were robbed or destroyed, hundreds of people were robbed, and the signing of the "Xinugu Treaty" the following year made the Qing court completely become a "foreigner's court".
It can be said that the history of the modern world is to a certain extent the history of colonization and colonization, and many Western capitalist countries, after completing their industrial accumulation, intend to divide up a sweet but under-guarded "cake". In the process of the Eight-Power Alliance's invasion of China, Japan sent the largest number of troops, totaling 20,840 troops, accounting for about 2/5 of the total number of allied troops. Now that more than 100 years have passed, what happened to the Eight-Power Alliance?
Japan began to develop rapidly from the Meiji era (1868-1912) to modernization, and today's Japan can still be said to be highly developed, but it is still constrained by many factors, such as small area, serious aging population, the older generation of ideas solidifying the new generation into a "desireless society", strong urban effect and other issues, and economic development is not as fast as before.
Germany and Japan were both members of the Axis powers of World War II, and Germany launched two world wars, which also damaged its own vitality, and now the German army has a lack of talent, and the situation of the German army in the past is much different from nature. Speaking of the United States, the United States is still very powerful, although it is only a 244-year-old immigrant country, but the war has not greatly reduced its strength, of course, the development of the United States is not calm.
Italy symbolically sent 85 people at that time, and Italian soldiers in World War II also responded passively many times, and it can be said that this country is a more special existence among the great powers. Nowadays, when we think of Italy, we think of various cultural customs, because Italy is the second most world heritage country in the world, and the development of Italian art and fashion after the war is still very good, and others can be said to be unremarkable.
Both Britain and France are modern countries with which we are more familiar. But Britain is no longer the "empire of the sun never sets", and on the eve of World War II, Britain's industrial development lagged behind virtue, and now Britain is not as domineering as it used to claim. As for France, France has slowly undergone some changes in its economic system, which have gradually stabilized compared with the past, and there are many practical problems to be faced.
The Russian Empire was officially declared extinct after Nicholas II signed a declaration of abdication in 1917. Of course, it was the once glorious Tsarist Russia that perished, unlike today's Russia. Another country that no longer exists is the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which was once one of the five traditional European powers.
However, the participation in the First World War completely shaken the foundation of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the empire tasted the consequences of defeat, it was difficult to continue to maintain the nationalities in the country under internal and external troubles, and eventually split into many countries, and the Habsburg Dynasty, which once ruled the empire, no longer had its former glory, and now, the four words "Austro-Hungarian Empire" are only recorded in the historical archives.
In fact, such a history is not far away from us, and even we ourselves are participants in history, and China's rise and strength are closely related to our lives. Perhaps the Eight-Nation Alliance at that time could not have imagined that the sleeping lion would really stand up and stand proudly in the East, no matter what other countries do, we should keep history in mind and let China prosper because of us in the future.