Looking back at history, the future world will certainly be better because of this.
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In 1901, the Qing government signed the Treaty of Xinugu, which humiliated the country, and China further impoverished and weakened.
In 2021, the high-level negotiations between China and the United States, the world, has long been changed.
Uncle Hai noted that a day earlier, on March 18, local time, the French people held a parade in Paris to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune.
What is the connection between the Paris Commune and China emerging from poverty and weakness and becoming the world's most important power, a force for peace and justice?
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In March 1871, the French working class and revolutionary masses revolted and established the Paris Commune. Although the Paris Commune existed for only 72 days, as a new innovation of the proletarian revolution, it was of great significance to the development of human society and the influence of world history. After the Paris Commune, communist ideas entered China. At the end of the 19th century, the British missionaries Timothy Lee and Zelcon jointly translated "The Great Classmate". In the article, Timothy Lee and Cai Erkang wrote an excerpt from the Communist Manifesto, which reads: "The power of those who correct shares and do things covers five continents, and the scope of the monarchy is suddenly over the scope of one country." ”
The Bulletin of nations was the first to mention Marx in China
After this, after the eight-power alliance invaded China, the Xinugu Treaty became the most unequal treaty in China's modern history. China, which has completely and completely degenerated into a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, has really reached a time when it is worried about the destruction of the country and the extinction of the species. Only revolution can save China!
However, what was the situation after the Xinhai Revolution? Warlords are at war, and careerists are engaged in various restorations. 100 years ago, the Communist Party of China was founded, and through 28 years of arduous struggle, it was through the establishment of a new China that China came out of the quagmire of history and gradually developed into what it is today. Today's China will not sign treaties with foreign countries to lose power and humiliate the country, as the Qing government did 120 years ago.
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Whether it is the Paris Commune, or the Soviet Union after that, or China, including some countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America, socialist practices have been carried out or are being carried out on the road to communism. Its origin was undoubtedly the Paris Commune. This is enough for future generations to commemorate.
Look at the commemoration of the parisian masses today -
At about 14:00 local time on March 18, members of the Friends of the Paris Commune and other French left-wing groups joined the public in holding a commemorative parade from the Place de la Bastille in the center of Paris. Despite the current severe COVID-19 pandemic in Paris, about a thousand people wore masks to participate in the march.
Paris masses commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune Photo: China News Agency
Reports from the scene showed that many people sang the "Internationale" during the parade, and the slogan "Long live the commune" in the crowd was heard endlessly. Many elderly people attending the parade held roses and looked serene. There are also elderly people singing songs from the Paris Commune period on the spot, which attracts many people to stop and listen.
The old man in Paris holds a rose and sings the "Internationale" Photo: China News Service
At a time when the new crown pneumonia epidemic is raging, Uncle Hai feels that the Paris Commune is even more memorable. The reason is that this socialist practice is not only aimed at smashing the old state and establishing a new state under the dictatorship of the proletariat, but also aiming at building a new society in which the real working class is the masters of its own affairs and is ultimately completely liberated. From the perspective of the whole world, the complete realization of the ideals of the Paris Commune still has a long way to go. But this does not mean that in the current world, whether in the West or the East, people do not take this as a future goal. People have the freedom to achieve a better life through various ideals and paths.
In France, throughout the West, the spirit of the Paris Commune, even if marginalized, was never completely forgotten.
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This year marks the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. Among the early leaders of the Communist Party of China, Qu Qiubai gave a more systematic introduction to the Paris Commune. He wrote a special section on the "Commune" in the History of the Heart of the Red Capital, which gave a brief overview of the Paris Commune. At that time, there were many Chinese translations of the "Paris Commune", and the translation of the Paris Commune was considered by scholars to be the first of Qu Qiubai.
Works by Qu Qiubai
Wei Aoyu, a professor at the University of Paris III and an expert in French social history, recently said in an interview with the media that the spirit of the Paris Commune had directly influenced Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, and other leaders of the older generation of the Communist Party of China who went to France a hundred years ago to study and study, and promoted them to establish a firm belief in communism and achieve a fundamental change in their world outlook.
From this, we can also feel the friendship between the Chinese and French peoples. Looking back at history, the future world will certainly be better because of this.
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