During the 70-odd years from 1840 Opium War to 1 1 Xinhai Revolution, the Qing government signed hundreds of unequal treaties with big and small powers, ceding territory of nearly1600,000 square kilometers, paying compensation of 27 million yuan and silver of more than 700 million taels (excluding interest). If the interest is included, the principal and interest of "boxer indemnity" stipulated in the Xin Chou Treaty alone will reach more than 980 million yuan. At that time, on the coastline of 1.8 million kilometers, the Qing Empire could not find its own sovereign port. This country has no maritime defense and its borders are unstable. Most of China's territory has become the sphere of influence of imperialism: Russia is north of the Great Wall; Britain is in the Yangtze River valley; Japan is in Taiwan Province Province and Fujian Province; Germany is in Shandong; France is in Yunnan. The beautiful and rich land of the Chinese nation was ravaged to pieces. There are countless classics of cultural relics, calligraphy and painting.
Don't forget the national humiliation,