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After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the tiger skin of the Qing Empire was completely stripped off, and the great powers set off a frenzy to carve up China. They divided their spheres of influence in China and plundered the wealth of China people at will, which reached its peak when Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China. But why didn't Eight-Nation Alliance take the opportunity to overthrow the Qing government and carve up and occupy China completely?
Eight-Power Allied Forces
First of all, the resistance of the people in China, including the Boxer Rebellion, showed the determination of the people in China, Eight-Nation Alliance. Although the Boxer Movement is full of ignorance and absurdity, his anti-imperialist and patriotic behavior is beyond doubt. Although Empress Dowager Cixi fled hastily with Emperor Guangxu, many patriots stood up and resisted.
China has been a unified dynasty for thousands of years, and its cultural heritage has never been interrupted. The determination of China people to fight for freedom and resistance is far stronger than that of Indian colonies. The cost of ruling China is far higher than the estimation and affordability of big countries.
Boxer uprising
Second, China has a vast territory and a large population, and the strength of a big country is far from enough to occupy China. In the past, the invasions by foreign powers were all armies with thousands of people at most tens of thousands of people, but they were only pirate attacks. Although the armies of the great powers have strong fighting capacity, they are not invincible. The arrogance and cowardice of the Qing dynasty are the main reasons why the great powers can make profits repeatedly.
Many big countries with a population of only tens of millions have neither the ability nor the strength to occupy and carve up China. The expeditionary forces sent by the foreign powers are limited, only tens of thousands of expeditionary forces are sent, which is far from enough to occupy China, let alone rule China.
Some officers in Eight-Nation Alliance.
Third, there are many contradictions among big countries. Although the great powers have temporarily united in order to carve up and seize China's interests, they cannot unite forever, especially the contradiction between Britain, France and Germany is irreconcilable. The First World War was the final outbreak of contradictions among great powers.
Fourthly, the Qing government was the best helper for foreign powers to plunder China's interests. At this time, the Qing government had degenerated to the point where it betrayed the interests of the people in order to maintain its rule. In just a few decades, the Qing government signed more than 1000 unequal treaties, lost millions of square kilometers of land and compensated hundreds of millions of silver to the great powers. China's economy is on the verge of collapse, and people are living in dire straits.
unequal treaty
It was the "cooperation" of the Qing government that made it easy for the powers to plunder so many interests and overthrow the Qing government at a small cost, and it was difficult for the powers to have such a useful "helper". At the same time, the rule of the Qing government also facilitated the plundering of the powers to a certain extent, because the people in war were in a precarious situation, which would make the market of the powers smaller.