The modern history of China can be divided into two stages. The first stage was from the Opium War in 1840 to the eve of the May 4th Movement in19/9, which was the stage of the old democratic revolution. The second stage is from the May 4th Movement in 19 19 to the eve of the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1949, which is the stage of new-democratic revolution.
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Anti-aggression and anti-imperialism are the national contradictions between the Chinese nation and foreign invaders, which constitute a "semi-colonial society" in modern China. After the major western capitalist countries completed the second industrial revolution and entered the stage of imperialism one after another, anti-aggression developed into anti-imperialism.
Anti-feudalism and seeking democracy are class contradictions between China people (including peasants, workers, craftsmen, bourgeoisie, petty bourgeoisie and other revolutionary classes) and feudalism or forces (including landlord class and bureaucratic bourgeoisie), which constitute a "semi-feudal society" in modern China.
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After the Opium War, China gradually became a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, and China also opened the door to modernization in the invasion of capitalist powers and the humiliation of unequal treaties. The Opium War was the beginning of China's modern history and the starting point of China's modernization. The modern history of China is a history of China gradually moving towards a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, and it is also a history of China people moving from the old democratic revolution to the new democratic revolution and finally winning national liberation.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Modern History of China