The modern history of China began with the outbreak of the Opium War between China and Britain in 1840 and ended with the collapse of the Nanjing Kuomintang regime in 1949. China's semi-colonial and semi-feudal society gradually formed and collapsed after the late Qing Dynasty, the interim government period, the northern warlords period and the national government period.
/kloc-In the middle of the 9th century, Britain, France and other western powers successively launched wars of aggression against China, and China's sovereign independence and territorial integrity were constantly undermined, and the contradiction between western powers and the Chinese nation intensified. After the 1970s, the invasion of China by foreign powers intensified, and the crisis of the Chinese nation became more and more serious.
In order to resist the invasion of foreign powers and strive for national independence, the people of China have waged a heroic struggle and started the exploration of saving the nation from extinction. The Westernization Movement aimed at "self-improvement" and "seeking wealth" objectively stimulated the emergence and development of capitalism in China. In order to save the nation from peril and develop capitalism, the bourgeois reformists carried out the reform movement. The Revolution of 1911 overthrew the rule of the Qing Dynasty, ended the autocratic monarchy system in China for more than 2,000 years, and started the modern national democratic revolution in a complete sense. The New Culture Movement impacted the feudal ideological and moral culture and opened the floodgate of ideological emancipation. China is constantly undergoing economic, political, ideological and cultural changes in the environment of being bullied by foreign powers and forced to open up. China's modernization started with difficulty, and its social structure gradually transformed from traditional society to modern society.
19 19 The May 4th patriotic movement broke out, marking the end of the old democratic revolution led by the bourgeoisie and the beginning of the new democratic revolution led by the proletariat. 192 1 year, the China * * * production party was founded, and the face of the China revolution took on a new look. The first ethnic cooperation promoted the climax of the national revolutionary movement. After the collapse of the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the * * * production party launched an armed revolution of workers and peasants in order to resist the rule of the Kuomintang, and began a difficult exploration of the revolutionary road in China.
193 1 year, Japanese imperialism launched the September 18th Incident, and the Chinese nation faced a serious national crisis, and the national anti-Japanese national salvation movement continued to rise. 1937 Japanese imperialism launched the July 7th Incident, and the Chinese nation began its all-round war of resistance. After eight years of bloody fighting, the people of China finally won the complete victory of the first anti-aggression war in modern times.
After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory, China faced a decisive battle with two fates and two futures. China's * * * production party made great efforts for peace and democracy, but the Kuomintang government flagrantly launched a civil war with the support of American imperialism. China's * * * production party led the people in the liberation war for more than three years, overthrew the rule of the Kuomintang in Chinese mainland and won a great victory in the new-democratic revolution.