Since the First Opium War in 1840, China has signed nearly 1000 unequal treaties with foreign powers, each of which is evidence of China's bullying and aggression. 1840 China was defeated in the first opium war.

Compensation for British military expenditure of 20 million taels of silver, forced to open five trading ports in Guangzhou, Xiamen, Fuzhou, Ningbo and Shanghai. 1856, China was defeated in the Second Opium War and paid 8 million taels to Britain and France.

Yingkou, Tianjin, Dalian, Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Danshui, Taiwan Province, Shantou and Qiongzhou were opened as trading ports, and Dagu went to Beijing to dismantle the batteries. During this period, the British and French allied forces captured Beijing, plundered and burned the world-famous imperial garden Yuanmingyuan.

1867, the Japanese started a war and invaded Taiwan Province province, which was repelled by French soldiers and civilians. That's it. The corrupt and incompetent Qing government still compensated Japan for its military expenditure of 502,000 yuan. 1877, the Sino-French war broke out and the French army won successively.

The French were defeated, while China was "unbeaten and defeated". Sign a Sino-French treaty, recognize the French occupation of Vietnam, and allow France to build a railway to Chinese mainland. 1894 Sino-Japanese War, China was defeated.

Treaty of shimonoseki was signed between China and Japan, and Japan demanded 200 million taels of silver for military expenditure to occupy Liaodong Peninsula, Penghu Islands and Taiwan Province Island in China. Japanese merchant ships can enter Chongqing.

1900, Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China and massacred it, and the Qing government was forced to sign the "Xin Chou Treaty". China compensated 10 countries for more than 900 million taels of silver, which will be paid off in 36 years. The China government promised to severely suppress all anti-imperialist activities and punish officials who failed to suppress them.

In this unprecedented catastrophe, Cino had the cheek to say to the great powers, "Measure China's material resources to please the country." It fully shows her face as a slave who surrendered and betrayed the country.

1905 When the Sino-Japanese War broke out, the battlefield was actually located, and the Qing government expressed neutrality. In the war of the great powers for the territory of China, countless Japanese people were killed.

193 1 year, the "9 18" incident broke out, and the Japanese army invaded the three northeastern provinces and occupied Chinese mainland step by step. 1937 War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression is in full swing. In this war, China suffered more than 35 million casualties.

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History will not repeat itself completely, but there are rules to follow and lessons to follow. Reflecting on the history of failure and humiliation is inevitably bitter and painful, but taking history as a mirror, it is inevitable that development is possible. Take history as a mirror and create the future.

This is a nation's correct attitude towards history, especially the history of failure. During the two Jiazi years from 65438 to 020, poor and weak China experienced a bloody struggle, overthrew the old imperial system and established a new regime.

In the stages of defending the country, bravely rising, reform and opening up, and national rejuvenation, the country's development has been steadily advanced, and its comprehensive strength has changed from weak to strong. At present, especially after more than 30 years of reform and opening-up, China is courageously advancing towards the great goal of national rejuvenation and national rise.

Today, although the smoke of the Sino-Japanese War of 120 years ago has dispersed, the alarm of history is ringing, especially the profound disaster and pain left by treaty of shimonoseki, which humiliated the country, will always leave us endless sorrow.

As a new generation of contemporary China, we must bear in mind the national humiliation, strive to enhance our sense of hardship, be prepared for danger in times of peace, always be alert to the restoration of Japanese militarism, and resolutely put an end to the humiliation of treaty of shimonoseki.

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The shame of Jingkang, at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, Jin Jun invaded Tokyo (now Kaifeng, Henan Province) and captured a large number of royal families, concubines, courtiers, men and women in the Northern Song Dynasty, totaling more than 200,000 people.

Escort north, Tokyo's property was looted. Song Huizong and Song Qinzong died in the north. Royal princesses, harem concubines and other women who were forcibly taken to the north.

Some were assigned to the nobles and generals of the 8 Jin Army as slaves and concubines, some were forced to be sent to brothels as prostitutes, and some even traded openly in the market like animals.

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