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First Anglo-Chine.The beginning of modern Chinese history

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Pre-war China At the beginning of the 19th century, Britain became the most powerful country in the world of capitalism, and established the "day does not fall" empire. And its next major target of aggression in Asia is China. From the early Qing Dynasty to the eve of the Opium War, the Qing Dynasty was still an independent feudal state. The former national trend has shown the trend of the river from the end of the Qianlong period. The feudal system has seriously hindered the development of a new modern economy. The burgeoning development of capitalism in the middle of the Ming Dynasty was very slow. Before the Opium War, the self-sufficient natural economy combined with small agriculture and family handicrafts always occupied the dominant position of China's social economy. Land annexation has become increasingly serious and has become a common phenomenon throughout the country. The rule of governance was corrupted, and feudal autocracy developed to the extreme. Th