Studying the history of China since modern times and arousing the consciousness of modern history is conducive to comprehensively grasping the social situation of contemporary China, the wishes and dreams of contemporary China people and the development path chosen by China people.
After modern times, due to the invasion of western powers and the corruption of feudal rule, China gradually became a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, and the mountains and rivers were broken, and the Chinese nation was devastated. Especially after the Opium War, the Chinese nation fell into a miserable situation of being poor, weak and at the mercy of others. Only when college students don't forget this history can they alert themselves not to forget your active thinking efforts.
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At the celebration of the 95th anniversary of the founding of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping appealed with a strong sense of historical responsibility and mission: we must not forget the road we have traveled; No matter how far you go, you can't forget the past or why you started. And put forward to keep in mind the history of humiliation, sinking and tenacious struggle in China's modern history.
Significance: General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the conference to celebrate the 95th anniversary of the founding of China expounded in depth how we should conscientiously sum up, treat and apply the history of China since modern times, which is conducive to establishing a correct view of history, awakening the consciousness of modern history, and pushing the whole party to enhance Socialism with Chinese characteristics's road confidence, theoretical confidence, institutional confidence and cultural confidence from the understanding of modern history.
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