Modern times refers to the period from the Sino-British Opium War (1840) to the May 4th Movement (19 19). The period from 19 19 to 1949 was modern, and the period after 1949 was contemporary and experienced the Qing Dynasty.

Westernization Movement

The Westernization Movement, also known as the self-improvement movement, refers to the improvement movement of "learning from foreigners to control foreigners" initiated by the Westernization School all over the country from 186 1 (Xianfeng started at the end of October) to 1894. After the two Opium Wars, the ruling class of the Qing government was divided into "Westernization School" and "Old School" on how to solve a series of problems of internal and external troubles. The Westernization School advocated developing new industries, enhancing national strength and maintaining the feudal rule of the Qing government. But also laid a certain foundation for China's modernization. [2]

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The Revolution of 1911 was 19 1 1 year, and the Qing government betrayed the right to build a railway, which aroused the resistance of the domestic people, and the road protection movement broke out in Sichuan and other places. In June 19 1 1, 10, 10 Wuhan's revolutionary group Literature Society and the * * * Progressive Association launched the Wuchang Uprising, and then the provinces responded one after another because191/. Northern Warlords (19 12- 1927)

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The May 4th Movement was an anti-imperialist and anti-feudal patriotic movement of China people, which broke out on May 4th 19 19. The May 4th Movement was the end of the old democratic revolution and the beginning of the new democratic revolution in China. The May 4th Movement is also the continuation and development of the New Culture Movement. 19 15, Chen Duxiu founded Youth magazine, and changed its name to New Youth the following year. He held high the banner of "democracy" and "science", lashed out at the old feudal culture and advocated a new culture. Later, vernacular Chinese was advocated to replace classical Chinese, and new literature was advocated under the slogan of "literary revolution" [3]

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The May 4th Movement, which took place in 19 19, is regarded as the ideological source of many important events in China's modern history. The direct reason is the unequal clauses imposed on China after the First World War. Strong patriotism led to this protest movement initiated by students and then developed to all levels of the country. At the same time, it triggered a variety of new thoughts into China, the most striking of which was the spread of Marxism in China. 192 1 year, Mao Zedong and others 12 people held the first national congress on behalf of local * * * production groups, and the China * * * production party was born.

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The old democratic revolution was led by the bourgeoisie, aiming at establishing a capitalist society and bourgeois dictatorship and opposing foreign aggression and domestic feudal rule. The 79 years from 1840 Opium War to 19 19 before the May 4th Movement were the period of the old democratic revolution. Among them, the Revolution of 1911 was an old democratic revolution in a relatively complete sense. It can be divided into two periods: foreign capitalist aggression and China people's resistance. The May 4th Movement marked the beginning of the new-democratic revolution.

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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. 1949, the China * * * production party overthrew the rule of the Kuomintang through three major battles and the battle of crossing the river, and established People's Republic of China (PRC), marking the end of modern China.