Papers on Sino-Japanese War and Westernization Movement
The failure of the war marked the failure of the Westernization Movement that lasted for more than 30 years, obliterated the achievements of modernization and broke the pursuit of national rejuvenation by the people of China in modern times. Second, the paid cession of land and the loss of sovereignty facilitated the large-scale export of capital by the great powers to China, which set off a wave of carve-up, marked a new stage of the invasion of China by the great powers and greatly deepened the semi-colonization of China. China's international status has fallen sharply. Third, the people's movement to save the nation from extinction in China is on the rise, the bourgeoisie has launched the Reform Movement and the Democratic Revolution Movement, and the people's spontaneous anti-aggression struggle in China is on the rise, such as the Boxer Movement.