Comments by "Hiyuke La Vie" (@hiyukelavie2396) on "Why Couldn't Japan Conquer China? | History of China 1937-1945 Documentary 6/10" video.

@henryng7893 Look at this this way -China fought a war with Britain and France -which were two of the most powerful nations at the time -while simultaneously fighting an extremely devastating civil war -which would end up claiming 20-30 million lives And the only territory that China lost is a tiny, miniscule patch of jungle near Hong Kong which was a backwater at the time? I mean, how is that a humiliation? It's a win all things considered But no, the Chinese government wants you to think that China suffered some kind of great humiliation So that they can appear to be the saviours who lifted China out of this so called "century of humiliation"
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@henryng7893 It's just propaganda to rile up Chinese nationalistic sentiments The 2nd Opium War was actually just a minor incident, compared to what was actually going on China was actually at the same time dealing with the Taiping Rebellion, the bloodiest civil war in human history The so called "century of humiliation" is actually a concept created and propagated by the Chinese government, because it allows them to appear as heroes who "ended" this so called "century of humiliation"
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