France and Late Qing China
by Ge Fuping
About This Novel
The Opium War that broke out in 1840 was a watershed in Chinese history. Since then, China has been forcibly incorporated into the capitalist system by Western powers. It has gradually transformed from a feudal society into a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, and its international status has plummeted. As a major European country, France was one of the Western powers that had relations with China in the late Qing Dynasty. This book fully explores multilingual documents, especially French archives, and truly reproduces France's role and role in the two Opium Wars, the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War, the partition of spheres of influence, the expansion of the French Concession in Shanghai, the Eight-Nation Allied Forces' invasion of China, and the issue of garrisoning and withdrawing troops in Shanghai during the Boxer Rebellion. It examines France's observations and reactions to the political situation in the last decade of the late Qing Dynasty, and conducts an in-depth analysis of France's cooperation and competition with other powers. This book not only reveals the commonalities between France's China policy and the great powers, but also clarifies the personality and reasons of France's China policy. It fully embodies the global history perspective and the research characteristics of the history of international relations. It helps to better understand the complex relationship between the Western powers on the China issue in the 19th century and China's dangerous situation. It also has certain reference significance for us today to better understand the East Asia policies and major power relations of European and American countries and to formulate China's foreign policy.
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