History of Sino-german Relations
by Du Jidong
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China is a big country in the East and Germany is a powerful country in Europe. Although the two countries are separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, the earliest exchanges between the two nations can be traced back to the Yuan Dynasty. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, more and more German missionaries set foot on Chinese soil. While conducting ideological and cultural exchanges, trade exchanges between the two countries also began. However, this equal and friendly trade relationship was soon interrupted by the artillery fire of the Opium War. Germany followed the footsteps of Britain, France and other invading countries and began to plunder and invade China crazily. From forcing the Qing government to sign the Treaty of Commerce, to demanding the concessions of Hankou and Tianjin, to seizing Jiaozhou Bay and interfering in China's internal affairs, Germany expanded its rights and interests in China step by step, even using force to consolidate its vested interests. In this way, the relationship between China and Germany will eventually deteriorate and even develop to the point of breaking off diplomatic relations. It was not until the founding of New China that China and Germany established equal and friendly diplomatic relations.
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