Century of Humiliation

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The opening of China by Western powers through the Opium Wars was not about civilizing an ancient culture, but about commercial greed and imperialism.
John King Fairbank

The century of humiliation was a period in Chinese history beginning with the First Opium War (1839–1842, Qing Dynasty), and ending in 1945 with China emerging out of the Second World War as one of the Big Four. During this period of roughly a hundred years, China was is typified by decline, defeat and political fragmentation. Foreign, mainly European powers like Britain and Russia exploited China for goods and clay. They intervened, annexed and subjugated China. In the century of humiliation, China is seen as a weak and crumbling empire.

History

Chinese nationalists in the 1920s and the 1930s dated the Century of Humiliation to the mid-19th century, on the eve of the First Opium War amidst the dramatic political unraveling of Qing China that followed.

Defeats by foreign powers cited as part of the Century of Humiliation include the following:

Collapse of Qing Dynasty

ROC defeated Qing Dynasty during the Xinhai Rebellion to abolish monarchy and kicked out the Manchus.

How to draw

Imperialism symbol looming over the upside down Qing dragon

Century of Humiliation has a drawing rating of hard.

  1. Draw a ball.
  2. Fill it with yellow.
  3. Draw an upside down blue Chinese dragon with red and green hair and white scales in the middle. It’s head should be facing left.
  4. Add the imperialism symbol on top of the dragon.
  5. Add Chinese eyes and you are done!
Color Name HEX
Yellow #FECD21
Blue #00386A
Green #09866C
Red #E6170F
White #FFFFFF
Black #000000

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