Plus points! Briefly describe the Opium War, the Sino-Japanese War, and the May 4th Movement. ....

Opium War: There were two opium wars in China's modern history: the first opium war:1June 840 ~1August 842. The Second Opium War: 1856 10 month ~ 1860 10 month. The two Opium Wars gradually reduced old China to a semi-feudal and semi-colonial society.

Taiping Heavenly Kingdom: the first peasant uprising against imperialism, feudalism and aggression in modern history. 185 1 established the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, 1853 set its capital in Tianjing (now Nanjing), occupying the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Tianjing fell and existed for 14 years until 1864.

Westernization Movement: From 186 1 (the end of the tenth year of Xianfeng) to 1894, the Westernization School in the Qing government launched an improvement movement of "learning from foreigners and mastering their skills to control foreigners" throughout the country. After the two Opium Wars, the ruling class of the Qing government was divided into "Westernization School" and "Old School" on how to solve a series of problems of internal and external troubles. The Westernization School advocated developing new industries, enhancing national strength and maintaining the feudal rule of the Qing government. But also laid a certain foundation for China's modernization.

Sino-French War: A war between the Qing Dynasty and France for the sovereignty of Vietnam. During the war, because the ambassadors of various countries were not summoned when the Qing Dynasty declared war on France, it was not made public. France did not declare war on the Qing Dynasty from beginning to end, and it was only called "retaliatory military action". In addition to the Annan battlefield, France also sent troops to attack the Yunnan border, and sent a lone Far East Fleet to attack Fujian, Taiwan Province and Zhejiang, control the Taiwan Province Strait and occupy Penghu.

Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895: The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 was a war of Japanese aggression against China and Korea from the end of July to April. It broke out in 1894 (the 20th year of Guangxu). According to China's chronology, that year was the Sino-Japanese War, so it was called the Sino-Japanese War. Toshima naval battle is a sign of the outbreak of war. Under the military pressure of Japanese militarism, the Qing government signed the treaty of shimonoseki after the treaty of nanking, which once again brought the Chinese nation into the abyss of disaster.

The Reform Movement of 1898: The Reform Movement of 1898 was a bourgeois political reform by the reformists headed by Kang Youwei through Emperor Guangxu, which was a political reform movement in China during Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty. The main contents include: learning from the west, advocating science and culture, reforming the political and educational systems, and developing agriculture, industry and commerce. This movement was strongly opposed by the old school headed by Empress Dowager Cixi. In September this year, Empress Dowager Cixi and others staged a coup, Guangxu was imprisoned, and the reformists Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao fled to France and Japan respectively. Six people, including Tan Sitong, were killed, and the political reform that lasted only 103 days finally failed. Therefore, the Reform Movement of 1898 is also called the Reform Movement of 1898.

Boxer Rebellion: 1900 is the year of the Boxer Rebellion in China lunar calendar. That summer, war broke out between China and the eight great powers in the world at that time. This unrest, which broke out more than 100 years ago, was also called "the Boxer Movement" by China people. After the defeat of China, China was completely reduced to a semi-feudal and semi-colonial society with the signing of the Xin Chou Treaty.

Wuchang Uprising: 19 1 1 After the failure of the Huanghuagang Uprising in, some revolutionaries decided to turn their targets to the Yangtze River basin and prepare to launch a new armed uprising in the two lakes with Wuhan as the center. Through the efforts of revolutionaries, the epoch-making Wuchang Uprising was finally successfully launched in1911(191the first month of the lunar calendar)+10. The victory of the uprising gradually led to the demise of the Qing Dynasty.

Protection Movement:1917-1918 The bourgeois revolutionary party headed by Sun Yat-sen opposed the dictatorship of Beiyang warlords in order to safeguard the provisional constitution and restore the National Assembly. Also known as the war to protect the law.

May 4th Movement: The May 4th Movement was an anti-imperialist and anti-feudal patriotic movement of China people, which broke out on May 4th, 2009. The May 4th Movement was the end of the old democratic revolution and the beginning of the new democratic revolution in China.

China's modern times ended, from then on, it entered modern times, and then to the present.