Century of Humiliation

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concept in Chinese historiography historical period political narrative

The Century of Humiliation refers to the period from the mid-19th to mid-20th century when China suffered military defeats, unequal treaties, foreign occupation, and internal turmoil, profoundly shaping modern Chinese identity and nationalism.

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Label	Occurrences
Century of Humiliation canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	concept in Chinese historiography ⓘ historical period ⓘ political narrative ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	bainian guochi ⓘ national humiliation period ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
endTime	mid-20th century ⓘ
followedBy	Chinese national rejuvenation narrative ⓘ rise of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
hasCause	Japanese imperialism in China ⓘ Western imperialism in China ⓘ
hasEffect	delegitimization of the Qing dynasty ⓘ desire to end foreign domination ⓘ formation of modern Chinese national identity ⓘ rise of Chinese nationalism ⓘ support for revolutionary movements in China ⓘ
hasPart	Boxer Rebellion ⓘ Boxer Rebellion ⓘ surface form: Eight-Nation Alliance intervention in China Anglo-Chinese War ⓘ surface form: First Opium War Japanese occupation of Manchuria ⓘ Opium Wars ⓘ surface form: Second Opium War Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War Sino-French War ⓘ First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ surface form: Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895 Sino-Russian territorial losses ⓘ Taiping Heavenly Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Taiping Rebellion Treaty of Nanking ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Nanjing Treaty of Tientsin ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Tianjin Twenty-One Demands ⓘ fall of the Qing dynasty ⓘ foreign concessions in Chinese cities ⓘ foreign extraterritoriality in China ⓘ foreign occupation of Chinese territory ⓘ indemnities imposed on China ⓘ internal turmoil in late Qing China ⓘ loss of Hong Kong to Britain ⓘ loss of Taiwan to Japan ⓘ spheres of influence in China ⓘ unequal treaties ⓘ warlord era in China ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Chinese ⓘ
mainSubject	Chinese sovereignty ⓘ foreign aggression against China ⓘ national rejuvenation of China ⓘ
significantEvent	Boxer Protocol ⓘ Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: Japanese invasion of China Opium Wars ⓘ
startTime	mid-19th century ⓘ
timePeriod	approximately 1839 to 1949 ⓘ
usedBy	Chinese Communist Party ⓘ People's Republic of China government ⓘ
usedIn	Chinese official discourse ⓘ Chinese patriotic education ⓘ

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Chinese nationalism → influencedBy → Century of Humiliation ⓘ