To be honest I think people shit on the Qing dynasty to much because of the century of humiliation because the western world are the masters of propaganda. They removed the fact that much of the ancient classics was saved by the arabs and even more ironic is that the enlightenment Philosophers including Voltaire took a lot inspiration from the Qing dynasty governance such as civil service exams based on merit.What you say does make sense to a degree-When China was weak"Century of Humiliation " ALL powers even little itty-bitty-shitty powers like Italy,Austro-Hungary, attacked China riding on the coat-tails of greater more predatory powers like Russia,Britain,France,USA hoping to eat the scraps from the table etc.BUT Now it's a different world and China is a global,united superpower in all spheres and NO ONE will attack her like before and we can't/shouldn't go back 200 years to avenge something that can't be readily rectified for no good reason when current geopolitical crises demand our attention and resources so there can never be another "Century of Humiliation"-We Chinese can not relive yesterday and lose our tomorrows and who knows what opportunities tomorrow may bring ..but China has to have a strong,prosperous,healthy,united today to capitalize on those tomorrows.Just read the excellent book on the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese war "The Tide at Sunrise" and see how both Russians/Japanese brutalized/ravaged the Chinese villages in DongBei provinces because despite fighting each other-the Chinese were seen as prey not humans.This is the cost of being,weak,stupid and backwards and disunited.Contrast this with a few years ago when China sent a destroyer/marines and naval supply vessel to rescue Chinese citizens and allied/friendly nations and even overseas Chinese from HK/TW etc-otherwise the murderous factions there will see those helpless Chinese citizens as prey for wholesale murder.rape,kidnapping,robbery with impunity ,all the old evils when China was weak-were deterred by strength.May China/Chinese grow even more stronger,more prosperous more united.
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