China up close: Nikkei Asian Review
Subject: Qing dynasty traumas

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	China Up Close May 15, 2020

	Haunted by a phantom, Chinafights a modern-day siege In 1901, China's Qing dynasty was forced to pay 450 million tael of fine silver, several times more than the government's annual budget, to theEight Nation Alliance -- the U.K., U.S., Germany, France, Italy, Russia, Japan and Austria-Hungary -- plus Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain,  as compensation for the Boxer Rebellion -- the failed anti-foreigner,  anti-Christian uprising. The obligation was passed down to the newly established  Republic of China,  sowing the seeds of deep resentment remembered even by  later generations. The modern-day chorus of criticism against China over the  roots of the new coronavirus conjures memories of that  traumatic  experience at the dawn of the 20th century. But China  today is  the world's second-largest economy and a global power  feared by others. The world watches the next steps closely. Read here.
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