Century of humiliation

The "century of humiliation", also call as a "hundred years of national humiliation", is a term used in China to describe the period of intervention and subjugation of the Qing dynasty as well as the Republic of China by Western powers together with Japan from 1839 to 1949.

The term arose in 1915, in the atmosphere of rising Chinese nationalism opposing the Twenty-One Demands made by the Japanese government and their acceptance by Yuan Shikai, with the Kuomintang Chinese Nationalist Party and Chinese Communist Party both subsequently popularizing the characterization.

Implications

The ownership of the Century of Humiliation in the US bombing of the Chinese Belgrade embassy, the territorial claims and general economic and political rise.