BBC中国故事第六集革命时代 Part7 甲午战争及八国联军侵华，清政府大额赔款

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[00:01.24]And then in 1895.....到了1895年......
[00:03.36]BANG ..嘣...
[00:04.96]China was humiliated in a disastrous war with Japan.在惨烈的甲午战争中，中国蒙受羞辱。
[00:11.68]And now the colonial powers gathered like vultures.接着各国殖民势力如同秃鹫一般聚集于此。
[00:15.97]The Russians, Japanese and Germans in the north, the French and British in the south.北方有俄国，日本和德国，南方则盘踞着英法两国势力。
[00:22.87]And in 1899, came the second great explosion - the Boxer Rising.到了1899年，另一处起义爆发-义和团起义。
[00:31.94]The Boxers swept on Beijing with a strange mix of martial arts and mysticism, calling for the killing of foreigners and the wiping out of foreign influence.义和团奇异地混杂着武术和神秘主义，横扫北京城，主张杀死在华的外国人并将列强势力一并扫出中国。
[00:42.60]The court fled the capital and in the European quarter in Beijing, the colonials were trapped in a 55-day siege.朝廷逃离首都，或逃往在京的欧洲各国领事馆。在那里，他们被围困了五十五天。
[00:53.80]A relief army of 20,000 men drawn from the eight foreign powers marched from the coast.八国势力共组成了一支约两万人的军队从海岸出发。
[01:00.61]HE SHOUTS IN HIS OWN LANGUAGE And they took revenge in a rampage of looting and killing.他们用狂暴的抢夺虐杀的方式作为复仇。
[01:20.64]The Boxers were crushed mercilessly and huge financial reparations imposed on China.义和团被残酷镇压，巨额的经济赔款强加于中国。
[01:28.55]The Boxer Rebellion was a horrendous disaster for China and for the people of Beijing who'd never seen looting and massacres and killings like this for centuries.义和团运动对中国而言是场可怕的灾难，对生活在北京的人们则已有数百年未经历如此的杀戮与劫掠。
[01:39.97]To make matters worse the foreigners also demanded that this area of Beijing, the Legation Quarters, should be turned over to them.更为严重的是，外国人要要求北京城里的这块区域，即使馆区应该移交给他们。
[01:47.94]They would wall it and administer it themselves.他们要用围墙将其围起来并实行自治。
[01:52.32]This was the French post office here, built in 1901.这是法国邮政局的旧址，建于1901年。
[02:03.14]In central Beijing you can still trace the European quarter on the ground.在北京市中心，你依旧可以追寻欧洲使馆区的所在地。
[02:12.50]If you look at the map of Beijing you can see what that meant in practice.如果在北京市区图上你能找到其所在地。
[02:16.18]This is the Legation Quarter here.这里就是使馆区。
[02:18.20]It's, like, a mile long, nearly half a mile wide.它大约一公里半长，将近一公里宽。
[02:22.29]As big as the Forbidden City, it's incredible, isn't it?和紫禁城规模相当，难以置信吧？
[02:25.33]And right next to it.也紧挨着紫禁城。
[02:30.07]It is another Forbidden City - the Chinese aren't allowed in it.这是另一座禁城。中国百姓禁止入内。
[02:35.79]No wonder Chinese people were outraged.中国人会为此愤怒则不足为奇。
[02:41.58]The indemnity imposed on the Qing government was the equivalent today of 60 billion.清政府被强加了等值于今天600亿美元的赔款。

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BBC中国故事 第六集 革命时代 Part7 甲午战争及八国联军侵华，清政府大额赔款

BBC中国故事第六集革命时代 Part7 甲午战争及八国联军侵华，清政府大额赔款