Imperialism in a new economic guise By KONG QINGJIANG and CHEN LI | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2026-01-24 08:26

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202601/24/WS697411cda310d6866eb3583d.html History tends to repeat itself, even if in a different form. In 1900, an eight-country military coalition of Britain, the United States, Germany, France, Japan, Russia, Italy, and Austria-Hungary invaded China. More than 60,000 troops marched into the country to suppress the Boxer Rebellion, trampling principles of sovereignty and symbolizing the logic of imperial power.