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1990年8月我们曾开会纪念一百五十年前的两次鸦片战争。在回顾这段沉痛的历史时,有必要弄清两次鸦片战争的起因,因为多年来有些人不了解而对此产生错误的看法。严中平同志主编的《中国近代经济史》上、下两卷以大量事实揭示了两次鸦片战争的真实起因,读后使人豁然。有些人认为鸦片战争是由于我国“闭关自守”而引起的,其实我国自汉以后,早就通过丝绸之路和西域通商,自唐以后通过西南太平洋、东印度洋与东南亚、南亚和东非通商。在
In August 1990, we met to commemorate two opium wars of 150 years ago. In reviewing this bitter history, it is necessary to understand the causes of the two Opium Wars because, for some years, some people did not understand it and gave the wrong view. The history of modern Chinese economy, edited by Comrade Yan Zhongping, reveals the true causes of the two Opium Wars with a large amount of facts. Some people think that the Opium War was caused by China’s “self-retrenchment.” In fact, since the Han Dynasty, our country has long passed the Silk Road and trade with the Western Regions. Since the Tang and Southern Dynasties, we have been trading with South-East Asia, South Asia and East Africa through the Southwest Pacific and the East Indian Ocean. in