19世纪，走上工业化道路的很多西方国家国力强盛，而与此同时，中国却积弱积贫，国力衰败。自鸦片战争英国割占香港岛后，西方列强开始对中国进行鲸吞蚕食，侵占大片领土。但是，其中清廷也不乏成功收复之例，即1877年左宗棠收复新疆。1895年日本割占台湾和澎湖列岛后，更是引 In the nineteenth century, many western countries embarked on the road to industrialization enjoyed strong national power. Meanwhile, at the same time, China was weak in its accumulation of power and its national power declined. After the British occupation of Hong Kong Island during the Opium War, Western powers began to whack and swallow up China and occupy a large part of the territory. However, there was no shortage of cases in the Qing court that were successfully recovered. In 1877, Tso Tsung-tang recovered Xinjiang. It is even more cited by Japan after it seized Taiwan and Penghu islands in 1895