记者:最近一些年来,学术界流行一种观点,认为清政府的新政本来是可以救中国的,辛亥革命原本是可以避免的,是不应该发生的。请问张老师,应该如何评价清末新政,辛亥革命爆发的历史背景是什么?张老师:这种观点是违背历史事实的。半殖民地半封建社会的中国,帝国主义的侵略和封建制度所造成的腐败与落后,是中国社会难以进步的根本原因。就辛亥革命来说,产生革命的深厚根源在于那个时期的社 Reporter: In recent years, there has been a popular view in academia that the new government of the Qing government could have saved China and that the 1911 revolution could have been avoided and should not happen. May I ask Zhang, how should we evaluate the new policy in the late Qing Dynasty, what is the historical background of the 1911 Revolution? Zhang: This view is contrary to historical facts. The semi-colonial and semi-feudal society of China, the aggression of the imperialists and the corruption and backwardness caused by the feudal system are the fundamental reasons for the difficult progress of Chinese society. As far as the Revolution of 1911 was concerned, the deep root of the revolution was in the society of that period