送交者: steven 于 2006-3-06, 11:50:56:
回答: 请留意鸦片战争后中国的巨额赔款 由 鹏归 于 2006-3-06, 02:11:50:
to taxation, and nothing remotely related to the financial hardship of the country. If you looked at the end of Ming, The pesants upraising strongly tied to anti-taxation. However during the Qing, even TaiPing Rebellion and the later Revolution didn't emphesize in anti-taxation. I am not sure how the taxation impact Chinese at that time. Take the US as an example, the US is in debt, and yet the life here is pretty good. It is not straightforward to link national debt to living standard.