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Oh, fuck off. He hands it out to everyone all the time.

The Chinese have been invaded more times than they have invaded others, just like the Russians.
The British, the Japanese, the Mongols, the Portuguese, the French, the Germans, all have had a go. Like the Americans, the Chinese don’t have any love for the British, the French, the Germans, the Portuguese.

HERE ARE SOME REFERENCES FOR YOU.

The Eight-Nation Alliance (1900)
During the Boxer Rebellion, a multinational military coalition known as the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded northern China and occupied Beijing. The coalition consisted of:

• Japan
• Russia
• Britain (including forces from colonial India)
• France
• Germany
• United States
• Italy
• Austria-Hungary [

If you’d like, I can provide more details on a specific time period or dynasty (such as the Mongol conquest or World War II).

French military forces have invaded and engaged in military campaigns on Chinese territory during the 19th century.
Major Conflicts Involving French Incursions into China

• The Second Opium War (1860): France joined forces with Great Britain to launch a military expedition against the Qing dynasty. Around 7,000 French troops and 15,000 British troops marched on Beijing, eventually breaking into and destroying the imperial Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan). This campaign forced the Qing government to ratify the Convention of Beijing.
• The Sino-French War (1884–1885): Fought between the French Third Republic and the Qing dynasty primarily over control of Vietnam (then a Chinese tributary state), the conflict spilled directly into Chinese territories and coastal waters.
• In August 1884, a French fleet attacked and destroyed a major portion of the Chinese fleet and the shipyard at Fuzhou (Foochow).
• French forces also mounted campaigns and blockades around Taiwan (Formosa) and clashed with Chinese land forces along the borders of southern China (Guangxi and Yunnan). 5, 6]
• The Boxer Rebellion (1900): French troops participated as part of the Eight-Nation Alliance, an international military coalition that invaded northern China to lift the siege of the foreign legations in Beijing and suppress the Boxer uprising.

The British military invaded and fought campaigns inside China during the 19th-century Opium Wars. [
The Opium Wars

• First Opium War (1839–1842): Great Britain invaded China following Chinese efforts to suppress the illegal opium trade. British naval and land forces attacked coastal cities, occupied Hong Kong, and sailed up the Yangtze River, forcing China to sign the Treaty of Nanking. [1, 2, 3, 4]
• Second Opium War (1856–1860): Britain and France launched a fresh military expedition into China. Allied forces captured Tianjin and advanced on Beijing, where they looted and burned the imperial Summer Palace before forcing the Qing government to sign the Convention of Beijing

Germany invaded and seized parts of China during the late Imperial era, most notably occupying Qingdao (Tsingtao) and the Shandong Peninsula in 1897 and 1898. [1, 2]
Key Invasions and Occupations

• The Jiaozhou Bay Seizure (China–Germany relations): In 1897, German troops used the killing of two missionaries as a reason to invade Qingdao. They forced China into a 1898 treaty that leased the territory to Germany under threat of force. [1]
• The Boxer Rebellion (Boxer Rebellion): In 1900, Germany joined the Eight-Nation Alliance to crush the Boxer uprising. German troops took part in bloody fights, captured Beijing, and plundered imperial sites. German field marshal Alfred von Waldersee led the alliance forces. [1, 2]

Later Relations

• World War I: Japan and Britain attacked and captured the German base at Qingdao in 1914, ending Germany’s colonial rule in China.
• Pre-World War II: In the 1930s, Nazi Germany and the Nationalist government of China actually had close ties. Germany sent military advisors and traded weapons with China to help fight Japanese aggression before switching sides to align with Japan. [1, 2, 3, 4]

the Portuguese never invaded or conquered China, instead establishing their presence through trade agreements and a rented settlement detailed in the History of China–Portugal relations. [1, 2]
Early Military Clashes

• First contact: Portuguese explorers arrived in China in 1513 and tried to set up trade.
• The Battle of Tunmen (1521): The Ming dynasty navy fought and defeated a Portuguese fleet.
• The Battle of Sincouwaan (1522): Chinese forces again defeated Portuguese ships and forced them away from the coast.
• Result: China successfully kept the Portuguese out by force. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Peaceful Settlement in Macau

• Trade and help: Later, the Portuguese helped Chinese authorities fight local pirates.
• Renting land: In 1557, China allowed the Portuguese to settle in Macau.
• Paying rent: The Portuguese paid rent and taxes to the Chinese empire rather than owning the land through conquest.
• Handover: Macau remained under Portuguese administration until it was peacefully returned to China in 1999. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Russian polities including the Tsarist Empire and the Soviet Union have historically invaded and occupied parts of China multiple times. [1]
Tsarist Invasions and Annexations (19th–20th Century)

• Amur Annexation: Through the Treaty of Aigun in 1858 and the Convention of Peking in 1860, the Russian Empire forced Qing China to sign unequal treaties, annexing over 350,000 square miles of Chinese territory in Outer Manchuria. [1, 2]
• Boxer Rebellion (1900): The Russian Empire joined the international coalition that marched on Beijing, launching a massive Russian invasion of Manchuria with nearly 100,000 troops and occupying Fengtian, Jilin, and Heilongjiang. [1, 2, 3]

Soviet Military Campaigns (20th Century)

• Soviet invasion of Xinjiang (1934): The Soviet Red Army, aided by White Russian forces, intervened militarily in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region. [1]
• Operation August Storm (1945): The Soviet Union launched a massive surprise ground and air attack involving 1.5 million troops into Manchuria and northern China against Japanese forces near the end of World War II. [1]
• Sino-Soviet Border Conflict (1969): The Soviet Union and China fought a seven-month undeclared border war over territorial disputes, including clashes at Zhenbao Island. [1, 2]

So go do some learning before you rant on about something you clearly know nothing about. Same as that smart arse from the tractor cab.