At the height of the British Empire, colonial subjects from the Raj to Malaya to the Caribbean modeled themselves in part on Englishmen: Nehru and Lee Kuan Yew went to Cambridge, Gandhi, to University College, London. Ho Chi Minh wrote in French for magazines in Paris. These days the world is full of businesspeople, bureaucrats, and scientists who have trained in the United States. — James Fallows, http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/01/how-america-can-rise-again/7839/?single_page=true

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八国联军：Eight-Power Allied Forces

Posted on 30 April 2008 by Erwin


八国联军是指1900年（庚子年）以军事行动侵入中国的英、法、德、俄、美、日、意、奥的八国联合军队。前期由英国海军将领西摩尔率领,开始时总人数约3万人，后来有所增加。此事件最后以中国战败，联军占领首都北京、清廷政府逃往陕西西安，谈和后中国付出庞大赔款为终。

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