When Mao Zedong took power in 1949, his immediate goal was to re-establish the “greater China” of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), insisting that the Manchu-led empire was the permanent and enduring China. But, while the assault on the Qing Dynasty by foreign powers is a historical fact, the notion that there has been one enduring China struggling against avaricious outsiders across several millennia is false and self-serving.
1949年毛泽东上台执政时以重塑清代（1644-1912 ）的“大中国”为近期目标，并相信由满族领导的中华帝国定能国运长久。但清代遭受外侮却是不争的事实，因此认为数千年来中国一直与贪婪外部势力斗争的想法是虚伪自私的。