• Main Point: Chinese are doubly enslaved.
  • Inside China: Controlled and oppressed by Manchus.
  • Outside China: Harassed by foreign powers.
• Call to Action
  • You have resources, manage them!
  • You have power, wield it!
  • China can and should be revolutionary independent.

🧐 Real-World Example: Imagine if your neighbor suddenly started dictating what you should do in your house and also your elder brother, who you looked up to, started bossing you around even more. You'd feel doubly trapped, right? That's how China felt!

• Protests against Western Control
  • Common, but often ineffective because of lack of leadership.
  • Actions: Destroying machinery, sabotaging industry.
  • Why ineffective?: Many Chinese depended on Western jobs.
• Working Conditions
  • Bad News: Western companies paid low and had poor conditions.
  • The Twist: Chinese were used to it. Domestic industries were not much better, and Chinese bosses were just as harsh.
  • Silver Lining: Western companies gave job opportunities to women and boosted local Chinese business.

🧐 Real-World Example: Let's say you've been eating plain bread all your life. Someone comes along and offers you bread with a tiny bit of butter. It's not a feast, but it's better than what you had, right? This was the situation many Chinese workers found themselves in.