Why did the Qing Dynasty not become a complete colony like India, but instead became a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society?

To interpret this issue from two aspects, first let’s take a look at why India became a complete colony of the British. When the Opium War broke out, India was a quite backward country. Not only were the people in the country engaged in backward agricultural production, but Indian religiousism had paralyzed the nerves of Indians.

Although India and our country were both feudal societies at that time, India was not even a little bit behind our country. Just from the perspective of land, India had such a large land that there was no concept of unity at that time. , not only are the various parts of the country unable to integrate, but there are also constant disputes.

Many Indians at that time did not even know the concept of how big the land area of ??India would be after the unification. ?Although after more than 200 years of colonial rule, many Indians even feel grateful to the British today. When the British colonized, Indians never stopped resisting. Why is this happening in India now?

The reason lies in two points. The British colonial rule unified India, and the British also greatly promoted the modern development of India. Without British colonial rule, I don’t know how long it would have taken for India to discover what it is now.

In fact, the reason why the British easily turned India into a colony was because they took advantage of the very divided characteristics of the Indian country. Due to the enemy's capabilities, India was soon occupied by the British and began nearly two hundred years of colonial rule. ?Next let’s take a look at why we were not completely reduced to a colony of Western powers back then.

First of all, the Qing Dynasty was a superpower with 13.16 million square kilometers of beautiful rivers and mountains and a population of 430 million. In comparison, although our country is temporarily lagging behind the Western powers in terms of technology, it has gone through With more than two hundred years of accumulation during the Qing Dynasty, our country's national strength was still very strong at that time.

What’s more important is that our country is a unified feudal dynasty, and Chinese people generally have a patriotic heart. Therefore, our country’s powerful strength cannot be underestimated by Western powers. ?You must know that our country is completely different from India. Compared with India, although our country has not experienced the industrial revolution, our country is still extremely powerful. If we really want to turn our country into a colony like India, it is simply impossible. Such a result is the British They knew well that they simply did not have such a big appetite to eat the whole of China.

Therefore, the purpose of the British back then was very clear, which was to open up our country's market and sell opium to our country, and at the same time, to gain profits from our country. ?Although the British turned India into a colony, this was actually an unwise choice. When the British began to rule India, they spent a lot of time on many places and reforms in India, but they had to turn a blind eye to those problems.

And the British had to teach their country's advanced technology to the Indians. This is the second reason why Indians are now grateful to the British. ?Compared with China, the British in India only need to "defeat them one by one", but in China, they want to eat a cow all at once. How can such a thing happen? Therefore, back then, the British focused entirely on their interests. As long as their interests were maximized, there was no need to go to war with China.