庚子赔款筹议方式比较研究

A Comparative Perspective on the Payment Policy of the Boxer Indemnity

甲午战后,清政府被迫举债归还日本所勒索的战争赔款。列强通过争夺贷款权,掀起了在华瓜分势力范围的高潮。然而,取得如此重大利益的各国在议论庚子赔款偿付方式时,最终采取了抵押分期偿还的方式。抵押分期偿还的方式,对清政府而言,是一个两害相权取其轻的选择。列强能同意中国分期偿还,不意味着其否定甲午战后的政治贷款,而只是一种为了帮助清政府维持统治,从而实现其利益最大化的行为。

Defeated by Japan in 1894, the Qing government was forced to borrow money to pay Japan an indemnity. The great powers fought for the chance to make the loans and set off the division of China into spheres of influence. When negotiating the way to pay the Boxer indemnity, the great powers did not force China to borrow money again they accepted mortgage installments. From the point of view of the mortgage payments was a way of maintaining the rule of Qing government, and not defaulting on the loan of 1894. The only aim of the great powers was to maximize their own interests in China.