文明排外与赎路情结

Cultural xenophobia and the complex of redeeming the railways

文明排外是20世纪初中国收回铁路利权的基本口号,它较集中地体现了近代国人的赎路情结。赎路情结虽然使政府和民间一度呈现出激进的排拒外债态势,然而,文明排外却并未形成对铁路外债全面的抵制,主要是通过一些"合法"的手段并付出高昂代价收回部分路权。这种言行之间的差异导致清季的收回利权渐失其光芒,文明排外不能解决近代中国所面临的维持国权与引进外资的两难抉择。

Cultural xenophobia, as the basic slogan of reclaimi ng the railways in the 20th century in China showed some dilemma in it. The govern ment and the public had ever radically rejected foreign debt in the beginning bu t actually didn't fulfill their original intention completely. So they only man aged to recover parts of the railways however at high costs by 'legal' means.The inconsistency between their statements and actions resulted in the failure o f reclaiming the railways and it showed that cultural xenophobia couldn't solve the conflict between defending national rights and importing foreign capitals.