Answers from Xiaoyang, a Beijing-based reporter:

I was born in China, grew up in China, and got used to its being stronger. But there are moments when I notice China is getting much stronger:

When Geng Shuang, Deputy Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations, sat like this and spoke in this way at the UN conference, I knew China was getting stronger.

Voting at the UN, all other countries stand up when a Chinese representative stands up. That's the strength of a nation!

When attending the funeral of the British Queen, China's special envoy had a private car for transportation, while other state leaders took on a coach together.

For sure, China is getting stronger.

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Answers from Ezio Yao, B.A. in Accounting (college major) & Military, Iowa State University

Great questions; you know there are similar questions on Q&A websites in China. There are 2795 answers, which answer the powerful fields of China from all directions. If you can speak Chinese, I think the answer here will be more valuable.

Once the Chinese have a goal, they will stick to it as always. Today, which Chinese people are used to, is precisely yesterday when several generations of Chinese people worked hard.

The road to China's independence:

• The 109 years from 1840 to 1949 were the 109 years when China went from weakness to strength and from division to unification.
• In 1840, China signed an unequal treaty for the first time.
• In 1894, China gradually changed from an independent country to a semi-colonial country.
• In 1931, Northeast China was invaded by the Japanese Empire and the puppet Manchukuo was established.
• In 1937, when the Anti-Japanese War broke out, China spent eight years and sacrificed 35 million people to fight against the Japanese in China.
• In 1946, when the War of Liberation began, it took the Chinese people three years to realize the reunification of the Chinese mainland.

That period of history will be remembered only when China is strong; otherwise, it will disappear into the long, boundless river of history because weak countries have no history.

In order to realize China's independence, China has walked this road for 109 years.

China's Centennial Naval Dream:

In 1840, the Opium War was the beginning of modern China. Chinese people have realized their backwardness. There is a saying in China that "if you fall behind, you will be beaten". That's when it started.

Screenshot from the film The Opium War

China in the 19th century was so weak that it did not have any power to protect its own country.

Although China was independent at the end of the Cold War, it was still very backward. But China, at this time, is in the initial stage of development.

The general stood on tiptoe and looked intently like a child. In front of him is the American aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. To avoid revealing military secrets, they asked the Chinese general not to touch anything on the aircraft carrier but only to see it. No one knows how shocked he was by this visit. Only after returning to China he said, "China can't build an aircraft carrier, and I die with my wishes unfulfilled."

Unfortunately, before his death, he did not see the Chinese aircraft carrier heading for the sea.

One year after his death, on October 12, 2012, the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning ship sailed out of Dalian Port Terminal. The Chinese aircraft carrier appeared in the vast sea for the first time.

On April 26, 2017, China's first domestic aircraft carrier was officially launched in Dalian.

For 200 years, the Chinese have not given up on this goal and have been working hard. After the 21st century, China has continuously developed and produced new warships. At this moment, the Chinese can protect themselves.

The Chinese have walked this road for nearly 200 years to develop and consolidate the national coastal defense.

In the last eight hours of his life, Chinese academician Lin Junde asked, even begged, the doctor to allow him to get out of bed and work. Because on his computer, there are still documents related to the country's lifeline that have not been sorted out.

Lin June, an expert on nuclear weapons in China, has been in this field for 52 years. The nuclear weapons developed by the poor Chinese are the most effective weapons that China can not be invaded. We are not the first to use nuclear weapons, but we have nuclear weapons.

The Chinese have walked this road for more than 60 years.

If you stick to one road, you will have an effect. Today, in China, it is the result of several generations' efforts, not just the work of one generation.

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