BEIJING, July 28 (Xinhuanet) -- World War I was the first global industrial conflict. The economic cost was catastrophic. It brought down four empires and left the Europe’s economies devastated for decades. The mighty British Empire survived, albeit in a much weakened state with vast debts. But it was the human cost, which cut the deepest: millions killed and countless millions more scarred for life.
For more on this, we are joined in the studio by Tao Wenzhao, a research fellow from the Institute of American Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Welcome.
Q1: Mr. Tao, what were the major impacts of the First World War on the international political situation?
Q2: What lessons can we draw from the war experience?
(Source: CNTV.cn)
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