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What is the traditional international system?

There are five international systems in history: Westphalia system, Bretton Woods system, Vienna system, Yalta system and Versailles-Washington system.

1, Westphalia system

General historians will regard the Prague Peace Treaty of 1635 and the Pyrenees Peace Treaty of 1659 as one of the series of peace treaties of Westphalia.

2. Bretton Woods system

The Bretton Woods monetary system refers to the international monetary system centered on the US dollar after World War II.

3. Vienna system

Vienna system is a new system of balance of power established on the European continent by the victorious countries led by Britain, Russia, Austria and Pu after the collapse of Napoleon's empire in the early19th century.

4. Yalta system

The Yalta system is characterized by the Cold War in which the United States and the Soviet Union competed for hegemony on a global scale, but it does not rule out that the two superpowers directly or indirectly participated in some regional wars (such as the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Afghan War). ). 1989 drastic changes in eastern Europe and the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 199 1 marked the disintegration of the bipolar structure and also symbolized the final disintegration of the Yalta system.

5. Versailles-Washington system

After World War I, the imperialist powers established the "Versailles-Washington System" through the Paris Peace Conference and the Washington Conference, and established the imperialist ruling order in Europe, West Asia, Africa, East Asia and the Pacific. It was a system in which imperialist countries re-divided the world and enslaved colonies and semi-colonies after World War I. ..

This system brought great disaster to China and brought China back to the situation dominated by several imperialist countries.