Yes China was always targeted by the Europeans for expansion. The Opium Wars are a perfect example.
是的，中国一直是欧洲人殖民扩张的目标。鸦片战争就是一个很好的例子。After the establishment of nation-states, nationalism transformed to an aggressive and colonial theory.
西欧民族国家建立后，民族主义就蜕变为一种带有侵略性的殖民扩张学说。Most were absorbed into the Russian empire through colonial, expansion under the Tsars.
大部分是在历代沙皇统治下，通过殖民扩张而并入俄罗斯帝国的。The first route of expansion is from Bay of Bengal to Bay of Siam , and then to low Burma, finally occupied up Burma.
第一路扩张的重点在孟加拉湾至暹罗沿海，大规模的殖民扩张是从缅甸沿海向下缅甸推进，最后征服上缅甸；English colonial expansion began with the colonization of Newfoundland in 1583.
英国殖民扩张开始于1583年纽芬兰的殖民化。In the 17th century, the British colonial expansion to sea world, so many countries began to speak English.
在17世纪，英国人海上殖民扩张到世界各地，因此许多国家开始讲英语。Religious Policy and Missionary Work of European Powers In Their Colonial Expansion in Southeast Asia
简论近代欧洲在东南亚殖民扩张中的宗教政策与传教活动On the Changes of Bismarck's Attitude to Oversea Expansion and its Influence
浅析俾斯麦对海外殖民扩张的态度转变及其影响Causes for the Colonial Expansion during the Formation of the English Nation-state
英国民族国家形成时期殖民扩张动因探源