It made China a global superpower, influencing the known world in trade, culture and might.
The locomotive used the same technology but could travel more broadly.
If France is one of the choice I believe it is them.
What war are we talking about? Different wars were fought and opposed for different reasons. Some generic reasons include the person not supporting the country's motives for the war, believing their county was not in the right, or a whole slew of reasons individual to each war.<span />