In the late Qing Dynasty, due to the long-term closed-door policy and the incompetence and corruption of the Qing government, the national strength gradually lagged behind that of Western countries. In 1840, Britain launched the first Opium War against our country, which ended in a crushing defeat for our country. Under the oppression of the Western powers, the Qing government signed a large number of unequal treaties with them, resulting in the cession of many lands in our country. The weakness of the Qing government finally made the people intolerable, and finally overthrew the Qing government through revolutionary means.
In 1929, in order to regain the sovereignty of the "Middle East Railway" that originally belonged to China, the Northeast government sent people to repatriate all the Soviet staff, which made the Soviet side extremely dissatisfied. Soon after, the Soviet Union fought a fierce battle with our side, which ended in a crushing defeat for our army, and in the process the Soviet Union forcibly occupied our black blind island.
However, our country has not given up on taking back the Black Blind Island and has held many negotiations with the Soviet side. However, because the Soviet Union was well aware of the importance of the strategic location of the Black Blind Island, and because China's comprehensive national strength was still relatively weak at that time, the Soviet Union was always reluctant to return it. In the early days of the founding of New China, the relations between China and the Soviet Union were still relatively friendly, and Chinese could enter and leave the Black Blind Island at will. Later, due to various reasons, the relationship between our country and the Soviet Union broke down, and the Soviet Union banned the entry and exit of Chinese.
On December 25, 1991, the Soviet Union disintegrated into 15 countries, the most powerful of which, Russia, inherited most of the Soviet Union. Although Russia is still a great power in the world, its strength is far inferior to that of the Soviet Union, especially in terms of economic development, which has been very slow due to the obstruction of the United States.
Since the founding of New China, the country has taken economic construction as the center, and has now made great achievements, becoming the world's second largest economy and having an important impact on the development of the world economy. Under such circumstances, in order to establish good relations with China, Russia decided to return the Black Blind Island to China. After many consultations between the two countries, the Black Blind Island finally succeeded in returning to the embrace of the motherland. Black Blind Island is also a piece of territory that has been reclaimed in addition to Hong Kong and Macau as we know it, and its land area is equivalent to 5 Macao. With the continuous enhancement of China's comprehensive strength, I believe that we will be able to recover more land.