After the reform and opening up, there is no doubt that China's economic development is getting better and better. In the vast land of China, there is such a place called Weihaiwei, which has a high per capita GDP index and once ranked second in Shandong Province.
Moreover, its people are richer than Qingdao, and it is a prosperous and developing city. Behind this wealthy city, however, there is a heavy history, once one of the "seven sons", occupied by the British for 32 years. Why was it divided by Britain, and how did China get it back? Please listen to the author slowly.
As we all know, in 1840, the British launched a colonial war against China under the pretext of opium. Since then, China's doors have been wide open and it has begun to become fat in the eyes of the Western powers. Britain, which opened the door to China, was naturally at the forefront of plunder, first occupying Hong Kong Island through the signing of the Treaty of Nanking, and then it started the idea of Weihaiwei. You know, Weihaiwei at that time was just a small fishing village, so why did the British want to invade it?
In fact, at the beginning, britain wanted China's Yellow Sea fortress Lushunkou, but did not expect that it was preempted by Tsarist Russia, in order not to start a direct conflict with Tsarist Russia, Britain could only shift its target and look at Weihaiwei.
When it comes to Weihaiwei, its geographical location is very important, to know that as early as the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War, Japan immediately controlled Weihaiwei after defeating the Beiyang Fleet, and controlling Weihaiwei at the same time meant occupying the mouth of the Yellow River, so its geographical location is self-evident.
At that time, britain had a crush on Weihaiwei, and in order to get the city, Britain planned to exchange interests with Japan, and when Britain got Japan's consent, the Qing government signed the "Sino-British Lease of Weihaiwei Special Article" with the hong Kong envoy in China, so Weihaiwei ceded it to Britain.
So how did China recover Weihaiwei? It turned out that in 1928, the National Government in Nanjing unified the whole country, and the power of the great powers in China suffered an unprecedented impact. Under the pressure of public opinion, in 1929, the then Nanjing government negotiated with the British ambassador Lampshen on the weihaiwei issue, and the British at that time, due to international pressure, the British finally planned to hand over the power of Weihaiwei to China.
Finally, on October 1, 1931, Weihaiwei, which had been occupied for many years, finally returned to China. So that is to say, before the return of Hong Kong, britain also returned a city, which is Weihaiwei. The city, occupied by the British for 32 years, finally returned to its homeland. Today, the city is thriving and rejuvenated with its prime location and the industrial base that was once left behind by the British.
From this, we also learned that if we want to avoid being invaded by other countries, it is very important to have a strong government support. All Chinese territory is inviolable, and China cannot be left behind at all.
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