As we all know, due to its weakened strength in modern times, China has been invaded by Western countries many times. After western countries entered our country, they wantonly plundered our resources and caused great losses to our country. Not only that, after defeating our country, the Western powers also forced the Qing government to sign a series of unequal treaties, which allowed our country to pay a large amount of land reparations, so our country lost a lot of land during this period. After the founding of New China, China's comprehensive strength has been continuously enhanced, and it has also gained an important position in the world, so China has successfully recovered some land, but some land has not yet been recovered.
In 1840, the British launched the Opium War against our country, in which the Qing government suffered a crushing defeat, and Hong Kong was forced to cede to the British, until 1997, when it returned to the embrace of the motherland. In fact, few people know that before Hong Kong's return to the motherland, Britain returned another Chinese city, which is now enviably rich. So which city is it? The city is Weihaiwei. Weihaiwei's geographical location is very important, once Weihaiwei is controlled, it is equivalent to sealing the estuary, so the British attach great importance to Weihaiwei. However, the city that the British wanted to occupy at the beginning was not Weihaiwei, but Lushun. It was just that Russia had set its sights on Lushun earlier, and at that time, Russia's strength was also very strong, and Britain naturally did not want to clash with it, so it finally chose Weihaiwei. In order to get Weihaiwei, the British made dirty deals with many countries. At that time, Weihaiwei was originally controlled by Japan, and the British secretly negotiated with Japan, and finally got Weihaiwei from Japan. Later, Britain negotiated with Germany, promising it that it would not infringe on German interests. With the support of Japan and Germany, other countries had to agree, and in this way, Weihaiwei was controlled by the British.
In September 1930, the Nationalist government sent troops to forcibly take back Weihaiwei. However, after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Weihaiwei was once again occupied by Japan. It was not until the end of World War II that Weihaiwei returned to China. Nowadays, weihaiwei as a coastal city, the level of economic development is higher than that of many cities in China, and the quality of life of the local people is also very high, which can be described as enviable. Today, China's influence in the world is growing, and our lives are getting better and better. But we must never forget the humiliating history of the past, forgetting history is tantamount to betrayal. Only by drawing lessons from history can we go farther and farther!