China's modern history is a history of humiliation, the modern Chinese government is poor and weak, domestic and foreign difficulties, warlords for their own interests for years to conquer, resulting in the people's livelihood is not happy. The great powers took advantage of the situation and seized a lot of China's territory in the late 19th and early twentieth centuries.
The poet Wen Yiduo wrote about the song of the Seven Sons, which is the story of the seven places of Macao, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Weihaiwei, Guangzhou Bay, Kowloon, Lushun and Dalian that were plundered by imperialism, and the first of these seven places was returned to Weihaiwei in Shandong.
When the great powers divided China's territory and forced the signing of unequal treaties, Britain, as a traditional power in the West, naturally wanted a piece of the pie. They soon made a deal out of Weihaiwei's calculations.
Weihaiwei is located at the northeast end of the Shandong Peninsula, bordering the Yellow Sea, washing face Yantai Penglai, north across the Bohai Strait, and the Liaodong Peninsula Lushun mouth to form a horn, is a geographically superior good harbor.
At the end of the 19th century, Tsarist Russia and Britain were the most interested powers in China's interests, and in 1898 Russia forcibly forced the Qing government to lease Lushunkou and Dalian Bay, which made Tsarist Russia occupy the lifeline of the northeast, which made the British very red-eyed, and they regarded this move as a serious damage to British interests.
In order to "make up" for its own "losses", the British sailed the fleet to Shandong, and under the intimidation of powerful force, in 1898, the Qing government was forced to sign the "Special Article on The Lease of Weihaiwei", which ceded the Weihaiwei area to Britain, and the military port that once gave birth to the strongest Beiyang Navy in Asia was in the hands of the British.
The continuous loss of Lushunkou, Dalian Bay and Weihaiwei, the sea and land transportation to Beijing was completely controlled by the great powers, which was a very dangerous thing for China, like a sharp knife directly against the throat of Chinese. Although the Manchu rulers were concerned about this, they only cared about their own interests.
At that time, the lease term between the two parties was set at twenty-five years, which meant that in 1923, britain should unconditionally return Weihaiwei to China. But to be backward was to be beaten, and after twenty-five years the British, seeing the still weak Chinese government, began to make their own small calculations.
In the 1920s, when the Beiyang government's Cao Kun cabinet came to power, China and Britain began negotiations in Jinan over the return of Weihaiwei, but when it was almost time to return, Cao Kun stepped down, and the Beiyang warlords at that time were busy fighting among themselves, and no one had time to take care of the agreement.
Britain is naturally happy to fish in muddy waters, but the people of our country can't look at it anymore, and they have taken to the streets to protest, demanding the return of Weihaiwei and the return of this most important trade import and export to China. Unfortunately, at that time, Beijing had no right to speak, and Wu Peifu and other warlords were busy directly serving the war, and everyone did not dare to mention the agreement to offend the British.
However, with the Northern Expedition of the Revolutionary Army of the National Government in Guangzhou, after the completion of China's reunification, it finally had the confidence to negotiate with Britain, and the common people all went to the British consulate to demonstrate and demand the revocation of the unequal treaty, in 1931, Weihaiwei was finally returned, and after 33 years, Weihaiwei returned to the embrace of the motherland.
Now today's Weihaiwei, has been changed to Weihai City, as a naturally excellent seaport, here has also become the focus of investment and trade of all parties, after the reform and opening up, Weihai City's rapid development, making the local very rich and prosperous, the people here also live a very good life. Moreover, there are beautiful women in Shandong, and there are many beautiful women here, which has become a good place for many people to yearn for.