Territory has always been one of the things that a country cares about the most, and without a territory a country cannot be called a country in the true sense. So at any time, the ruler of a country will pay great attention to the territory of his own country. Since ancient times, the rulers of our country have attached great importance to the national territory and have always believed that the whole world is not a royal land. In the Ming Dynasty, this concept became more and more prominent, "the son of heaven guards the door of the country, and the king dies in the society" is the true portrayal of the Ming Emperor.
But by the end of the Qing Dynasty, with China's decline, the jackals, tigers and leopards surrounding China began to tear at China's huge body impatiently. Among them, Vladivostok, a strategic place near the Pacific Ocean, was also bitten by Tsarist Russia, and has since been renamed Vladivostok, which is still Russian territory. So why did the two pearls of Hong Kong and Macao return to the embrace of the motherland under the struggle of the new Chinese government, but Vladivostok, a strategic place, could not be returned?
Tsarist Russia deliberately plotted against Vladivostok
As early as the 17th century, the rulers of Tsarist Russia began to secretly prepare for eastward expansion, hoping to find a port suitable for ships to anchor in the east, so Tsarist Russia did not hesitate to engage in military conflict with the Qing Dynasty. However, this military operation was not very successful, and under the counterattack of the Qing army, Tsarist Russia had to cease hostilities, and Vladivostok was still a port belonging to the Qing Dynasty.
After the outbreak of the Second Opium War, Tsarist Russia saw the weak nature of the Qing government at this time and threatened the Qing government at that time to turn Vladivostok into a region jointly administered by China and Russia, so that Russia could park its ships in Vladivostok in a fair and just manner.
However, after gaining control of Vladivostok, Tsarist Russia was still not satisfied, and two years later forced the Qing government to cede a large area including Vladivostok to Tsarist Russia, and changed Vladivostok to Vladivostok, meaning to rule the East. After the Soviet leader Khrushchev came here to inspect, Vladivostok received more and more attention, and gradually developed into a Russian naval base.
Peaceful resolution, avoidance of conflict
Until the founding of New China in 1949, China established the socialist system, firmly stood in the socialist camp, and was full of good feelings for the big red brother of the Soviet Union. At that time, the United States had always supported Chiang Kai-shek's government and was very hostile to socialist China led by the Communist Party. Therefore, the new China, which had just been born, naturally followed the steps of the big brother of the Soviet Union.
Since the beginning of the Cold War, the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union has always had the smell of gunpowder, and a little attention to diplomatic conflicts may lead to the outbreak of World War III, and the new China, which has good relations with the Soviet Union, is naturally not welcomed by the United States. Therefore, in this period of gunpowder, it is very unwise to start a conflict with the Big Brother of the Soviet Union for Vladivostok.
If new China were to become rigid in relations between the two countries because of the conflict between Vladivostok and the Soviet Union, then China, which had just been established and was in urgent need of recuperation, would face a major crisis, and China's international status would be impacted, and China would become isolated and helpless internationally. Once there is a conflict between China and the Soviet Union, the Western countries led by the United States can profit from it, and can use this to suppress New China and hinder the development of New China.
Therefore, after several trade-offs, New China did not demand the return of Vladivostok as it did in Hong Kong and Macao, but avoided conflict with the Soviet Union and resolved it peacefully.
Other factors that affect regression
In addition to diplomatic considerations, there are other factors that hinder Vladivostok's return. First of all, Vladivostok was only incorporated into China during the Qing Dynasty, and its accession to China was relatively short. After the Qing government obtained Vladivostok, it did not pay attention to the development of Vladivostok, and has been devoting its energy to the governance of the Central Plains, ignoring the governance of Vladivostok.
At that time, the capital of the Qing government was in Beijing, far from Vladivostok, and since emperor Tiangao was far away, the local indigenous people did not have much concept of the rule of the Qing Dynasty, and most of them were not assimilated by Chinese culture. And although Vladivostok has always been under the jurisdiction of the Jilin General, Vladivostok did not have a close relationship with the Qing Dynasty, and the number of exchanges between them was not too much.
Therefore, when Vladivostok was occupied by Tsarist Russia, the indigenous people of Vladivostok were not as eager to return to the embrace of the motherland as the residents of Hong Kong and Macau. In the Soviet period, the Soviet Union began to notice Vladivostok's excellent geographical location and began to develop Vladivostok on a large scale, which also made the number of Russians in the Vladivostok region larger than the indigenous population.
Therefore, if the democratic vote is taken to return, the people of Vladivostok may not have voted in favor of the return. And if it is forcibly withdrawn, it will not only make our country and Russia hostile, but Vladivostok will become an invisible bomb, and if it is not careful, it will cause regional unrest.
Second, Vladivostok's geographical location is of great strategic importance to Russia. Although Russia has an extremely large territory, most of its areas are not suitable for human habitation because of their high latitudes. Vladivostok is one of the few places in Russia in the Far East where the climate is suitable and the ideal place to live.
Vladivostok is also close to the Pacific Ocean, making it ideal as a port for the Russian Navy. These advantages have led Russia to attach great importance to Vladivostok, which it considers to be Russia's gateway to the Pacific region.
If Russia loses Vladivostok, it will lose an excellent port to the Pacific Ocean and a livable city. This would render much of Russia's Far East territory meaningless, after all, an area that no one could inhabit and that had no rich resources was just a barren wilderness.
Therefore, Russia will definitely not give up Vladivostok like Portugal and Britain gave up Hong Kong and Macau. If our country insists on taking it back, it will have to pay an incomparably heavy price.
epilogue
The loss of Vladivostok is a scar that is difficult for our country to heal, but the new Chinese government's abandonment of Vladivostok is a correct choice. The new Chinese government's choice is for the country to develop better and the people to live a stable and happy life. This measure won valuable time and a stable international environment for the development of New China, and also won a friendly neighbor for China.
Even though the Soviet Union had collapsed, the friendship was passed on by Russia. After New China gained a firm foothold and its national strength developed to a certain extent, China and Russia re-explored the territorial issues of the two countries. After the completion of the negotiations, China issued a proclamation recognizing Vladivostok as Russian territory, which put an end to Vladivostok, which has been arguing endlessly, and also opened a new chapter in the friendly and good-neighborly relations between China and Russia.
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