Since the beginning of the Opium War, China and the Western powers signed a series of unfair treaties, land cession, indemnity, open ports, which makes China's territory and sovereignty gradually become incomplete, China with a long history is like an old man was bullied by the great powers, this humiliation of many territories were forced to cede to Western countries, China also spent many years to return most of the territory, in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, because of the Qing government's fainting incompetence led to China's Hong Kong, Macao forced to cede to Britain and Portugal, This is also the eternal pain in Chinese's heart, fortunately, in 1997 and 1999, China has recovered Hong Kong and Macao, and they finally returned to the embrace of the motherland after many years.
At that time, the lease period signed between China and Hong Kong and Macao was 99 years, in so many years, we and the compatriots in these two regions were out of a state of disconnection, but we found a problem, Hong Kong and Macao are 99 years lease period, but also expired to change to us, but this place is also a lease period of 99 years, but more than 50 years in advance to return to China, not Hong Kong, Macao, what is the matter? This place is Guangzhou Bay, and we may have stopped the famous poet Mr. Wen Yiduo's "Song of the Seven Sons", who composed a total of seven songs to commemorate the seven regions of Occupied China, and expressed his resentment against these powers and alerted the Chinese people by using songs to speak to the international community.
We may be most familiar with the "Song of the Seven Sons - Macao Chapter", this song now many people will hum, in fact, the "MaGang" is Macao, and these seven songs also tell a place called Guangzhou Bay, Guangzhou Bay is not in Our Guangzhou, but in Zhanjiang City, Guangzhou Bay is a natural port, the history is also very long, it is reported that here from the supermarket began to settle, Guangzhou Bay covers an area of 13,200 square kilometers, equivalent to 12 Hong Kong, 2 Shanghai so large area, And the environment of Guangzhou Bay is very good, the land is flat, the water source is abundant, it is a beautiful scenery and very rich area, this area has also attracted a lot of people to live and trade, from ancient times to the present is a region with advanced commercial development.
Unfortunately, in 1897, the French discovered this rich land, they wanted to occupy this territory, so they won the trust of the local people in the name of sheltering from the storm, directly broke into Guangzhou Bay, took the local unarmed residents through military weapons, occupied this place, they were also a thorough act of banditry, and the Qing government at that time was useless, in the face of the French army's attack, they had no ability to fight back, they were not even as good as the local people's resistance to the French. So in 1899, the Qing government was forced to sign the Sino-French Mutual Lease Treaty of Guangzhou Bay with France, which clearly stipulated that the place of Guangzhou Bay would be ceded to France as a port for ship suspension for a period of 99 years.
The Qing government was really powerless to complain about this behavior, because of its own incompetence, it pushed Guangzhou Bay and the local people into the fire pit, and because of the local natural environment and the importance that France attached to it, the development of Guangzhou Bay was not much affected, it was still very rich, bringing great benefits to France, which also made Japan hungry, and their country's resources were poor. So they set their sights on China's Guangzhou Bay, and in World War II, France's military strength is far inferior to Japan's, and they will only surrender when they encounter things, so the Japanese army slightly threatened France, they chose to sign an agreement directly with Japan, and in 1943, they gave Guangzhou Bay directly to Japan, so Guangzhou Bay just came out of the wolf's den and entered the tiger's mouth.
Guangzhou Bay under the occupation of the Japanese army through a difficult time, but in the war of resistance against Japan, under the insistence of the Chinese, our country finally drove the Japanese army out of China, Guangzhou Bay also returned to the embrace of the motherland, China in 1945 officially renamed Guangzhou Bay zhanjiang, this area finally returned to the motherland 50 years in advance, the current Guangzhou Bay is no longer the past, no longer the small place under the management of the great powers, with the development of the country and cooperation with enterprises in other countries, The economic development of Guangzhou Bay has improved rapidly, and now we all lament that the powerful state brings great confidence when we admire the French architecture left behind by the French colonists.