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introduction
In 1957, when Vietnam faced the invasion of the United States, it came to China to lease the White Dragon Tail, and because of the "blessing" of this island, Vietnam won the war against the United States.
And Vietnam does not think that this is a victory with the help of China, but believes that all this was won "on its own", and even "appropriated" Bailongwei Island and included it in its own territory.
So, in the face of such an "ungrateful" Vietnam, has Bailongwei Island, which originally belonged to the mainland, been recovered?
Historical "floating water island"
Bailongwei Island, also known as Shuizhou Island, is in a very unique independent location, in the western part of Beibu Bay in the South China Sea, it is said that it is a very scenic island.
Because of its geographical location in the Chinese zone of China and Vietnam, the island was once under the jurisdiction of the People's Government of Hainan Province on the mainland, and it was later said that it was given to Vietnam for some reason, but Vietnam seems to disagree with this statement.
In this regard, many people also feel very curious, why did something that should have belonged to the mainland fall into the hands of Vietnam?
This starts from the Western Han Dynasty, when Emperor Wudi of Han sent people to Hainan for a development activity, and since then, the figure of Chinese began to appear on this small island, and many residents began to live on Bailongwei Island.
After a period of time, some Vietnamese figures occasionally appeared on the island, and at this time, Chinese already had a humanitarian spirit in his heart, and did not do anything to drive away the Vietnamese.
Because of this, for a long, long time, the figures and activities of Chinese and Vietnamese fishermen appeared in the territories that belonged to the Chinese development.
Although the area of Bailongwei Island is not very large, its sea products can be described as very rich, such as some rich sea cucumbers, abalone, and so on can be seen everywhere.
Among them, it is worth mentioning that this small island is very different from other islands formed by coral reefs, and there is a large plate in the Bailongwei Island plate that can carry out agricultural activities, which is also more able to realize the self-sufficient life of the people living on the island.
This is to mention the special geographical location of this small island, it is located in the center of the Beibu Gulf, which is very strategic for the general environment at that time, and there is a large supply of fresh water on the island, which is a necessary place for many merchant ships to resupply and serve as a safe haven.
With the passage of time, during the Ming Dynasty, China gave this small island that belonged to us to our vassal state Vietnam, and since then, more and more Vietnamese residents have lived comfortably under the peaceful coexistence of the two peoples.
However, in the seemingly comfortable life, it was remembered by some countries, in the 18th century, with Columbus's discovery of the New World and the Industrial Revolution, French forces began to penetrate into Vietnam little by little, and Vietnam at that time was in the Qing Dynasty poor and weak, and had long taken care of itself.
At this time, the Qing Dynasty, which had already been severely damaged, could only watch France act arbitrarily in Vietnam, and even directly turned Vietnam's territory into its own colony, including Bailongwei Island, which was divided into Vietnam during the Qing Dynasty.
Over time, some areas of Vietnam and the surrounding waters were completely controlled by fascism, and since then, the peaceful and beautiful life on the island has been completely broken.
The fall and return of the "floating water island"
It also seems to respond to the old saying: "Don't try to take what belongs to you, then you will gain and lose", and this was exactly what France did at that time.
At that time, France was still proud of the "looted" colonies, but World War II broke out, and at this time, ambitious Japan vainly tried to unify Asia and implemented the plan of the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere".
Soon after the start of the war, thousands of Japanese troops began to invade Southeast Asia, and Vietnam, which had just been attacked, was unable to resist at all, and soon surrendered, directly surrendering the colonies in Southeast Asia.
When the war reached the later stage, the situation on the Asian battlefield began to change dramatically, and Japan, which was originally "arrogant", gradually gained the upper hand, and with the participation of the United States and the Soviet Union, Japan was finally driven out of mainland territory in 1945.
After the founding of New China in 1955, Bailongwei Island officially returned to the embrace of China, and the mainland also completely eliminated some warlord forces on the island and established people's power, and Bailongwei Island also officially became an inseparable territory of the mainland, which now belongs to Danxian County in Hainan Province on the mainland, which was mentioned earlier.
When China took full control of the island, in order to make the residents and children living on the island better developed, a series of comprehensive reforms and development began to be carried out, and the island not only had primary schools, but also many social service facilities such as banks.
This stable life lasted for several years, but it was broken by some form mutations, and at that time, China's relations with Vietnam were still very close, and when Vietnam suffered heavy losses in the war of French colonialists, the mainland came to the rescue.
However, what people did not expect was that Vietnam had hidden ambitions and did not hide its greedy "desires" and took the territory belonging to the mainland for itself through some means.
The thing is that in 1957 Vietnam broke out a war, as the former "good brother", the mainland gave great support to Vietnam in both human and material resources to resist the US army.
At this time, the Vietnamese authorities proposed to the mainland, hoping to lease the mainland's Bailongwei Island to assist in the war, but did not expect that the Vietnamese authorities laid the groundwork for "seizing" the mainland territory at this time.
In this regard, many people are very curious or even do not understand, why did the Vietnamese authorities choose a small border island as an operating base? After some historians' reasoning and research, the following two conclusions were obtained.
First, as early as the Korean War, after the Chinese volunteers defeated the well-equipped US army in one fell swoop, it can be said that it shocked the world, and Vietnam at this time also took this seriously.
Second, after being attacked by the US military, Vietnam, which has long been devastated, urgently needs to build a safe radar station so that it can detect the movements of the US military in advance, and Bailong Island is part of China, and the US military does not dare to make a mistake, so it is the best choice for Vietnam.
Therefore, under the bitter pleading of the Vietnamese authorities, the mainland secretly lent the "floating water island" to Vietnam for use in secret from the United States, and Vietnam also achieved its goal of taking this small island for itself.
With the help of the mainland, Vietnam also successfully won the war, and Vietnam did not unsurprisingly directly occupy Bailongwei Island for itself and did not want to return it to the mainland, but announced unashamedly: Bailongwei Island has always been Vietnam's territory, good guy, Vietnam insists on not being too ugly!
After Vietnam ruled the island, it provoked the mainland more than once, and the White Dragon Tail became the focus of contention between China and Vietnam.
In order to obtain this land, it directly sent some troops to the island to expel the Chinese on the mainland, making them homeless, resulting in the loss of jobs for mainland fishermen.
To this end, the Chinese government has intervened with the Vietnamese government more than once, and after many negotiations and disputes, finally signed the regulations on the demarcation of the Beibu Gulf between China and Vietnam in 2001, as well as an agreement on the fishery between China and Vietnam.
Although Vietnam has always claimed that the white dragon's tail has been included in its own pocket, the mainland has never admitted this, and Vietnam can only be "addicted".
epilogue
After understanding, it was discovered that Vietnam turned out to be such a "brazen person" who took advantage of the mainland's goodwill to try to seize territory belonging to the mainland.
The mainland has always insisted on and stressed that China's territorial integrity will never tolerate encroachment by others, whether it is this island or some other sovereignty issues related to the South China Sea, the mainland will go all out to solve it, and hopes that the mainland people will also work together.
In addition, the emergence of these problems also reminds us that only when our country becomes stronger and stronger, can we have more confidence and information to deal with these problems, and these problems will be properly solved as our country becomes stronger.