In terms of headlines, I can use the following blockbuster headlines to grab readers' attention:
1. "China's 800 years of loss!" Vietnam occupied Chinese territory and was not returned until the Qing Dynasty."
2. "After 800 years of tossing and turning, China has finally recovered the territory occupied by Vietnam!"
3. "Forgotten History: 800 years ago, Vietnam invaded Chinese territory and was not recovered until the end of the Qing Dynasty"
4. "Vietnam cunningly occupied Chinese territory for 800 years!" It wasn't until the Qing Dynasty that it took shape."
5. "Betrayal and Reclaim: China Takes 800 Years to Successfully Reclaim Territory Occupied by Vietnam"
Here is the full article:
China's 800 years of lost land! Vietnam occupied Chinese territory and was not returned until the Qing dynasty
Since Qin Shi Huang unified the six kingdoms and established Xiang County, the power of Chinese unification gradually expanded to northern Vietnam. In Vietnamese history textbooks, this period is known as the "Northern Era", that is, the period when Vietnam was ruled by the Northern Dynasty.
However, as the Central Plains entered the chaotic Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, China's control over the southwestern border gradually weakened. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Vietnam successfully defeated the Southern Han regime and gained de facto autonomy. After the establishment of the Song Dynasty, the King of Vietnam sent envoys and prayed for friendship with the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty, because of other busy affairs, agreed to the title of King of Vietnam as the King of Jiao Toe County, and recognized the status of a vassal state of Vietnam. From then on, Vietnam became an independent vassal state and was no longer under the rule of the Central Plains dynasty.
However, the Vietnamese king was not honest. Whenever the Central Plains dynasty was strong, Vietnam submitted and became vassals, but once the Central Plains dynasty declined, Vietnam would wage war, occupy Chinese territory, and compete with the Central Plains dynasty.
In 1052, Vietnam took advantage of the Tusi rebellion faced by the Song Dynasty to invade Chinese territory in a big way, successfully occupying southwestern Guangdong, Jiangping, Huangzhu and other places. Although the Song general Di Qing led his army to recover some of the land, Jiang Binh and Hoang Zhu remained under Vietnamese control and became Vietnamese "enclaves" in China. From the Song Dynasty to the early and middle Qing Dynasty, these lands belonged to Vietnam.
It was not until 1883, with the outbreak of the Sino-French War, that this embarrassing situation was resolved. After the great victory of Zhennan Pass, the Qing Dynasty took the initiative to negotiate peace with France, renounced the suzerainty of Vietnam, recognized France's right to administer Vietnam, and made Vietnam a French colony.
Due to historical reasons, the border between China and Vietnam has not been clearly demarcated. After the signing of the New Sino-French Treaty, the delimitation of the boundary line became an important issue. Initially, the Qing Dynasty proposed the Liangshan and Gaoping lines as a boundary, rebasing the lost Chinese territories of the Song Dynasty under Chinese jurisdiction. However, France outright rejected the proposal.
Subsequently, the Qing Dynasty proposed to transfer Van Yuan County in Vietnam to China, which France initially agreed to, but later repented. The Qing dynasty had to give in and offered to reclaim the Guangdong enclave occupied by Vietnam. In the end, France went along with the water and agreed to this plan. This Chinese territory, occupied by Vietnam for more than 800 years, was finally successfully returned to China in the last years of the Qing Dynasty.
This history shows that Vietnam has been a rebellious region throughout China's history. Vietnam took advantage of the civil strife of the Central Plains Dynasty to invade Chinese territory and became a vassal when the power of the Central Plains Dynasty declined, and when the power of the Central Plains Dynasty recovered, it immediately resisted and reoccupied Chinese territory. It was not until the end of the Qing Dynasty that China succeeded in recovering this territory that had been occupied by Vietnam for more than 800 years.
The lesson of this history is that, as Chinese, we should remain vigilant and resolutely defend the territorial integrity of our motherland. At the same time, it is also necessary to remember history, cherish peacetime border stability, and resolve any border disputes through diplomatic means. Only in this way can we avoid losing Chinese territory again.
