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Preface
Since ancient times, the territorial issue has always been the trigger of war, and as the largest country in terms of area, the surrounding countries have always been eyeing our territory.
Now there are three places that once belonged to China's territory, and at the instigation of other countries to secede from China through referendums, I wonder if they have regretted it, and now there is still hope for return?
Outer Mongolia
Historically, Outer Mongolia was part of China, but during the Qing Dynasty, it was separated from the territory of the mainland due to internal and external troubles.
Baidu Encyclopedia: Outer Mongolia
I have to say that this is a great pity, the area of Outer Mongolia is 1.8 million square kilometers, which is worth more than four Japan, and it is inevitable that there is some regret to lose such a large area of territory, and the mainland territory has also changed from a begonia leaf to a majestic rooster.
In the late Qing Dynasty, when China was full of internal contradictions, and was suppressed by various countries externally, and crises were lurking, Russia took advantage of the situation to establish ties with Outer Mongolia, and the Qing government at that time had no time to take care of so much, so the situation gradually developed in a bad direction.
In 1911, under the brainwashing of Russia, Outer Mongolia tried to become independent from China, but due to the restrictions of a series of unequal treaties, it could only watch as Russia carried out cultural infiltration of Outer Mongolia.
However, at this time, Russia did not dare to annex Outer Mongolia with great fanfare, and saw that the mainland had vowed not to give up its jurisdiction over Outer Mongolia, so it forced the mainland to sign the "Sino-Russian Declaration Document" to "justifiably" turn the mainland's sovereignty in Inner Mongolia into suzerainty.
Suzerainty is equivalent to Outer Mongolia becoming a vassal state of China, with a certain degree of autonomy, and the mainland can no longer fully administer Outer Mongolia, laying a hidden danger for Outer Mongolia's complete independence.
In 1917, when chaos broke out in Russia, all the unequal treaties signed by China and China were annulled, but they still did not give up the idea of annexing Outer Mongolia, and a large number of Russians fled to Outer Mongolia for refuge.
Relations between Outer Mongolia and China began to develop for the better, but at this time, the Qing government sent people to govern them, and the dashing Outer Mongolia suddenly felt dissatisfied again, and relations deteriorated again.
At this time, Russia had been changed to the Soviet Union, and with the support of the Soviet Red Army, the Mongolian people drove out the Chinese defenders, and what seemed to be "independence" was actually caught in the net laid by the Soviet Union.
The Soviets waged a bloodbath against their rulers in Outer Mongolia until 1945, when Outer Mongolia held a referendum and became independent with the consent of 98% of the people.
Nowadays, Outer Mongolia has become an internationally recognized independent country, and its geographical location is also relatively sensitive, between China and Russia, it is unlikely to return to the embrace of the motherland.
Haisangang
In 1860, China and Russia signed the Sino-Russian Treaty of Beijing, and Vladivostok was one of the forces to cede a large territory to Russia.
Baidu Encyclopedia: Vladivostok (Russian city of Vladivostok)
Vladivostok is a natural ice-free port with a very good geographical location and low latitude, and has become the most important port in Russia, although it is relatively small, it is the most populous city in Russia.
Although Russia is not small, because of the perennial freezing, there has been no suitable port for them to transport goods, so he hit China with his idea, and Vladivostok became the best choice.
During the Second Opium War, the mainland was deeply invaded by Britain and France, and Russia once again took advantage of the situation to enter the country, sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight, did nothing but forced the mainland to sign an unequal treaty with it, took away the mainland territory, and also changed its name to Vladivostok in 1860, which means "ruling the East", which shows its ambition.
Everyone knows that Vladivostok was robbed by Russia, but Russia prefers to pretend to hold a referendum, under the strong authority, the result of the referendum makes them very satisfied, "strong twisted melons are not sweet", at first there were many Chinese living in Vladivostok.
Dissatisfied with Russian rule, the Chinese rebelled and eventually died under the "butcher's knife", and within 30 years, there were few of the 300,000 people who originally lived in Vladivostok, which was extremely cruel.
At present, Vladivostok is the only port in Russia to the Pacific Ocean, and there is a 4-month ice period every year, but through icebreaking technology, it has been possible to achieve uninterrupted shipping throughout the year, transport goods outward, and it has developed rapidly, and has become the economic and cultural center of the Russian Far East.
At present, the people living in Vladivostok are all Russians, and in recent years, Sino-Russian relations have been good, so it is unlikely that Vladivostok will return.
Sikkim
Sikkim was part of Tibet from the 7th century to more than 1,200 years thereafter, under the Chinese side, but is now a state of India.
Baidu Encyclopedia: Kingdom of Sikkim
In 1890, the British signed the Sino-British-Tibet-India Treaty with the then Minister in Tibet, after which Sikkim became British ownership, which was also agreed by the Qing government.
It was not until 1947 that India became independent, and the British granted India the right to administer Sikkim temporarily, and India also signed a treaty with Sikkim, because of the geographical importance of Sikkim to India, and then gradually infiltrated its own population.
A place of only 7,096 square kilometers suddenly poured in more than 700,000 Indians, seven times more than the local people, and India began to plan and try to annex Sikkim.
In 1975, India saw that the time had come, forced the local high-level to be placed under house arrest, and in order to cover up the evil deeds they had done, forced the locals to hold a referendum.
What is even more speechless is that seeing that Sikkim is "willing to join" India, they still shamelessly held meetings and "accepted" Sikkim after deliberation.
Since then, Sikkim has become a vital presence for India, bordering Nepal to the north and Bhutan to the east, and is the key to India's protection of the Siliguri corridor, which would be in jeopardy if Sikkim were to be attached to other countries, so India risked being condemned by the world to take Sikkim into its own hands.
After the annexation to India, the originally poor Sikkim became even more underdeveloped, but India would not let them go, so there was little hope of returning to China.
All three of these places have become independent or part of other countries through referendums, but from the above cases, we can see that the "referendum" looks very fair, but in fact, there are many operational points that cannot be taken seriously.
Only strong have the right to speak, and these three countries have also sounded the alarm for the mainland, and now if they want to bully China through power, they must seriously weigh and weigh.