During Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to China, many major decisions were made public during this period.
For example, the two heads of state have just jointly issued the Sino-Russian Joint Statement.
The sprinkling statement has more than 12,000 words, covering various aspects such as economics and politics, but what I am most concerned about is this sentence:
The two sides will engage in constructive dialogue with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on the navigation of Chinese vessels through the lower reaches of the Tumen River.
It's only thirty-nine words, but it's exciting.
The Chinese have waited for more than 160 years:
Tumen River, the Chinese are back.
The Tumen River is so important that its access to the sea is China's only access to the Sea of Japan.
Such a strategic route was occupied by Tsarist Russia by force after 1860.
In 1950, Stalin ordered the construction of a bridge over the Tumen River, deliberately designed to be less than 10 meters above the water.
At a height of 10 meters, not to mention warships, even larger fishing boats cannot pass through it. Since then, China, which has lost the Tumen River into the Sea of Japan, has also lost the opportunity to play games with Japan in this area.
For more than 160 years, Northeast China has been close to the sea, but there has always been an unavoidable 15 kilometers.
After 160 years, the Chinese will return to this land.
From here, it has direct access to the Sea of Japan, the Pacific Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean shipping lanes to Europe.
From here, it is only 907.5 kilometers to Busan, South Korea, and 585 kilometers to Sokcho, South Korea.
It is only 852 km to Niigata in Japan and 796 km to Akita.
To obtain this strategic opportunity, for China, is to choke the fate of Northeast Asia.
The figure of the Chinese will be re-active in this region and become a new impact.
At that time, the economy of the Northeast will also have the opportunity to take off again.
One hundred and sixty years, the offensive and defensive trends are different!
No one is strong all the time, and no one doesn't make mistakes.
We have paid a terrible price for backwardness, but China is no longer the China of a hundred years ago.
Believe it or not, what we have lost will be regained.