On November 11, 1918, World War I ended in The Allied victory. In 1919, imperialism shifted the war to redivide the world from the battlefield to the conference table, and held a "peace conference" in Paris, France, the Paris Peace Conference.
China, as the victor of the First World War, also participated in the conference, and china's demand for the meeting was very simple: to reclaim the privileges of imperialism in China.
However, China, which was completely reduced to a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, had no political initiative compared with other victorious countries due to its weakened national strength. It becomes very difficult to achieve these demands.
Before the meeting had even begun, the Chinese delegation suffered a setback, and the original five delegation seats became two. This made the Chinese delegation, which was already in difficulty, more passive.
At the negotiating table, Japan attempted to monopolize Germany's "prerogatives" in China and undermine China's sovereignty.
Ambassador Gu Weijun, the plenipotentiary representative of the Chinese delegation, argued on the basis of reason, and in response to the arrogance and insidiousness of the Japanese representative Baron Makino, Gu Weijun used the "pocket watch incident" as a pretext.
"China cannot lose Shandong, just as the West cannot lose Jerusalem!" This sentence made everyone present shake up!
However, under pressure from Japan, the Beijing government ceded Shandong to Japan through the "Secret Peace Treaty", the "Twenty-One Articles", and Britain, France and the United States agreed to this decision at the expense of China's interests. China was thus openly betrayed.
After this news reached China, the "May Fourth Movement" broke out in China to protest the unfair treatment of China by the Western powers, setting off the awakening of 40 million Chinese.
Whether to sign the contract or not, the Chinese delegation is in trouble. Failure to sign will be subject to government blame and sanctions. If you sign it, you will be spurned by the forty million Chinese people, you will be tortured and condemned by your own conscience, and you will become a sinner for the country and the people.
In the end, Gu Weijun still chose the former, and left the last words left to the imperialist powers: "Please remember, please remember, Chinese will never forget this painful day."
On June 28, 1919, the Chinese delegation ultimately did not sign the Treaty of Paris.
The phrase "weak countries have no diplomacy" is a vivid portrayal of backward China at that time, but the indomitable Chinese people have always struggled. A simple and mundane 'no' word shouted out the anger that had been accumulated in the chests of Chinese people for more than half a century'.
The film "My 1919" recreates the era of Chinese people for the dignity of the country and the nation, not succumbing to the pressure of any Western powers, and fighting for the dignity of the country. Highly recommend everyone to see.
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