It is also the land ceded by the late Qing Dynasty, why can Hong Kong and Macao be recovered, but Vladivostok, which was taken away, can never come back?
According to the minutes of the 1965 Sino-Soviet border meeting, Vladivostok will return to China in 1995, but now more than 20 years have passed, our country has not waited for ** to re-mention this matter, combined with today's Russia ** Putin has stated that "although Russia's territory is large, but not an inch of land is redundant" Many people believe that this is to show Russia's attitude towards Vladivostok
Vladivostok is Russia's most important outlet to the sea, located in the northeastern part of the Eurasian continent, covering an area of about 331 square kilometers and inhabiting about 600,000 people. Although Vladivostok is not only unremarkable on the map, but also has a unique geographical location. As a peninsula surrounded by water on three sides, Vladivostok is bordered by the Amur Bay to the west, the Ussuri Bay to the northeast, and the Sea of Japan to the southeast.
Therefore, it can be said that Tsarist Russia will focus on this land at that time, in fact, it is completely expected, before the eastward expansion of Tsarist Russia, there was hardly any good access to the sea, and the adjacent water source was still the Arctic Ocean, which had almost no shipping value. At a time when various European countries were still using the sea to accumulate primitive capital, Tsarist Russia, which was jealous of the ports of various countries, quickly snatched the Swedes' access to the Baltic Sea by force;The Black Sea was taken from Turkey. At that time, the territory of the Qing Dynasty was very large, and in the eyes of Tsarist Russia, its neighbor was tantamount to a large piece of fat.
So Tsarist Russia first occupied Siberia and then took Vladivostok from the Qing **. Vladivostok is a natural port in excellent condition, free from the need to worry about ice in winter, and very convenient. Later, with the founding of the People's Republic of China, many of the lands lost in the unequal treaties at that time were returned to the motherland, including Hong Kong Island, which was forced to cede in the Treaty of NanjingKowloon occupied in the Treaty of Peking;and Macau, which has been occupied by Portugal for many years.
So why has Vladivostok not been recovered so far, and what happened when it was returned in 1995?After World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union fought for hegemony, in order to completely win over our country, in the 50s China and the Soviet Union conducted many territorial consultations, under the active efforts of our country, the Soviet Union finally gave in, not only returned the Zhongchang Railway, but also returned Lushun Dalian together. At that time, it was also said that there was an agreement that stipulated that the Soviet Union would return Vladivostok to the new China 50 years later, in 1995.
However, a few years later, Sino-Soviet relations deteriorated due to ideological differences. In 1991, the behemoth of the Soviet Union collapsed. Therefore, in any case, it is unlikely that China will take back this wetland according to the agreement at that time, and Vladivostok is the most important port of Russia, carrying the dream of naval revival of the first people. It also has its own rich aquatic resources, which shows that this port is not only of great significance for the export of commodities in Northeast China, but also an indispensable piece of land. Therefore, whether Vladivostok can return to the motherland, we can only wait for the next historical opportunity.