China has a vast territory and a large population, and basically occupies the best piece of land in East Asia. Although in modern times, a large amount of territory has been ceded due to backwardness. However, the current land of 9.6 million still retains the foundation for national rejuvenation for the Chinese. China's land is the first step from west to east, and the population is mainly distributed in the east of the Hu Huanyong line.
Mountains occupy 43 percent of the country's territory65%, plains occupy 2662%, 143 square kilometers of plains that can be used for arable land.
Several plains in the south, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Plain are 160,000 square kilometers, and the Chengdu Plain is 180,000 square kilometers, 110,000 square kilometers. The south, which is most suitable for modern industrial and commercial development and the closest to the ocean, actually has very little available flat land. Moreover, the south has a large population, and rich provinces such as Guangdong, Fujian, and Zhejiang are all food that cannot be self-sufficient and need help from the north"This strategy originally originated in Western countries, in order to blockade and suppress competitors or enemy countries, take advantage of some special geographical locations to blockade choke points and other key roads, and block the flow of strategic materials and other materials of great strategic value to the enemy. For example, Germany during the First World War was pinned down by the British in the North Sea. After the Battle of Jutland, this huge naval battle still did not break through the strategic blockade.
To the east of our continent today is the first island chain consisting of the Japanese archipelago, the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, and the Philippines. These islands are all hostile countries and regions controlled by the United States, and they are very threatening to the security of our oceans. In particular, the Taiwan region has been separated from the mainland for more than 70 years, and the political ecology on the island is very complicated, which is a key issue that must be resolved in China's rejuvenation.
The capital Beijing crossed the Yinshan Mountains and was the flat Mengdong region, which was historically the Monan region. Since ancient times, the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Mongols and Jurchens have often crossed the Yinshan Mountains from here to plunder the North China Plain.
The most perfect geopolitical pattern is the land of the peak era of the Qing Dynasty, and the main passes in the north have basically been taken. To the west is the Pamirs, and there are few security concerns.
At the height of the Qing Dynasty, almost all the hidden dangers of land invasion of the Central Plains were solved until the Qing Dynasty, with the Manchu regime completely controlling Mobei Mongolia and using Lamaism to control the Mongol faith. At the same time, the Qing Dynasty also completely controlled the northwest region through the Qingzhun War. During this period, the northern invasion of the Mongolian Plateau in the Central Plains, the wound area of the Tianshan Mountains in the northwest, and the Outer Khing'an Mountains in the northeast were all controlled. It's an almost perfect geopolitical environment. However, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the land in the northeast and northwest was plundered in large quantities.
At the time of the Sino-Soviet war, the Soviet Union had a million soldiers in Mongolia, and we were forced to prepare for war and famine. Huge resources were poured into the interior to prevent the first wave of Soviets from reaching the capital.
Fortunately, today Russia is in decline, the population and industrial facilities of Siberia are decaying, and the threat to the capital here is greatly reduced.
Today, the northeastern and northern provinces of China are responsible for the main task of growing grain. At present, Henan, Hebei and Shandong have more than 50 million tons of grain output, and Heilongjiang has more than 70 million tons. The grain here is supplied in large quantities to the southern provinces. However, the rain and heat conditions in the north are not as good as those in the south, and the key is that there is still a shortage of water. At the same time, there is a large number of low-yielding saline-alkali lands in the north, which makes the problem of water scarcity even more prominent.
The lack of water in North China has greatly impressed both industry and agriculture.
The Yellow River basin has an inflow of more than 50 billion cubic meters, while the Yangtze River has an annual inflow of 1.2 trillion cubic meters. Industry and agriculture in the north are short of water, so the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, which has been in operation since 2010, is an extremely important national project. Although the central and eastern routes can divert more than 10 billion cubic meters of water a year, they have greatly alleviated the water problem in the north.
Although there are many regrets about China's geopolitical environment and geographical conditions, other countries in the world also have their own troubles. India's arable land is rainy and hot in different periods, the great plains of the central United States are unobstructed, and the cold snap in winter can blow all the way to the Gulf of Mexico.
Now there is no country in this world with perfect terrain.