On October 14, 2008, after 79 years of waiting, the dust settled on the sovereignty dispute between China and Russia over the Black Blind Island, and the national flag of the People's Republic of China was raised over the Black Blind Island.
Some people at the scene burst into tears and even couldn't cry. Black Blind Island has been included in China's territory since the Ming Dynasty, and in the late Qing Dynasty, heavy troops were sent to guard it, but in the national ** period, the Northeast Army was defeated, and Black Blind Island was easily occupied by the Soviet army.
It was not until Putin's visit to China in 2004 that the sovereignty issue of the Black Blind Island began to take a turn for the better, and finally Russia took the initiative to return half of the Black Blind Island. Black Blind Island is located in **?
Why is it important? And what about its return? Although the name "Black Blind Island" may seem like the best, its strategic importance is extraordinary.
The current Black Blind Island is located in the city of Fuyuan, China. If you draw a circle with a radius of 2,000 kilometers with the Black Blind Island as the center of the circle, then this circle will cover most of northern China, Russia's Eastern Siberian region, as well as all of Japan and the Korean Peninsula, which is the "Northeast Asian Economic Circle" that the United States was most worried about during the Obama period.
In other words, the Black Blind Island can serve as a "bridgehead" for cooperation between China, Japan, and North Korea and Russia, which straddles the Eurasian continent, and its economic status is very prominent.
Black Blind Island: China's strategic location and maritime transportation hub Located on the border between China and Russia, Black Blind Island has a unique geographical location, with fertile delta plains and excellent harbor construction conditions.
The establishment of a port here can not only solve the problem of the shortage of commercial ports in Northeast China, but also dock cargo ships of more than 10,000 tons. In addition, the Black Blind Island also has advantages in railway construction, which can connect the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Russian Far East Super Trunk Line, and is a key node connecting the Eurasian continent.
Therefore, whether it is economic or military, the Black Blind Island has an irreplaceable role for our country, and its strategic position is very important. However, until 2008, the issue of sovereignty over the Black Blind Island was the focus of negotiations between China and Russia.
Although since ancient times, the Black Blind Island has belonged to the territory of our country, and there was already the feat of "Zheng He going to the West" during the Ming Dynasty.
Most of the seafaring diplomats of the Ming Dynasty were lost in the rough seas, but the eunuchs were one of them. From 1411 onwards, he led his fleet to the Black Blind Island 16 times, drawing up a map of it himself, and placing it under the jurisdiction of present-day Heilongjiang Province.
This marks the first time that the name of Black Blind Island appears in Chinese history books, proving that it is China's inherent territory. In the 19th century, the late Qing Dynasty suffered successive defeats in the southern battlefield, but deployed heavy troops to defend the northern border area.
The establishment of the Ussurion Outpost on the Black Blind Island marked the first military rule over the Black Blind Island in the history of our country.
Since the late Qing Dynasty, people in the Northeast have begun to migrate to the Black Blind Island. Although most of them were exiles from the late Qing dynasty for serious crimes, the fact that they were Chinese is indisputable.
By the beginning of the 20th century, the commercial and residential facilities of Black Blind Island had begun to take shape. However, the Russians have long been deliberately involved. In 1860, Tsarist Russia forced the late Qing Dynasty to sign the Treaty of Beijing, ceding more than 400,000 square kilometers of land in northeastern China.
Coupled with the Sino-Russian Treaty of Aihui signed in the early years, the late Qing Dynasty lost a total of more than 1 million square kilometers of territory, and these lands fell into the pockets of Tsarist Russia.
In 1929, the Nationals** declared war on the Soviet Union, demanding that the railway and telegraph management in Northeast China be returned to Northeast China and that Soviet personnel be repatriated. However, the Soviet Union strongly opposed this move and eventually occupied the island of the Black Blind.
The people were forced to sign the Boli Agreement, which was settled with reparations, and they no longer cared about the lost land. Although this conflict is not well known to the people, in the eyes of academic circles, it is the largest dispute between China and the Soviet Union in history.
Despite the loss of territory, Chinese and Soviet personnel were still able to travel to and from the Black Blind Island. However, by 1954, the Soviet Union banned Chinese from landing on the island and unilaterally declared possession of the island of the Black Blind.
The issue of sovereignty over the Black Blind Island occupies an important position in the Sino-Soviet border dispute. Despite a sweet period of friendship, the two countries began negotiations on sovereignty over the island in 1964.
However, after the deterioration of Sino-Soviet relations in 1969, the two countries deployed troops around the Black Blind Island, and war seemed imminent. The USSR ** even began to emigrate to the island.
In the same year, Sino-Soviet relations hit rock bottom, and negotiations on the sovereignty of the Black Blind Island were forced to terminate. Since then, exchanges between China and the Soviet Union have almost zero, and the Black Blind Island has disappeared from the vision of the Chinese people for a time.
It was not until 1986 that Sino-Soviet relations began to warm up, and negotiations on the border dispute became the focus of attention of the two countries.
After more than 10 years of negotiations, China and Russia jointly announced in 1997 that they had demarcated more than 4,200 kilometers of national border, resolving most of the eastern border dispute between China and Russia, leaving only the sovereignty of the Black Blind Island unresolved.
After more than 20 years of arduous negotiations, this final issue was finally concluded in the fourth post-millennium negotiations: the border issue should continue to be discussed in accordance with the Sino-Soviet Agreement on the Eastern Section signed in 1991, and the "individual issues" would be maintained as they were, and the sovereignty issue of the Black Blind Island would be put on hold for the time being.
However, things took a turn for the better. In 2004, Russia's Putin visited China, and the two sides reached a complete agreement on the eastern section of the border issue, and Russia offered to return half of the territory of the Black Blind Island to China, which means that the dawn of the return of the Black Blind Island to China has appeared.
From the Black Blind Island to the border agreement, Putin returned the territory with a strong heart, showing the demeanor of a great power.
Two months later, the handover ceremony of history was officially held on the Black Blind Island, which finally returned to the embrace of the motherland after 79 years of absence. Behind the mighty and heroic posture of the People's Liberation Army, the national flag of the People's Republic of China rises on the Black Blind Island, bringing new hope to this land.
After the return of the Black Blind Island to the motherland, China immediately launched a series of work such as railway construction, deep-water port construction, and tourism projects. According to the plan, in 2025, the railway of Black Blind Island will be seamlessly connected with the Far East Railway of Russia to form a bridge between Eurasia and Europe, and the deep-water port of Black Blind Island will become the largest deep-water port in Northeast Asia, bringing huge economic benefits to the Heilongjiang region.
The return of the Black Blind Island is not only a major event in Chinese history, but also a reflection of the close ties between China and Russia. This is not only the handover of the territory of the two countries, but also a testimony to the friendship between the two countries, which indicates that the two countries will cooperate more closely in the future development and jointly create a better future.
The successful practice of the Black Blind Island model not only provides a new way for New China to resolve territorial disputes in the 21st century, but also provides a model for all countries in the world to respect history and resolve disputes through peaceful negotiations.
After the successful return of the Black Blind Island to the motherland, China and Russia have reached a perfect example of win-win cooperation, completely resolving the Sino-Russian border dispute that has plagued China for 79 years.
The success of the Black Blind Island model proves that a peaceful settlement of territorial disputes can be achieved through peaceful negotiations and respect for history, which is of great significance for maintaining friendly relations between the two countries.