Low-key acquisition of territory, accidental search for rare mines
Fresh historical stories and precious historical moments are brought to you every day! During the Qing Dynasty, China was invaded by other countries due to historical reasons. At that time, our ** power was weak, and we could only protect the regime at that time by ceding territory.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, China continued to grow and gradually regain the land it had lost in the past. These lands not only make our territory more and more complete, but also bring abundant natural resources to our country.
In the 1960s, we managed to reclaim a small town in the southwest of the country, which covers an area of 156 square kilometers and has a population of just over 3,000 people.
After three years of negotiations with Myanmar to win over the town, we succeeded in quietly reintegrating the land that had been lost for 70 years into the country's territory.
When our country regained this land, we were surprised to find ourselves in good fortune. Although the town is small, it contains rare mineral deposits, and even the animals here belong to the protected species of our country.
After rapid development, the land has become a place full of blessings. So, how did our country manage to regain this land? Let's take a look back at history.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, ** was corrupt and incompetent, and he only knew how to enjoy it lying on the merit book, and did not want to make progress. This has led to China's slow development. When other countries saw that China was closed off and kept to itself, they regarded it as a soft persimmon that was easy to bully, and so the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Coalition happened.
In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, in order to maintain its precarious dominance and appease the anger of the great powers, the Qing ** adopted a "good method" - to provide money to these countries and cede land.
However, this has not stopped other countries from encroaching, but has allowed them to gain an inch. At that time, 4.8 million square kilometers of land had been plundered, including the town of Pianma.
After the British established the colony of Burma, in order to further expand into our country, they set foot on the land of Pianma. In order to create disputes in China, Britain frequently provoked wars on the Sino-Burmese border.
Since the Qing Dynasty did not have troops stationed in Pianma at that time, in early 1911, the British successfully occupied Pianma.
When the Qing Dynasty was in turmoil and young Pu Yi had just ascended the throne for two years, they had no time to take care of this frontier land. With the fall of the Qing Dynasty, this land was occupied by the British.
Although the Qing ** ignored this place, Yunnan spontaneously organized an army to resist the British invasion. The determination of this army forced the British to admit that Pianma was Chinese land.
However, even so, the British did not evacuate the land until the outbreak of World War II.
During World War II, Japan invaded the territory of China, and the British were weak, so Japan took the opportunity to expel the British colonists from Pianma and occupy this place, garrisoning troops to defend it.
After learning the news, China sent a large number of troops to drive the Japanese forces out of Katama, so that this land was briefly returned to China. However, the good times did not last long, and the British soon got the news that Burma was still a British colony at that time, and the British took the opportunity to lead an army to attack Pianma and once again take this land.
Until the end of World War II in 1948, Myanmar became independent and officially declared its independence, and Pianma was subsequently included in Kachin State. This land in southwest China did not return to the embrace of the motherland until the founding of New China.
At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, there was a lot of waste waiting to be rebuilt In order to quickly recover the economy and get out of the wounds of the war, Japan did not start a war against the Katama region. However, we have been negotiating with Myanmar on the reconquest of Pianma, but the process has been very difficult.
After many ups and downs, our country finally succeeded in recovering this special area. The geographical location of the Pian Ma region is very unique, with a border with Myanmar as long as 644 km with a boundary river in between.
The undulating terrain is an important gateway for other countries to enter China, and if occupied, it could directly threaten Kunming, an important city in southwest China. Therefore, Pianma can be said to be the "gate" of the southwest of China.
Pianma's strategic position is very important, and its influence in the economic and trade field cannot be ignored. During the Qing Dynasty, Pianma's economy was prosperous, and it was a necessary place for China to travel with Southeast Asian countries.
This unique geographical location has attracted the salivation of Japan, Britain and other powers, and if it falls into the hands of other countries, China will be threatened by other countries for a long time. Therefore, our country must resolutely regain the film, however, this process is fraught with challenges.
In 1948, Burma declared independence from British colonial rule. After the departure of the British colonists, control of Pianma was rightfully handed back to Burma. However, Myanmar was initially reluctant to hand over Pianma to China, insisting on a firm grip on the land.
However, with the development of China, Myanmar's attitude towards Pianma has gradually changed. China had contributed to Burma by sending an expeditionary force to assist Burma in its fight against Japan.
In addition, China's emergence as a leading country in Asia, Africa and Latin America has led to a significant change in Myanmar's attitude towards China.
In the face of China's rising international status, Myanmar realizes that holding on to Pianma will only lead to territorial disputes and affect economic and trade cooperation between the two countries. After three years of negotiations, Myanmar finally agreed to return Pianma to China.
In 1961, the two countries signed the Boundary Treaty, and Pianma became Chinese territory, and the surrounding areas such as Gulang and Gangfang were also returned to China by Myanmar. This 70-year-long territorial dispute has finally come to an end, and only we ourselves can deeply appreciate the hardships of this process of recovering the territory.
The recovery of Pianma is of great significance to China, not only opening the prelude to the border issue with Myanmar and other countries, but also laying the foundation for subsequent negotiations on border issues between China and Pakistan, India, Afghanistan and other countries.
Although the return of Pianma is a joy for the Chinese people, the foreign control of the past 70 years has lagged behind the development of this land, and it will be desolate when it returns. Nowadays, with the rise of the internet**, most people are aware of the chaos in northern Myanmar, where beautiful scenery and pristine mountains are a place where criminals are rampant.
In northern Burma, due to political turmoil and inadequate military deployment, the "local emperors" of various regions became the local masters. Their influence is so great that they even carry out illegal activities such as trafficking**, illegal transactions such as drugs, and human beings.
Pianma was once in this chaotic area, where life was difficult and economic development was hampered. Fortunately, our country succeeded in recovering Pianma and freeing the inhabitants of the Pianma area from their misery.
Since our country took over Pianma, relevant personnel have entered it for an in-depth understanding. They were shocked by what they saw: a city covering an area of 156 square kilometers, dilapidated with numerous houses, but uninhabited and desolate.
The emergence of this phenomenon can be attributed not only to the chaotic political situation in the Pianma region, but also to the desire to sow discord between China and the people in the Pianma region. But thankfully, after our personnel entered Pianma, they did help improve the local situation a lot, so that the residents who had moved away from Pianma returned here.
The return of Pianma not only allowed 3,560 residents to become Chinese nationals, but also allowed them to create a beautiful homeland together. In order to have a deeper understanding of this land, China sent experts to conduct a detailed investigation of the natural resources and geographical environment of Pianma.
Unexpectedly, under this seemingly barren land, there are rich and rare mineral deposits, which provide infinite possibilities for the utilization of resources in our country.
Experts step into the field and discover that this is a land rich in treasures. Here, the natural resources are innumerable. Delve into the jungle and you will be amazed by the precious trees there.
By the end of 2014, the primeval forest in the Pianma area had reached 60,000 acres, and it was regarded as an important nature reserve by the state. This primeval forest is full of teak, spruce, hemlock, nanmu, camphor, bald, yew and yellow fir trees.
In addition, there are a large number of precious medicinal herbs such as wood, gastrodia, and cordyceps. In this dense forest, there are also many national key protected animals, such as takin, Indian tiger, golden leopard, red-bellied horned cone, green peacock and white pheasant, which live and work here.
In addition to being rich in natural resources, this fertile land also contains a large number of rare mineral deposits. There are more than 70 kinds of proven mineral deposits, including gold, lead, zinc, copper, marble, silica, crystal, coal, sphale, etc., with a total reserve of more than 123 million tons, which can be called a treasure of China.
These precious natural resources and rare mineral deposits are of great importance to our country, and we can conduct in-depth geographical and mineral research through this city. While countries such as Britain and Japan only considered the advantages of their geographical location, our country was fortunate that we were able to regain this treasure land.
After the recovery of Pianma, the state devoted a lot of effort to the development of this place, not only investing a lot of manpower and material resources in the economy, but also making it an important window for exchanges between China and Myanmar.
Now in Pianma, the people live comfortably, and the quality of life has been significantly improved, both in terms of infrastructure and daily life. Although the local population is only a few thousand, the number of merchants who travel between Pianma and Myanmar has reached the number of merchants engaged in timber, white marble and other resources.
40,000 or 50,000 people.
Thanks to the abundant natural resources, the Pianma area has developed tourism, and tourist facilities such as hot spring hotels and alpine snow scenery have also emerged, and various local unique mushroom delicacies have become unique characteristics.
At the same time, the local red tourism industry was also developed, and the Pianma Anti-British Memorial Hall was established to remind future generations of the efforts of the Pianma martyrs to return to their motherland.
In contrast to Pianma, neighboring Kachin State in Myanmar has been mired in civil strife since independence, making it impossible to exploit its rich natural resources, and the local population is still living in hardship.
It's just a gap in the border, but it creates a completely different scene.
ConclusionSince China's recovery of Pianma Town, this land has brought us rich mineral resources, and Pianma Town has also achieved comprehensive economic, educational and cultural development in the process of China.
Today, the population of this area has changed from 3,000 to a small town with a floating population of more than 20,000, and has become an inseparable part of our country. Although there are still some areas in our country that have not been recovered due to geopolitical problems, the motherland has always made unremitting efforts to achieve this.
We firmly believe that with the strength and prosperity of the motherland, those lands that were once lost will be able to return to the embrace of the motherland, and those regions will be able to move towards prosperity and tranquility under the leadership of the country.
So, do you know what other lands in our country have not yet been recovered?