When the Qing dynasty closed its doors to the outside world, the United States and Britain in western developed countries were undergoing vigorous industrial revolution. The industrial revolution changed the traditional agricultural society, and made the economic and scientific and technological strength of originally backward European countries such as Britain and the United States rapidly improve. In order to sell their own products, these countries, if Britain wants to dump its own opium, will find an excuse and take the opportunity to open the door to China with advanced ships and cannons. The failure of the battlefield forced the government of the late Qing Dynasty to sign a series of treaties humiliating the country and the country with the capitalist powers such as Britain and France, and the glory of the ancient Chinese powers in China ceased to exist.
It was also in the late Qing Dynasty that Russia followed the footsteps of Britain, France and other powers, took advantage of the decline of national strength in the late Qing Dynasty, and after several campaigns, signed an unequal treaty with the late Qing government, occupying about 6,543,800 square kilometers of land in northern China. Then the October Revolution broke out and the Soviet Union was founded. The Soviet Union also took over the Russian land heritage and continued to occupy large areas of northern China.
China did not recover the territory lost in the late Qing Dynasty for the following reasons:
A comprehensive national strength factor When the Soviet Union disintegrated, Russia, which inherited the former Soviet Union, still had strong comprehensive strength, because the former Soviet Union was also a military power and a superpower with strong comprehensive national strength, and Russia, which was born from the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, still had strong strength. In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, it is difficult for China to have the ability to fight against the Russians and forcibly recover its territory. The disparity in strength is also an important reason why it is difficult for China to return to its lost homeland.
Historical reasons are difficult to solve. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, it was divided into fifteen independent countries, which more or less occupied our lost land. If you want to recover these lost territories, you need to negotiate with many countries. The procedures involved in the negotiation are too lengthy and cumbersome. For example, in the late Qing Dynasty, the late Qing government signed an unequal treaty with Russia to cede land for compensation. After the October Revolution, the main body of these treaties became the Soviet Union. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russia did not completely inherit these territories, and many of them were carved up by other countries. Therefore, the signing subject of unequal treaties has also become nearly ten countries.
Therefore, in order to recover these lost lands, China has to negotiate with many countries. The legal procedures are not only tedious, but also it is not only long and difficult to recover the homeland by peaceful means. China's economic development is the center of gravity. Naturally, there is no way to recover lost ground!
Third, the population and culture have also changed. The territory eroded by Russia in the late Qing Dynasty was basically on the Sino-Russian border. After acquiring these lands, the Russian government expelled all China people living in these lands by forceful means, and then forced a large number of Russians to move and live in these lands by administrative means, which also made these lands popular as Russian culture. This has also fundamentally changed the population structure and cultural structure of China, especially Vladivostok.
Therefore, the population structure and cultural structure of our country have changed. If we want to recover these lands, the local people are not satisfied, and it is difficult to change the migrated Russian culture. There may even be local conflicts and international public opinion. Therefore, the existence of these factors also makes it very difficult for China to forcibly recover its territory.
The international environment of peace and development does not allow peace and development to become the theme of the times after the end of the Cold War. In this environment, China's attempt to recapture its lost homeland by means of war will also lead to contradictions with Russia. If there is a war, it will have a very bad influence on China's international public opinion. In addition, China also hopes to carry out socialist modernization in a peaceful and developing environment. If contradictions and conflicts are provoked, all the achievements of China's reform will be wasted, and the loss will outweigh the gain.
Finally, Russia attaches great importance to these lost homes and will not give up. Vladivostok, a typical city, has become an important port city in Russia and a key hub city of Siberian railway, so it will naturally not give up important land easily.
Therefore, China cannot recover these homes. What China needs to do now is to develop the economy, enhance the comprehensive strength of the country, make the country rich and strong, and let the Chinese nation stand proudly among the nations of the world.