Duan descendants immigrated.

Today, there are still many people who don't want to look back on the modern history of China. After all, it was a humiliating history. Since the western powers opened the door to China with guns, China has been trapped in a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society. The pride of the people of China was defeated, and the western powers began to carve up the interests in China and carve up the territory of China.

The incompetent Qing government failed to expel these invaders and gradually replaced these colonists as spokesmen for these invaders to search for them. Because China was weak at that time, it had to give up its autonomy and let these powers bully it. Western powers also forced the Qing government to sign many unequal treaties. Even after the demise of the Qing government, many unequal treaties were signed.

However, one person has brought great help to China today because of an unequal treaty, and that person is Duan. As a representative of the northern warlords, Duan's evaluation of this man is also very complicated. He has made great contributions to * * *, but he is also a cruel executioner. Duan did not continue to be at the peak of power, but he still had national justice. In his later years, he resolutely refused to cooperate with the Japanese. When Duan was in power, it was also the period of the First World War. The world pattern has been greatly impacted, and the fate of China is also linked with this drastic change.

Shortly after the end of World War I, Duan government was invited by many countries, mainly Britain and France, to sign the Svalbard Treaty. At that time, China was one of the second countries to sign the treaty, because the treaty was signed in 1920. At that time, China was not involved, and it was not until five years later that China joined the second batch of signatories. So far, more than 50 countries around the world have participated in this signing. Duan probably never dreamed that his careless actions would bring unexpected benefits to China, which was one of the few benefits he later left to China.

What exactly is the Svalbard Treaty? This treaty surrounds Svalbard Islands in the Arctic, between the Arctic and Norway. The island was first discovered by Dutch explorers on June 1596, when it was covered with thick snow. Since then, explorers from Britain and other countries have been exploring this huge archipelago and found a lot of mineral resources such as coal. So Norway and other countries began immigration activities, and today, it has become the closest place to live in the Arctic.

Many countries dispute the sovereignty of this archipelago. Norway is very close and definitely wants to win the sovereignty here, and Russia also has an advantage. But at that time, Russia didn't have time to take care of these things, but that didn't mean they were willing to give up these interests, so countries began to compete. In the end, these countries reached the Svalbard Treaty, stipulating that the sovereignty here belongs to Norway and will never become a war zone. But for other countries, they can engage in business and development activities here if Norwegian law allows. There was no China in this contract. In fact, Duan government was dragged by the French, but it signed such a good treaty by mistake.

At that time, France didn't want its interests to be monopolized by big countries such as Britain and the United States, because it seemed that there were many countries involved, but few countries really had the ability to develop here. Norway seems to have sovereignty here. Small countries like them dare not provoke big countries at all and can only make great sacrifices. France can't monopolize itself, so just stir it up. China was dragged by them. At that time, China was weak and unable to develop here, but they didn't expect such great changes in China in the future.

Conclusion:

In fact, after the founding of New China, I didn't even know there was such a thing, and the island was forgotten. With the rapid development of China, the exploration of ocean and polar regions has also been put on the agenda. Around 2000, a foreign expert unexpectedly presented a document to China, which made China discover the existence of this treaty.

So in 2004, China set up the Arctic Yellow River Station here and started the polar exploration. This is an unexpected good thing for new China, and polar exploration can bring great value to the country, which also indicates that China's position in the world is constantly improving. The contract also depends on strength. The contract signed by a country without strength is waste paper, and the power of interpretation is also in the hands of others, so it is necessary to be strong.