Why did the territory of 1 1 10,000 square kilometers still exist on the eve of the demise of the Qing Dynasty?

First of all, we should know that the territory of the Qing Dynasty was very large in its heyday, which was about130,000 square kilometers. Although it experienced the invasion of foreign powers, most of it was economically plundered by the Qing Dynasty. In fact, not many countries really occupied the territory of the Qing Dynasty, and only Russia and Japan occupied the largest area.

For example, at that time, the Japanese occupied Taiwan Province Province, and later Russia occupied Sakhalin Island and some areas in northern Xinjiang, which added up to about 2 million square kilometers at most.

Secondly, at that time, Outer Mongolia was not independent, the Russians did not want this place, and Russia did not launch any war to seize this place, so until the demise of the Qing Dynasty, Outer Mongolia was within the territory of China. We should know that the area of outer Mongolia is very large, so if we add the area of outer Mongolia, it will naturally be more than 1 1 10,000 square kilometers.

Not only that, although the Qing dynasty was weak at that time, the battle it was supposed to fight would never be vague. For example, left led a great army to recover Xinjiang. Imagine that if the Qing dynasty was not strong at that time, Xinjiang might have been included in the territory of Russia by now, and it was with this spirit of not falling down and not cutting land that the current area of 9.6 million square kilometers was preserved, so from this perspective, the Qing dynasty was not useless.

In addition, it was also related to the delicate balance between the great powers at that time. Although everyone wants to carve up China, no one can break this balance, which is also the reason for this situation.