The useless treaty that Duan Qirui was forced to sign now comes in handy.

Today, there are still many people who are unwilling to look back on China's modern history. After all, it was a humiliating history. Ever since the western powers opened the door to China with their guns, China has fallen into the predicament of a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society. The pride of the Chinese people was defeated, and the western powers began to carve up the interests in China and cut off the territory of China.

The incompetent Qing government failed to expel these invaders, and it was gradually turned into the spokesman of these invaders to search for them instead of the colonists. Because China was very 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 a lot of 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 Qirui. As a representative of the Northern Warlords, Duan Qirui's comments on this person are also very complicated. He has made great contributions to * * *, but he is also a cruel executioner. Duan Qirui didn't 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 Qirui was in power, it was also the period of the First World War. The world pattern was greatly impacted, and the fate of China was also linked with this drastic change.

Shortly after World War I, the Duan Qirui government was invited by many countries, mainly Britain and France, to participate in the signing of the Svalbard Treaty. China was one of the second countries to sign the treaty, because the treaty was signed in 192, when China had not yet joined, and it was not until five years later that China joined the second group. At this point, more than 5 countries all over the world have participated in this signing. Duan Qirui may never have dreamed that his casual move would bring an unexpected benefit to China, which is one of the few benefits he left to China later.

what exactly is the Svalbard treaty? This treaty revolves around Svalbard, which is located in the Arctic, between the Arctic and Norway. The island was first discovered by Dutch explorers on June 17, 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 countries such as Norway began immigration activities, and today, it has become the closest place to live in the Arctic.

Many countries have disputes over the sovereignty of this archipelago. Norway is very close, and it must hope to win the sovereignty here, while Russia also has advantages. But at that time, Russia didn't have time to take care of these things, but this doesn't mean that they are willing to give up these interests, so various countries began to compete for it. In the end, these countries reached the Svalbard Treaty, which stipulated 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 under the permission of Norwegian law. Originally, there was no China in this contract. In fact, the Duan Qirui government was dragged over by the French, but it signed such a good treaty by mistake.

At that time, France didn't want the benefits 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 seemed to have sovereignty here. Small countries like them didn't dare to provoke big countries at all, so they could only make great sacrifices. France couldn't monopolize it, so it simply stirred it up. China was dragged over by them. At that time, China was very weak and didn't have the ability to develop here, but they didn't expect that China would have such a big change in the future.

Conclusion:

In fact, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, I didn't even know that there was such a thing, and the island was forgotten. With the rapid development of China, the exploration of the ocean and polar regions has also been put on the agenda. Around 2, a foreign expert unexpectedly presented China with a document, which made China discover the existence of this treaty.

So in 24, China built the Arctic Yellow River Station here and began to explore the polar regions. 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 status in the international arena is constantly improving. Contracts also depend on strength. Contracts signed by countries without strength are waste paper, and the power of interpretation is also in the hands of others, so it is necessary to be strong.