The entire decade of the Republic of China was a relatively stable year.
During this year, China embarked on the "Great Industrial Era" and cooperated closely with the United States in politics, military, and economy. This was the beginning of a long "honeymoon period" between China and the United States.
The existence of the two major powers in the East and the West and their cooperation are extremely beneficial to the world order.
In May and June of the 10th year of the Republic of China, two Sino-US naval military exercises codenamed "Thunder 1921" and "Operation Hurricane" were staged one after another.
In these two maritime military exercises, the Chinese Navy dispatched the aircraft carrier "Grand President" for the first time to participate.
This is the first aircraft carrier owned by China, which shows that the Chinese navy is moving on the road from weak to strong.
President Wang Hengyue observed the "Operation Hurricane" maritime military exercise and said to Chen Shaokuan, Vice Minister of the Navy: "It takes ten years to build a navy, and another ten years to hone a navy. In twenty years, can the Chinese navy
To become a quasi-first-class maritime power?”
"There is hope." Chen Shaokuan answered very cautiously: "Actual combat is the most important. With our country's current national strength and the strong support of the president, I am not too worried about the quantity and quality of naval ships, but the key thing is
Quality. I see that our next generation, the Chinese Navy, can become a true maritime power."
"I'm afraid we won't be left with so much time..." Wang Hengyue suddenly said something without thinking.
Chen Shaokuan would not understand what this sentence meant until many years later...
In these two maritime exercises, the Chinese Navy did not dispatch all its strength. Where is the other strength? And the entire strength of the Chinese Navy is prepared for one country...
The war situation in Russia is also relatively stable.
After a long and terrible winter, the Chinese and Russian coalition forces launched some attacks against the Bolsheviks in some places, but the scale was not large.
Wang Hengyue had no intention of solving the Russian problem so early. He still used the old method:
drag!
Delay it until the time he wants to see it most, and use the method most beneficial to China to solve the Russian problem.
At the same time, conflicts within the White Guards also began to arise. When the Soviet Red Army was at its strongest, these White Guards, who were on the verge of extinction, were able to unite together to fight against the threat of the Bolsheviks.
But now that the warning of danger has been lifted, the fight for power begins...
It has nothing to do with China at all. Instead, it provides Wang Hengyue with the best excuse: There are internal problems among the Russians, and it is unwise to destroy the Bolsheviks at this time.
Since the 10th year of the Republic of China, China and the United States have conducted a series of negotiations, the most eye-catching of which is undoubtedly the concession issue.
Wang Hengyue has said in private many times that the concession has always been his biggest concern. If this concern cannot be removed, no matter how big China develops, it will never be called "strong."
In June, China-U.S. Shanghai negotiations started...
During this negotiation, China made a number of demands, including that the U.S. government must repeal the Chinese Exclusion Act proposed on May 6, 1882, and apologize for this.
Americans are not surprised by this. Wang Hengyue had already raised this issue when he visited the United States, and put tremendous pressure on the U.S. government through the domestic plutocratic groups.
The good cooperative relations between China and the United States in the past two years have also eliminated obstacles in the hearts of American people.
This is just a formality...
In the "Shanghai Negotiations", the most eye-catching point raised by the Chinese government was to demand that the United States announce the abolition of a series of unequal treaties signed with the United States during the Manchu and Qing Dynasties.
This means that once the United States agrees, the concession issue will be easily solved!
To this end, China has proposed that it is willing to grant the United States most-favored-nation status and "first cooperative country" status.
The "first cooperative country" treatment is a brand new concept!
The "first cooperative country" will have a series of rights including priority inspection rights, priority signing rights, priority loan rights... etc. in the field of economic cooperation with the Chinese government.
In other words, once it becomes China's "first cooperative country", the country will enjoy a huge advantage over other countries in the field of economic cooperation.
This is eye-catching and makes Americans’ hearts beat...
The negotiations that started in June were not concluded until August of that year.
During the two months of long negotiations, the two sides engaged in tit-for-tat negotiations and even quarrels in many areas. Sometimes such a situation often occurred. The Chinese and American negotiators had just had an earth-shaking quarrel, and their faces were red and their necks were thick, but when it was time to take a break
Time passed, and the negotiators, who just now looked like life-and-death enemies, were chatting and dining together happily, and then discussing some interesting stories they had seen. However, after taking a short break, a new quarrel started again...
Both sides represent their respective countries. Although they have become good friends with each other in two months, when it comes to the interests of both countries, no one is willing to give in even half a step...
On August 3, China’s negotiator plenipotentiary, Prime Minister of the Republic of China Wang Qinglu, and the U.S. negotiator’s plenipotentiary, Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes of the United States of America jointly announced:
China and the United States reached an agreement on a number of negotiation items, and with the approval of the President of the Republic of China and the U.S. Congress, the signing of the "Sino-U.S. Shanghai Treaty" was completed!
The United States announced that it has abolished the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and will solemnly apologize to the Chinese government and all victims of the Chinese Exclusion Act for this act!
The United States announced the abolition of a series of unequal treaties signed with the Manchu and Beiyang governments. On the issue of the concession that attracted the most attention, China and the United States jointly announced that the United States would gradually withdraw from various concessions starting in January 1922.
facilities. And the evacuation will be completed by June 1922.
In order to ensure the interests of American expatriates in the concession, China and the United States will conduct a two-year co-management period for the concession. After the co-management period, the U.S. concession will be completely returned to the Chinese government.
At the same time, China announced that the United States would be China's first "first cooperative country" and would provide the United States with huge commercial and economic benefits.
In the "Sino-US Shanghai Treaty", the two sides also reached agreement on judicial cooperation, extradition treaties, etc...
The "Sino-US Shanghai Treaty" caused a stir throughout the country and attracted the attention of the whole world.
It is not just a concession, but many problems left over from the Manchu and Beiyang governments in the past have been resolved within the government led by President Wang Hengyue.
Wang Hengyue, this name must be firmly remembered by all of China and the world.
He is a great dictator from the East, but he is also a legendary president who exists as a legend.
He is both high-profile and low-key; sometimes he is unreasonable, and sometimes he is so reasonable that the other party is embarrassed; he often shows his toughness and refuses to give in when it comes to China's interests, but when it comes to things that really require him to make concessions
time, he will not show any hesitation...
He started out as a small army officer during the Manchu government and became a "revolutionary leader" and the biggest hero in overthrowing the Manchus. Then he gradually unified Sichuan, the southwest, and then the entire China.
!
After he had just unified China, he decisively sent troops to Russia and regained a large amount of China's lost territory... He took advantage of Japan's domestic contradictions and Japan's isolated position in the world to resolutely take back Qingdao's interpretation and bring Japan back.
All forces were expelled from Shandong... He visited the United States, and what followed was the "Sino-US Shanghai Negotiations"...
He is omnipotent and can always bring huge surprises to China inadvertently!
Is there anything else he can't do?
This "great dictator" has a firm grip on China's political power, but if there is such a great president who can always bring huge surprises to the people of the country, then what does it matter if he is a "great dictator"?
During the "Shanghai Negotiations", China and the United States also reached economic cooperation agreements on multiple projects, with a total value of up to 10.9 billion US dollars!
The "Shanghai Negotiations" were an extremely important turning point for China. This marked the evolution of China from a potential power into a quasi-first-class power.
The greatest significance of the "Shanghai Negotiations" is that it made a good start for China to comprehensively resolve the issues left over from the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which also set an example for other powers.
American businessmen can enjoy the huge benefits brought to them by the Sino-US Shanghai Treaty. They can now turn the economic cooperation projects signed in the treaty into real money.
Americans even hope that they will always be China’s “first cooperative country”!
Of course, the British and French do not want to see Americans continue to gain huge benefits. The "Shanghai Negotiations" gave them an inspiration:
The Chinese will take back the concession sooner or later. If this is the case, why can't they use negotiation to solve concession issues like the United States and launch more comprehensive cooperation with the Chinese government as soon as possible?
After urgent consultations with the Chinese government, the British announced that the two countries will start Sino-British negotiations in February next year; Sino-French negotiations will also begin at the same time.
This is another good news, and this is what President Wang Hengyue has been looking forward to.
As for small countries like Japan? It seems that President Wang Hengyue has not considered it at all.
Regardless of Japan's feelings, there is only one big country in the Far East now, and that is China. After solving the Sino-US, Sino-British, and Sino-French issues, Wang Hengyue will inevitably shift his focus to solving the Japanese issue.
There is nothing to negotiate with Japan. There is only one way to treat this country.
Moreover, the timetable for resolving the Japanese problem is getting closer and closer. This timetable was drawn up by one person himself: