The war ended in Argentina's defeat, and the island is still within the territory of Britain. Now that Hong Kong is an international metropolis, Britain is willing to let go. Why did it refuse to return an island with thousands of people?
The corrupt and incompetent Qing government ceded Hong Kong to Britain in treaty of nanking. The signing of "treaty of nanking" opened the door to China. In order to seek various interests and carve up China's territory, western powers launched wars against China in succession.
During the period of 1982, with the vigorous development of national strength, China began to negotiate with Britain on the Hong Kong issue and its neighboring sovereignty. Although the two sides were tit for tat at the negotiating table, they did not develop the situation militarily.
Ten years later, with the unremitting efforts of China, a five-star red flag was raised in Hong Kong on July 1 July/997/day.
In the same year that China started negotiations with Britain, a vigorous war against the ownership of Falklands broke out. The two sides were Britain and Argentina, and the war lasted for two months, with thousands of casualties on both sides.
The intensity of this war is called the largest joint operation of land, sea and air during the Cold War. In the end, Britain reoccupied the island, and Argentina could only swallow it and watch it be taken away by others.
The full name of the Falkland Islands is the Malvinas Islands, which is also called the Falkland Islands under British rule, including the East and West Falkland Islands, plus more than 700 islands, large and small.
The total area of the island has also reached 12000 square kilometers. Such a vast sea area is a piece of fat that Argentina and Britain are unwilling to let go.
The first people to set foot on the Malvinas Islands were a group of British people, who were also the first people to settle on the island. However, with the change of time, the British were driven out of the island by Spain.
18 16, after Argentina declared its independence from Spain, it declared its sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands four years later.
Legally speaking, Argentina is the real owner of the Malvinas Islands, because this is the first time that the Malvinas Islands have been recorded in the form of open sovereignty.
1In the 1940s, Britain expelled Argentine officials and residents living on the island again. 1892 announced that the Malvinas Islands were officially called a British colonial island, mainly a colonial island, not a sovereign island, which also reflected that Britain defined this struggle as a colony.
Since Britain declared its occupation of the Malvinas Islands, Argentina has had a series of frictions with Britain over the ownership of the Malvinas Islands. However, diplomacy is still the main method, and the United Nations has become a court for frequent lawsuits between the two countries. However, 1982, after the Argentine military government came to power, it changed the previous principle of peaceful diplomacy and directly launched a landing war in Tsushima Island.
Originally, the Argentine military government wanted to take advantage of Britain's relaxation of Tsushima Island's management to launch a surprise attack and drive British officers and residents out of the island, but they misjudged Margaret Thatcher's character.
The "Iron Lady" did not hesitate to dispatch troops in Wan Li to drive back the Argentine troops that had already entered the Falklands, thus failing the Falklands War, which cost Argentina billions.
Although there are hundreds of islands in Tsushima Island, the total population of the islands is less than 4,000. Although compared with Hong Kong, Mashima has the disadvantages of small population and complex environment.
However, the geographical location of the island is located in the South Atlantic Ocean. The establishment of a maritime military base on the island is conducive to controlling the future situation in the Atlantic Ocean. Like the United States, Britain always wants to have its own military strength everywhere.
In fact, Britain has indeed done so. Former British Prime Minister David Cameron made public remarks in an interview with the British BBC. The Falkland Islands (Britain) presents its latest military strength report every day, and the fighter planes and large warships on the island are also arranged in an orderly manner.
All these signs indicate that Falklands has become the base of British militarization of the South Atlantic, and the British gun has been aimed at Argentina. Cameron said that if Argentina continues to rob Falklands, then Britain will not hesitate to launch the second Falklands War.
This remark directly angered the Argentine government, but the national power did not compete, which made Argentina angry with Britain in the media, claiming that Britain transferred its nuclear power to the island in order to control the Atlantic Ocean.
The British navy on the island is a nail in the door of Argentina. Only Britain is willing to cut off Argentina's foreign trade route at any time and use Falklands as a springboard, posing a threat to Argentina.
The fall of the two countries was characterized by a disparity in national strength.
And after the founding of New China, under the leadership of China's * * * Production Party, China is no longer the country that was bullied casually. China's military strength was also reflected incisively and vividly in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea and the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam. Even the so-called invincible American troops have become the losers of our country, and China's international momentum is by going up one flight of stairs.
Especially after the successful research and development of China's two bombs, China also ranks among the nuclear powers.
At the end of last century, China's national defense strength was not inferior to that of western powers. On the Hong Kong issue, China has certain confidence in adhering to the principle of peaceful settlement.
On one occasion, Margaret Thatcher personally came to China to negotiate with Comrade Deng Xiaoping about the ownership of Hong Kong. After being explicitly rejected by China, Margaret Thatcher had to give up.
Britain is also very good at judging the situation. Hong Kong itself was taken away from China. If Britain chooses to refuse peace talks and fight Hong Kong war with China like Falklands, then Britain will become Argentina in Falklands War.
Although Britain is 10,000 kilometers away from Falklands, even if Argentina retakes Falklands first, Britain is confident to organize a counterattack to recapture Falklands. It is an indelible fact that weak countries have no diplomacy at any time. It is precisely because Argentina is too weak in its eyes that Britain does not return the island.
The Falklands War also caused Argentina to lose a lot of military spending. For this disparity in strength, Argentina not only invested in the expenditure of the whole country, but also borrowed foreign debts from other countries. Now Argentina is a country with high foreign debts, and with the international blockade of Britain, Argentina is no longer able to fight against Britain.
In addition, the people living on the island once voted to decide the ownership of the island, and more than 90% of them supported the British administration of the island. It must be said that the Argentine war not only lost the country, but also lost the people's hearts.
Moreover, the earliest people who lived on the island were British, while Argentina landed on the island later than Britain, and there were many contradictions between the two sides on the ownership of the island. It is a dream to think that Britain will take the initiative to return the island.
The biggest difference between Hong Kong and Falklands is that one is a population city and the other is a resource island. Today, Hong Kong is an international metropolis close to the world. Especially after Deng Xiaoping put forward the policy of "reform and opening up" and "one country, two systems", the development of Hong Kong has rapidly surpassed that of most inland cities.
After the British returned to Hong Kong, although they lost the right to manage Hong Kong, their qualifications for investment and trade in Hong Kong have not changed. Especially at the end of last century, China vigorously introduced foreign-funded enterprises, which made Hongkong and many coastal cities become gathering places for foreign enterprises in China.
Britain is undoubtedly one of the countries that have benefited the most. During the colonial period, many British people established industries, factories and companies in Hong Kong. After China recovers Hong Kong, China will not take coercive measures as long as it is British assets left in Hong Kong through legal channels.
China's follow-up encouragement to enterprises in China also benefited these British enterprises who stayed in Hong Kong. Therefore, for the British government, instead of going to war with China, it is better to return Hong Kong to China, so as to seek China's favorable impression of Britain and lay a good foundation for future British-Chinese trade.
The population of Falklands is less than 4,000, which is of no benefit to British commerce and trade, and Argentina has no substantive role in the country. The oil, gas and mineral resources of the island are most beneficial to the interests of Britain.
There are more than 700 islands in the Malvinas Islands, with a sea area of tens of thousands of square kilometers. Its oil, natural gas, minerals and other resources do not need on-the-spot investigation. We know that there are inexhaustible natural resources here.
After field investigation by geologists, it is estimated that the island's oil reserves are about 60 billion barrels, which has undoubtedly become the fuse of competition between Argentina and Britain.
At the end of last century, Britain unilaterally sent oil and mineral companies to explore the island. However, because the international oil price and demand have been relatively stable, the speed of exploiting resources in Britain is not particularly fast.
After entering the 2 1 century, oil has become a resource that all countries compete for, and the international oil price has risen wildly, so oil is called "soft gold".
In 20 10, a number of British companies entered the Malvinas Islands and began the crazy exploitation of natural resources in Tsushima Island. In an instant, Mashima oil has almost become the main source of British oil. Argentina learned this news and requested to jointly develop with Britain. After being rejected, Argentina angrily blocked the Falklands route.
You can't get what you can't get easily. Although Argentina is fighting well, the strength gap is there. In the last century, Argentina was defeated in the Falklands War. Britain has stood on the island for so many years, how can it not guard against Argentina?
According to the British government, Britain assembled several warships, four fighter planes and thousands of soldiers on the island to ensure the exploitation of British resources on the island and gave up Hong Kong. Britain can also benefit from trade and give up the Falklands. Britain is really empty-handed, which is one of the reasons why the British Prime Minister did not hesitate to openly challenge Argentina.
The total output of 60 billion barrels of oil in Mashima is almost equivalent to the North Sea oil field in Britain. If the island is firmly controlled, oil reserves alone will be enough for the industrial development of Britain in the past 30 years.
At present, countries all over the world do not develop marine biological resources, minerals and other marine resources to a high degree, which makes the reserves of marine resources extremely high. Mashima, located in the South Atlantic Ocean, is rich in ocean currents and biological resources, and will become the key development area of British overseas resources in the future.
The Malvinas Islands, close to the Antarctic Circle, is one of several neighboring islands around the Antarctic. Its unique geographical location and climatic conditions have become a place for tourists and scientists to visit.
Britain has established a series of ports, astronomical stations and Antarctic observation stations on the Malvinas Islands, and the satellite tracking station of the European Space Research Organization has also been built here, so as to give full play to the role of the Malvinas Islands.
Before the Panama Canal was built, Stanley Port on the Malvinas Islands was the only port passing through strait of magellan.
After some large ships were damaged, they had to choose Stanley Port for maintenance, which greatly promoted the economy of the Malvinas ship maintenance industry.
Today, the Malvinas Islands have become an important strategic location for Britain's natural resources, tourism, scientific research and military base.
The value of Malvinas Islands to Britain has long been immeasurable, and the value of Falklands continues to be developed and utilized. Argentina has no hope of regaining the falklands.
The issue of sovereignty is always one of the most important things for a country. Taking Argentina as a mirror, we should always remember the humiliating history of our country. The prosperity of a country comes from difficulties and obstacles, and the sovereignty of a country depends on its own efforts.