By Liu Jing
China regained control of
4.7-square-kilometers of land from Russia as five new boundary markers along
the countries' border were unveiled in Northeast China's Jilin province on
Wednesday.
The land is part of the territory ceded to Russia by
the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) after its defeat in the Second Opium War.
From 1858 to 1915, the declining Qing Dynasty gave up
about 1,500,000 sq km to Tsarist Russia through several unequal treaties.
The area will be administered by Jilin's Hunchun, a
county-level city bordering Russia and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
The regained territory covers a part of the Hubutu
River, which is only 60 km from Ussuriysk, the largest Chinese cargo
transportation center in Russia's Far East. The countries are discussing
opening a new port on the northward-flowing river.
According to Hunchun municipal government, China and
Russia redefined the border in 1993, and the land was acquired by China at that
time.
In 2014, the State Council of China named five places
in the area “Jiepailing", "Tuolungang",
"Hongqizhuang", "Jilonggou" and "Lanxiangpin”.
Location of the boundary markers was finalized by the Hunchun government in
May.
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