| Submarine cables is a powerful means of China’s external communication since modern times.When submarine cables first entered China,the Qing government lacked the understanding of territorial sea sovereignty,and ceded the landing rights and management rights of submarine cables to foreign companies,which led to the monopoly of China’s foreign communications by The Great Northern Telegraph company and The Eastern Extension Telegraph company for decades.At the beginning of the 20th century,Japan was not only unwilling to monopolize China’s international communication by foreign companies,but also actively developed the submarine cables communication between China and Japan by various means in order to grab China’s telecommunication rights.At the beginning of the establishment of Nanjing national government,in order to change the situation of China’s international communication is restricted.The Ministry of communications of the national government set up the international telecommunication negotiation Committee and decided to draw up a plan for the recovery of water line rights by the expiration of a large number of water line contracts in 1930,so as to actively prepare for the realization of the autonomy of China’s submarine cables.The Ministry of communications and The Great Northern Telegraph company and The Eastern Extension Telegraph company and the Japanese government to actively negotiate.The Ministry of communications has been occupied by The Great Northern Telegraph company and The Eastern Extension Telegraph company submarine cables patent right,submarine cables landing rights and other issues argued,finally recovered the The Great Northern Telegraph company andThe Eastern Extension Telegraph company submarine cables patent right,submarine cables landing rights,sending and receiving telegraph rights and other telecommunications rights,made a contribution to the maintenance of China telecommunications autonomy.In addition,the Japanese government through the purchase,agency,secretly laying and other means occupied by Qingdao-Sasebo,shanghai-Nagasaki,Chuanshishan-Danshui,Chefoo-Ta-ku and other submarine cables is also the object of negotiations.In order to realize the independent management of the water line,the Ministry of communications has made long-term negotiations with the Japanese government.Although the Ministry of communications has drawn up a complete negotiation plan and made an estimate of the problems that may be encountered in the negotiation process,the role that can be played in the real negotiation process is limited.Due to the delay of the opponent,and the Ministry of transportation in the process of negotiation implementation strategy and other issues,make the negotiation,has not been able to obtain a satisfactory outcome. |
