During the Republic of China, the north and southwest of Yili were threatened by Britain and Russia. In addition, Ili borders Mongolia in the north and Tibet in the south. During the Republic of China, Mongolia was controlled by the Russians and Tibet was controlled by the British. So when Sun Yat-sen and others discussed building the capital in Yili, Yili was under siege. Considering both security and geography, Ili is not suitable as the national capital. At the end of Qing Dynasty, although Yili was located in the northwest frontier, its economy was very prosperous. As a strategic location in the northwest of the Qing government, the Qing government allocated millions of silver to Yili every year to build Yili into a prosperous northwest frontier region and build it on a large scale. In addition, there are trading ports in Yili, so there is nothing wrong with Yili as the capital economically. Ili is far away from all parts of the Central Plains, so it is difficult to govern the Central Plains as a national capital.
From China's point of view, Yili is really not suitable as the national capital, but from Asia's point of view, Yili is very suitable as the national capital. Because Yili is Asian? Central? , also in Asia? Center of gravity? ,? Center of gravity? It is population, economy and resources. Ili is connected with other countries, with convenient transportation and openness. From an Asian perspective, can Yili become an Asian one? The capital? From here, you can overlook and control all parts of Asia and dominate Asia.
Sun Yat-sen attached great importance to Ili, but he also had great illusions about Ili, believing that Ili had great potential advantages. To this end, Sun Yat-sen made a grand western development plan for Yili. However, the idea of defining Ili as a whole is far beyond reality, because Asia cannot be unified and Ili cannot become the national capital.