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Two thousand seven hundred and thirteen chapters a huge price

The agreement signed this time also stipulates that China and the United States will vigorously carry out trade exchanges between the two countries in the future and carry out comprehensive cooperation in the field of high-tech and energy. China Government will also follow the principles of humanitarianism and not judge the 61 prisoners of the United States and release them back to the country to reunite with their families.

This is only open. As for the secret agreements signed between the two countries, there are more. First, the US team must withdraw from Afghanistan immediately, and the reconstruction work here will be handled by Huaxia Company. In addition, the US government will also transfer all oil interests in Iraq to China. In addition, the US government also imposes preferential tariff treatment on 33 types of Chinese exported goods.

As for the issue of compensation for the war, neither side mentioned this matter, but the US political fu will publicly make a statement supporting China's attack on Southeast Asian terrorists. This means that if there are any more terrorists in Southeast Asia, the Chinese army will be able to strike at any time, and Western countries with the United States will no longer be irrelevant.

Of course, the secret agreement between the two countries cannot be made public, but from the open agreement, you can see that John, a famous TV host of American politics, said in commenting on the agreement reached between China and the United States: "From the captive incident, we can see that Bauman played a huge role in dealing with this crisis. After compensating the families of the victims of China, he replaced 61 prisoners. This shows that Bauman's high respect for human rights and reflects the democratic values ​​of the United States."

Some Western media have also made extensive comments on the incident, and most of these comments praise Baumann. Some Republican members in the US Congress also highly praised Baumann's performance in dealing with this crisis.

They believe that the US economy is now in a mess, and it is in line with the interests of the United States to strengthen trade with China and withdraw troops from Afghanistan. As for the implementation of preferential tariffs on 33 exported commodities in China, this is completely appropriate. Americans now need China's high-quality and low-priced commodities.

According to polls, Bauman's political support rate has increased by five percentage points, which is something that Bauman and his cabinet members did not expect. Perhaps this is a model for bad things to turn good things, but this good thing has paid a huge price.

Just when the new generation of China's leadership collective was established, there was a saying in Europe that after the new China's leaders came to power, they might sell their European government bonds and other European assets. Their basis is that China's red faction achieved a decision-making victory in the fight against elite factions. China's foreign policy will make major adjustments, and the main goal of the adjustment may be to rectify the investment of state-owned enterprises overseas.

The news immediately caused panic in Europe. At that time, according to Patrick Artis, head of the French Foreign Trade Bank's research department, the European assets under China were about 14 trillion euros; if they sold these European assets, the exchange rate of the euro against the US dollar would plummet from US$1.23 to US$o. Anyone with a little common sense knows that if the euro's exchange rate plummeted so much, it would be enough to destroy the economies of many European countries.

Those who hold these views do not understand China too much. Adhering to a long-term development strategy is the most basic national policy of China, and it has been gradually improved and formulated by generations. How can the Chinese leadership team be replaced by new and old? How can a small country like Europe that implements multi-party rotation and one political party will come to power and develop another one? It is comparable to that of small countries that lack strategic vision?

Since the new leadership of China collectively subscribed to Spanish government bonds in a high-profile manner and announced the increase in overseas investment, the above rumors have been self-defeated. Moreover, according to the "law" of "what China buys, prices will rise" in the international market, other foreign investors not only did not easily sell their European assets, but even followed the trend to buy, effectively alleviating the pressure brought to Europe by the financial crisis.

Once upon a time, some European media, officials and scholars came out of the "Cold War mentality" and tried their best to prevent China from acquiring European assets at a cheap price while taking advantage of the euro crisis. When the Greek sovereign debt crisis just emerged, there were rumors in Europe that "China is willing to invest to help Greece solve the problem"; in response, some European people immediately exclaimed the "dangerous" of accepting China's aid. According to the Washington Post, it was under the pressure of the above public opinion that not only did the Greek government "inconvenient" to contact China for aid matters at that time, but even the French government used the excuse of "safeguarding national security interests" to prevent China from acquiring French companies.

If EU countries can come out of the shadow of the economic crisis, or rely on their own strength to save themselves, and do not ask for help from China, it would be fine, but these countries are used to enjoying themselves, wanting to have high welfare and continue to live a life of superiors, and wanting to get something for nothing, relying solely on paper wealth to maintain superficial prosperity, this parasitic life finally makes them suffer.

Later, the financial crisis became more and more intense, and the sovereign debt crisis became more and more serious. EU countries really couldn't hold on anymore. At this time, they focused on China, which gradually became prosperous and strong through hard work. If it were a hundred years ago, Western countries would definitely plunder China's wealth with force, but now they do not have the courage. If they want China to help them get out of the predicament, they can only negotiate or exchange interests.

The EU is not a monolithic part. In this critical moment, only its own interests are the first, and Greece has become the first country to take the lead. Because the relationship between Greece and China has been maintained well, not only has it received large long-term low-interest loans from China, but China has also purchased a large amount of Greek government bonds and encouraged companies to invest in Greece. After this series of measures, Greece has become the first country within the EU to emerge from the economic crisis, and its national economy is slowly recovering.

Seeing Greece achieved remarkable economic achievements with the support of China, European news media quickly changed the direction. A German news media, Le Monde, wrote that China plays an important role in the euro sovereign debt crisis, and China, which has huge foreign exchange reserves, is a key investor for EU countries."

The most important economic newspaper in France, "Le Echo", also disclosed that on the second day of the signing of China and Greece, the French Ministry of Economic Affairs held a seminar on China-Europe relations. In response to some participants' remarks about China-Europe investment, Benoit Cree, assistant director of the General Director of the Treasury of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, said that although there are many difficulties in China-Europe relations, "the key to economic recovery is now in the hands of China-European politics." Therefore, he is "willing to look at things from a positive perspective." He also emphasized that in terms of finance, China has become the "safety of stability" of the world.

French Minister of Economy, Finance and Employment Christina Lagarde also has a positive attitude towards the development of China-France economic and trade relations. She said that although there are problems such as protecting intellectual property rights and public market access in China-France economic and trade relations, "we are willing to see Chinese companies come to France to invest and set up factories."

According to the US Newsweek, Vanessa Rossi, an expert on China issues at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, said when talking about China's investment in Europe: "This is a good deal and has extremely important interests for both parties. Because Europe now needs money, while China needs to invest in the market."

After some momentum, the finance ministers or prime ministers of EU countries flocked to China. Their purpose was to borrow money, or to let China invest in Europe. With the confusion of interests, they no longer think about national security.

What they didn't expect was that China was not like a thrifty household. Once they had money, they would forget themselves and not know what their ancestors were surnamed. Faced with many EU countries seeking help, China's politics adopted a very cautious attitude and adopted different treatments to these countries. Some countries with long-term friendly to China were more likely to get a loan from China. Although these funds were not too much, they could also ease their increasingly bad economy at home. China also took advantage of this opportunity to strengthen its influence within the EU and gradually control the economies of these countries.
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