Chapter 1600: Confrontation

The person leading the negotiation went from Lake, who had the most extreme attitude, to the slightly more moderate Secretary of Defense William Perry.
Although William Perry had military experience, his qualifications in the military were lacklustre. After he was discharged from the military, he has been engaged in work that is biased towards technology. I have a master's degree from Stanford University and a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania. Mathematics, once served as a mathematics professor at Stanford University, is an authentic alumnus of Tan Er.
He was able to be favored by President Creighton and served as the U.S. Minister of Defense because he had served in the Ministry of Defense for a long time and his qualifications were quite substantial. As early as 1962, he served as an analyst and was dealing with "ancient During the "Battle Missile Crisis" incident, he demonstrated outstanding work ability. During his ten years in the Ministry of National Defense, he has been in close contact with the major US arms groups.
Moreover, according to the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. Minister of Defense must be a civilian. If he has been in the military, he must be in this post 7 years after he has been discharged from the army. He is more of the role of the president’s defense policy adviser.
William Perry looks elegant and personable. Even at such a competing negotiating table, his speech is still as slow as he teaches students in class: "General Liu, please don’t repeat your question about the missile test. The description of the routine exercise." He pushed his glasses and said, "I was also a veteran, and I was an artillery soldier. If someone does cross-shooting, it can't be hidden from my eyes. By coincidence, your missile trajectory is like this. , You are determining the range and range of fire. This is a precursor to your desire to start a war. Can't you deny this right?"
General Liu smiled slightly and did not answer his question, but instead asked: "Then Minister Perry, as far as I know, according to the latest combat regulations of the US Army, before launching a large-scale attack, the first will be launched. Electronic warfare attacks against opponents interfere with their radar, communications and command systems. Then can I think that the large-scale electronic warfare attack on the southeastern coast of China that occurred in the East China Sea in 1995 was a preparation by the United States for the mainland of China? A precursor to war?"
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When General Liu fought fiercely with the Americans in Washington, another negotiation was about to begin on the distant African continent.
Guinea, one of the "World's Least Developed Countries" certified by the United Nations, is a country plagued by poverty, famine and disease.
In Tan Zhenhua’s eyes, Guinea in 1996, even its capital, Conakry, was not bad, except for a few buildings that were clearly colonial and a few high-star tourist hotels built for the reception of wealthy foreign travelers. In addition to being neat and beautiful, other infrastructure constructions such as roads, transportation, environment, sanitation, etc. are not as good as a third-tier small city in the coastal area of ​​China at this time.
This also shows how watery the so-called GDP ranking is. Guinea’s first GDP statistics was in 1986. In another time and space, the country recorded a per capita GDP of US$341 that year, ranking 132th in the world. Compared with China, Well, you may not believe it. At that time, China Xia recorded a per capita GDP of 281 US dollars, ranking 139th in the world, 7 places behind Guinea!
But if you say that China was poorer than Guinea back then, I wouldn't believe it even if you killed me!
Guinea is located on the west coast of West Africa, bordered by Guinea-Bissau, Senegal and Mali to the north, Côte d’Ivoire to the east, Sierra Leone and Liberia to the south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. It has an area of ​​approximately 245,800 square kilometers and a population of approximately 11 million. There is almost no decent industry in the country. , A family-based small-scale peasant economy, and the country is rich in water resources. It is the birthplace of the Niger, Senegal and Gambia rivers, the three major rivers in West Africa. Therefore, it is known as the "West Africa Water Tower". The country has more than 6 million hectares of arable land. Unfortunately, less than 20% of the area has been effectively developed, so that with such good data on per capita arable land, even the people of the country can’t fill their stomachs, and a large amount of food needs to be imported every year.
The country was colonized by Gauls for a long time in history, and did not gain independence until 1958. Therefore, French is also the official language of the country. Most of the country’s elites also have experience of receiving education in Gaul, but English is due to its There are many people who master the universality in the world.
Guinea pursues a foreign policy of good-neighborliness, non-alignment, full openness and independence, and emphasizes the concept of diplomacy in the service of development. It is one of the important member states of the "AU", and because more than 85% of the country’s population believes in the religion, The relationship with the major Islamic states in the Middle East is relatively deep, but the country implements a political system of separation of state and religion and adopts a multi-party parliamentary democracy.
Of course, this "multi-party parliamentary democracy" is actually a bit watery, because the current president Lansana Conte was a strongman who came to power in a coup in 1984, and he implemented a military government for eight years, but in 1992 In 1991, Conte announced the return of politics and the people, the implementation of political system reforms, the opening of party registration, the implementation of national elections, and the first multi-party democratic presidential election held in December of the following year to win the general election for a term of 5 years.
Since the founding of the country, the country has had good diplomatic relations with China Xia Xia. All the senior leaders of China Xia Xia have a record of visiting Guinea. So far, all two presidents of Guinea have also visited China Xia Xia during their term of office. One of the African brothers of the United Nations.
Of course, Huaxia is also very interesting to this group of African brothers. It provided free assistance and helped Guinea build important facilities such as the Radio and Television Center, People’s Palace, Jinkang and Dingso Hydropower Stations, Liberty Cinema, Cigarette Match Factory, Presidential Palace, and National Hospital. Hejian also grants a certain quota to Guinea every year to accept university students from that country to study in China. The expenses for these people to study in China are generally paid by China as a scholarship.
At this point, some students may feel uncomfortable-especially according to the per capita GDP ranking, Guinea was once ahead of our China, why should we Chinese people pay for this sponsorship, but also bear these African poor The cost of studying abroad in China for our country. With this money, why not consider solving the problem of enrolling children in our own poor areas in China?
Well, to explain clearly the reasons for this requires a long discussion, the author will not count the words on this topic, I can only say that Tan Zhenhua’s point of view is: This is not only the need of the international political environment, but also the need of economic construction, and it is the future of the country’s development. Need, in short, is a very important thing, it must be done, and it must be done continuously.
Of course, when doing it, you also need to master the scale. There are many things, but it is not a policy issue, but the person who implements it has a deviation in the scale or implementation method.
However, this time the richest man Tan used General Liu’s visit to the United States to negotiate settlement of Strait affairs as a plank road. He crossed the warehouse in Guinea. He was not here to provide aid and charity. In his opinion, some things must be acted out by the state to achieve the best. The effect of this, and he took a certain risk to come here, naturally because it has great and important future benefits.
Guinea is very poor, but people have mines at home!