Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

  Chapter 925 Negotiations concluded

   Since the 1970s, Australia has gradually improved its relations with Asian countries. In the 1980s, Australia has begun to participate in Asian affairs and actively promote Asia-Pacific economic cooperation.

  The reason why the Australian government tried so hard to win over Yang Chen was that it made so many concessions on the issue of Chinese immigration, mainly because it wanted to use the Yang's consortium to develop the Northern Territory and at the same time release an attitude to the outside world.

  What attitude?

  'Anti-discrimination' attitude

  The early White Australia policy made Australia taste the real bitter fruit. Australia's early discriminatory policy made many Asian rich and elites reluctant to immigrate to Australia.

  A lot of Asian immigrants in Australia, most of them are low-level skilled immigrants, there are very few rich and elites, no rich people invest, no elites help Australia's economic development, it is difficult to make economic growth rely on domestic capital alone.

   Therefore, the Australian government has always wanted to eliminate the legacy of the White Australia Policy. While promoting Asia-Pacific economic cooperation, it is even more urgent to enhance its own economic strength.

  The Asian economy has begun to rise rapidly since the 1980s, and the economies of various countries have gradually drawn closer to Australia, which has further prompted Australia's urgent psychology to improve its own economy.

   In recent years, the Young Consortium, together with HSBC and Standard Chartered, has invested a total of US$20 billion in Australia, nearly half of which has been invested in the development of the Northern Territory.

   As we all know, the actual investment cost and the economic benefits produced far exceed the actual investment cost.

The 20 billion US dollars jointly invested by the Young Consortium, HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank has brought direct economic benefits to Australia, at least 100 billion. As for the wider social and economic benefits, it may not be intuitive in the short term, but in the long run The resulting benefits are terrifying.

   It is precisely because Yang Chen has brought tangible benefits to Australia that the Australian government can speak so well, and Bob Hawke, the Australian Prime Minister, will allow Yang Chen to build a new port and a new city.

   After more than five hours of closed negotiation, the two sides finally discussed a plan that satisfies each other.

   The focus of the discussions between the two sides is mainly on the Chinese governance rights in the Northern Territory and the immigration policy of Chinese in the Northern Territory.

   Regarding governance and immigration issues, Yang Chen focused on governance. In terms of immigration policy, the Australian government did not violate the previous agreement, but only added restrictions on subsequent personal immigration conditions.

   Chinese who have immigrated before and their family members are not within the scope of restrictions, and the Australian government has also imposed restrictions on family members’ immigration. They must be immediate family members to qualify for immigration.

   Obviously, the Australian government also has sensible people, the seven aunts and eight aunts of the Chinese, and sometimes if you count them carefully, you can count them as doubting your life.

   Therefore, the Australian government specially added the relationship of immediate family members, so as not to be taken advantage of by Yang Chen. At that time, 18 million people will be moved to the Northern Territory, and the Chinese will directly occupy one-third of the total population of Australia, or even more.

   In this regard, the Australian government is also somewhat concerned.

Regarding the follow-up immigration restrictions, apart from expressing dissatisfaction on the surface, Yang Chen has no strong objection. In his opinion, as long as the number of Chinese immigrants in the Northern Territory can reach three or four million, then in twenty or thirty years, this number will double or triple It is not difficult.

   It should be known that during this period, the Chinese people’s idea of ​​having more children and more grandchildren has not changed. The reason why the inland population in later generations was restricted was mainly due to the restrictions on family planning and birth control.

  In the era when Planned Parenthood was not implemented, the big guy counted how many uncles and aunts there were, and how the seven aunts and eight aunts came from, I don’t need to say more.

  Three or four is considered a small number, seven or eight are normal, and more than ten is indeed a bit too much, and most of them are between five and eight.

  Yang Chen made concessions very simply on the immigration issue, but in terms of governance, especially in terms of education, Yang Chen was unexpectedly tough.

   Regarding the Australian government's regulation that all Chinese schools in the Northern Territory must accept all-English teaching, Yang Chen refused without thinking.

  All-English teaching, even in Xiangjiang, an area ruled by the British for hundreds of years, there is no all-English teaching. Australia wants to implement all-English teaching in the Chinese region of the Northern Territory, which is simply an international joke.

  Under Yang Chen's attitude that he would not hesitate to waste all his investments in the Northern Territory, the Australian government can only choose to compromise, not compromise is not enough. When encountering a rich and willful owner, I ask you what you can do?

  Although it is not possible to implement all-English teaching, the Australian government did not make concessions without a bottom line. In the end, it insisted on making English a compulsory course for Chinese schools. This bottom line, even if Yang Chen threatened to withdraw funds, the Australian government did not back down.

   In this regard, although Yang Chen was unhappy on the surface, and reluctantly agreed to the other party's conditions, but in his heart he was already happy.

  It should be known that in order to be in line with international standards in later generations, the inland places English as a compulsory course, and the scores of English are the same as those of Chinese.

   Regarding his grief experience when he was in school, Yang Chen felt that every child should experience it once. The kind of life where listening all depends on guessing, choosing depends on blindness, and reading is completely blank. Every child deserves to experience it again.

   As long as you have experienced the same life, you can inspire everyone's deep hatred of English.

  Education has been solved, and there are no major problems in other areas.

  Australian officials are basically elected by the people. In the future, as the Northern Territory is a territory dominated by Chinese, it will not be difficult for him to reach out to the local government.

   In addition to proposing to increase the number of Chinese police in the Northern Territory and assisting the local government of the Northern Territory in handling Chinese affairs, he did not even think about the formation of a Chinese army at all.

  The army, this is a sensitive issue in any country. Once he says it out, Yang Chen can guarantee that the Australian government will definitely take strict precautions against him.

  Economy is important, but in terms of national stability, the economy can only be ranked second.

   Prime Minister Bob Hawke said with a smile: "Mr. Yang, the Mayor of Darwin is preparing to hold a party tonight, don't forget to come and attend."

   "Okay, no problem." Yang Chen did not hesitate, accepted the invitation happily, and immediately asked, "Do you need to bring a female companion to the party?"

  "Of course" Bob Hawke: "Why, didn't you bring a female companion over this time?"

   "They are all in Xincheng" Yang Chen looked down at his watch and asked, "What time does the party start?"

  Bob Hawke: "There's plenty of time. We've talked for so long, and we'll have to rest for two or three hours before we can go to the party."

   "Then there's no problem." After hearing that it would take two or three hours, Yang Chen said that the problem with the female companion was easy to solve, so he made a phone call and asked Xue Yufei and the three daughters to come by plane.

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   (end of this chapter)