The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

The Mekong River Basin has abundant water resources, with a total drop of 5,500m in the entire basin, while the Lancang River Basin in my country occupies 5,000m. Therefore, the hydropower resources in the Lancang River Basin are more concentrated, and mainly concentrated on the main stream, providing favorable conditions for hydropower development.

Laos and Cambodia account for the vast majority of the hydropower resources in the Lower Mekong River Basin, of which 19 million kilowatts are in Laos and 12 million kilowatts are in Cambodia.

At present, the development of hydropower resources in the Mekong River Basin is very low, which will be the focus of Panshan Group's development in the next 20 years.

As long as the hydropower resources in the Mekong River Basin are developed, it can not only supply South China and Central China, but also supply water and electricity to Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and even to the Red River Delta, providing water and electricity resources for the development of these places.

The hydropower resources of the Chao Phraya River are mainly concentrated in the north. Most of the basin is on the central plain, with an average altitude of less than 25 meters. The altitude around Bangkok is less than 2 meters, so the hydropower resources are concentrated in the north.

These two rivers not only have great potential for the development and utilization of hydropower resources, but also have far-reaching impacts.

As long as these two rivers are developed, the annual cargo throughput in Yunnan Province can reach 5 million tons in terms of shipping alone. Even with subsequent development, the annual throughput can reach 10 million tons or even 20 million tons, which is already very impressive.

Although there will be roads and railways in the future, roads and railways cannot completely replace shipping, because shipping has a very huge advantage, that is, among all kinds of transportation, shipping is the cheapest!

Even exported to Southeast Asia, it can be directly arrived by shipping without loading.

Not to mention, there will be tourism resources developed here in the future!

As for the Kra Canal, it goes without saying that it is definitely at the strategic level.

Although these are all operated by Panshan Group through companies in Hong Kong, they are private behaviors and do not involve the government, but this kind of thing is actually a game behind the scenes.

Cheney and Bush Jr. and others looked at each other and frowned slightly.

There are huge interests involved.

The US military has two main fulcrums in Southeast Asia, one is Singapore and the other is Thailand. As for Indonesia, it is a country that has been wooed in recent years. It is important but not that important.

And Thailand's transformation in recent years is very obvious.

If it agrees, it means that it is only a matter of time before the US military leaves Thailand.

Although it is the general trend, it is really unwilling to accept it.

And this is only the first condition.

After weighing the pros and cons, Cheney nodded and agreed: "Since it is a private business behavior, it is normal."

Liu Tao immediately smiled brightly.

Soon, Liu Tao proposed the second condition.

Since it is a negotiation, it is natural to have a good talk to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings in the future, or something that both parties are unhappy about.

For example, if everyone cooperates with each other, American car companies can completely set up production in China. In this way, American car companies will be competitive, instead of being beaten by Japanese car companies in recent years. This will be beneficial to both parties.

Liu Tao is very open-minded. It is impossible to monopolize the American car market. When the market share reaches a certain level and touches their bottom line, they will engage in protectionism.

Completely free market behavior, if you believe this, you are very stupid and naive.

The US government has intervened in the market and intervened in the market more than once or twice.

Just like the large-scale release of strategic reserve oil, intervention in the supply and demand relationship of the international crude oil market, and suppression of oil prices, isn’t this a kind of market intervention?

On the other hand, the Soviet Union.

It also plans to visit China.

This Gulf War has a great inspiration for the Soviet Union, including the use of air force and missiles, and how to target the navy and study the US military power.

In terms of oil, the Soviet Union has suffered a lot of losses.

Originally, the Soviet Union wanted to make a lot of money from the Gulf War and make a lot of money in oil. As a result, no one expected that the United States and others would release strategic reserve oil on a large scale, suppress the international crude oil price, and drive the international crude oil price to below $25 per barrel.

This made the Soviet Union really make a lot less money in oil.

As China changed from a net oil exporter to a net importer, and China's annual oil imports grew at a very fast rate, this huge market was also seen by the Soviet Union.

The Soviet Union has begun to taste the sweetness of building oil pipelines and natural gas pipelines. After all, the Soviet Union's oil pipelines and natural gas pipelines to Europe have officially started operation.

If an oil pipeline and natural gas pipeline can also be built to China, then the benefits are very great.

After all, China has a large population, but it is the world's most populous country, and China's economic growth is very fast.

In addition, China now has a lot of things that the Soviet Union needs, including semiconductors, electronic products, light industrial products, etc.

Even, the Soviet Union can also export raw materials such as iron ore and copper ore to China.

It can be said that the two sides can cooperate in many aspects.

Now China and the Soviet Union have begun to send students to each other, increasing exchanges, and the cooperation between the two sides is constantly increasing.

To be honest, the Soviet Union still hasn't figured out why China has become stronger in all aspects after reform and opening up. The speed of development is jaw-dropping, as if there was a technological explosion.

Various military products have suddenly gone from backward to world-class or even world-leading. Various advanced guns, self-propelled artillery, tanks and armored vehicles have even surpassed the Soviet Union. China's air defense weapons have also surpassed the Soviet Union. Even the most advanced air defense missile system of the Soviet Union is not as good as China. The missile boats, torpedo boats, frigates and destroyers developed by China have also attracted the attention of the world.

This time, several fighter jets that appeared in the Middle East performed very well.

Even China's aerospace field has developed rapidly. Aerospace technology is recognized as a high-precision technology in the world, but China is developing rapidly.

As one of the countries with the most satellites in the world, the Soviet Union naturally knows how many launch vehicles and satellites China has launched in the past few years. Even the orbits of these satellites are under the monitoring of the Soviet Union.

As for the civilian field, it has blossomed in all aspects, which makes people feel stunned.

The speed of development is so fierce that it is simply against common sense.

After all, any scientific and technological output is proportional to the investment in scientific research funds, and China's annual investment in scientific research funds is far less than that of the United States and the Soviet Union.

It is really hard to understand how it took off all of a sudden, and it is an unstoppable trend.