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Text 518 Economic Causes

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    Cracks in international relations and politics can often be traced back to their economic roots.  China and the United States are drifting apart not only because the Soviet Union is gone. The United States, which has nothing to do, has set up China as a target.  Those congressmen and politicians in the United States are not really representatives of public opinion. They often represent the opinions of their sponsors.  The emergence of voices that are not friendly to China is not only due to personal anti-communist complexes, but also because the rise of China has destroyed the business interests of many capitalists and consortiums in the United States.

    When Comrade Qi Yiming first traveled through time, he chose the strategy of Latin America to resist the Soviet Union.  In order to strive for the advancement of Sino-US relations, Qi Yiming locked up a considerable number of American consortiums and wealthy businessmen with economic chains.  The method he used is nothing more than opening up China's market and investment environment to give American consortiums and capitalists more opportunities to make money.  In order to discuss the "Tomcat Case", he even placed a large number of orders with the Agricultural Association.

    In fact, until now, a large number of American companies are sharing the dividends of China's rapid development. The term "Chinese rich" has appeared in the United States, which does not refer to rich people from China or Chinese, but to those who have benefited from China's development dividends.  Americans who got rich overnight.  These people were either nearly bankrupted by the increasingly high labor costs in the United States and Europe, and after outsourcing their production lines to China, they achieved dozens of times profits in just a few years.  Either it is an international brand like McDonald's, relying on China's growing consumption power to achieve astonishing sales figures one after another.  Even more direct are the middlemen engaged in international trade. They buy cheap goods from China and then dump them in the US market. The huge profits are self-evident.

    But not everyone is a profiteer. The U.S-China trade in another dimension is already very unbalanced, but at least the United States has comparative advantages in some industries, such as cutting-edge industries with high technological content, and other advantages.  The mechanical and electrical industry, biopharmaceuticals, automobiles, aviation, cultural and entertainment industries, etc., Americans have made a lot of money here in China.

    But now the situation in China is different. Seven years of development is enough for China to absorb many advanced technologies brought by Qi Yiming, making China's industrial level develop by leaps and bounds.  In addition to the cultural industry, which is still somewhat weak, automobiles, aviation, medicine, electromechanical, etc. have become the main competitors of American manufacturers around the world.

    Take the automobile industry as an example. It has not been too long since the Chinese entered the American family car market, only a few years. However, in just a few years, Chinese cars have relied on their novel appearance, excellent quality, and good reputation.  The cost-effectiveness has formed a trend of expelling Japanese cars and began to sweep the American market.  In 1991, Chinese automobiles sold more than 200,000 units in the U.S. market and have completely established a foothold.

    Especially the sales of mechanical and electrical products and heavy equipment, which the United States has advantages in, have been hit even harder.  In the past, Americans were still struggling to compete with the Japanese, and were dissatisfied with the Japanese for paying bribes to win orders. European and American technology products have long been at the level of "buy it or leave it", so they were very unhappy with the Japanese engaging in price wars.  Fortunately, Japan has signed the Plaza Accord. The yen has appreciated rapidly in recent years, and Japan's price advantage no longer exists.

    But China, the spoiler, appeared. The Americans asked for 1.06 million for a piece of equipment, but the Chinese dared to ask for 600,000. The Americans coquettishly lowered the price to 300,000, and the Chinese immediately paid back 4.5 million.  If you have me, I will be half your price. No matter how much you lower the price, I will keep my weird face.  In particular, in the past, Americans did not look at orders from third countries at all. Due to many factors, these countries have relatively poor consumption power. Even if they buy industrial equipment, they will not purchase large quantities. Some Western countries also deliberately restrict their own industries.  Development thinking.

    But Chinese sales representatives are flying all over the world. Not only do they dare to sell products at cabbage prices, but they also sell products door-to-door and attract customers with high-quality services that would make Europeans and Americans blush.  This confrontation lasted for several years. The United States and other traditional industrial powers were almost completely defeated and were defeated by their Chinese counterparts.  Many well-known electromechanical manufacturers even had to declare bankruptcy protection.

    In addition, normal Americans will be worried when they see that Chinese-made white goods, various daily necessities, kitchenware, and ready-made clothing have swept the U.S. market in just a few years.  The popularity of Chinese products in the U.S. market directly caused the bankruptcy of some U.S. light industry companies that had no time to transform and outsource. The U.S. economy was not as good as it was in another dimension due to the comprehensive impact of China.

    Perhaps even more dissatisfied are American bankers. At first, they thought that China's door had been opened and they could harvest wealth as much as they wanted. However, after so many years, China's control over the financial market is still strict, and bankers can only  Staring at the growing wealth of China.

    In another aspect, the United States entered a golden period of development after the collapse of the Soviet Union. With the rise of the third technological revolution, the United States completely consolidated its position as the world's hegemon and the number one economic power.  But in this dimension, the U.S. economy is already heading into a downturn, and naturally some people are starting to accuse China of its shortcomings.

      Let me clarify an issue that may make many people who are keen on conspiracy theories very sad. Some people always fantasize about some consortium or family, or even a secret organization, using the power of money to control the United States, no matter what the people in front of the stage do.  No matter the changes, they behind the scenes will always be the real rulers.  The "Currency War" that was popular for a while outlined a terrifying Rothschild empire, but this is almost conjecture, because Rothschild was tortured a lot during World War II. Indeed, the world's leading banks are now following the Rothschild empire.  Although Rothschild has its origins, the current Rothschild is actually just an ordinary third-rate bank and family with some historical depth.

    ¡°Then there are organizations like Freemasonry and Skull and Bones. Maybe they do have a lot of influence, but in fact they don¡¯t necessarily control the country.

    As for the banker group, it seems that they are closer to the role of the mastermind behind the scenes, but in fact, the interests of these bankers are complicated and entangled. It is not that easy to unify into one force, not to mention today's corporate group system.  Under the circumstances, it is not some people who have will, but something that does not exist physically, that is, the will to money, or the will to make profit.

    This will does not belong to a certain person, but it also belongs to a certain person. It may exist in a group, but it is higher than a group.  It is complicated, because people are complicated and have various thoughts, but what is certain is that when someone or something hinders this will, it will react and then dominate a country.

    It sounds fantastic, but it¡¯s actually not incomprehensible.  Profit-making and selfishness are actually a collective will shared by human beings or a human group. Even if the United States advocates individualism, this collective consciousness is deeply rooted in human nature.  It does not require people to communicate with each other, but it can unify people's efforts

    China's economic rise, on the one hand, has satisfied some people's desire for profit, but on the other hand, others have suffered heavy losses. As a result, two completely different voices have emerged in American society: to maintain U.S-China relations and to further increase economic and trade exchanges between the two countries.  and cooperation; and, suppressing China's development and safeguarding the United States' world leadership and superior economic status.

    ¡°When more people benefit from China¡¯s development, the force that leads Sino-US friendship will become stronger, and most people will suffer as a result, and Sino-US confrontation will become more serious.  It is not ruled out that there are "actors" in front of the stage who make decisions that go against this collective will out of their own likes and dislikes, but they are often crushed to pieces, such as Kennedy and Yukio Hatoyama.

    Qi Yiming sees this very clearly, but he is not in the mood to increase the number of American beneficiaries in China, because in his plan, China and the United States will still have to fight a war sooner or later.  Moreover, the later this war is fought, the greater the impact on one's own economy may be. Under the current economic trend, the economic dependence between countries will become closer, especially the current wealth harvest created by labor costs, high exchange rates, etc.  Sooner or later, the era will pass. At that time, Chinese companies may rely more on foreign markets. The losses caused by a war will be a bit hard to accept, not to mention breaking the muscles and bones.

    In fact, this kind of loss is still unavoidable. Even if BNH continues to appreciate, according to the calculations of various experts, the reasonable price ratio between BNH and UDR is about 4:1. Of course, it is not necessarily reasonable, because various countries  prices and production capacity are different.  But now, although the exchange rate is no longer as ridiculous as B:l, it has almost entered the foreign trade industry. The return of capital in three months and the explosion in one year has become a jingle among Chinese businessmen.  Even in the face of an avalanche of anti-dumping investigations, exporters are still exporting Chinese goods to all corners of the world.

    This kind of profit has allowed China to change from a country short of foreign exchange to a country with the largest foreign exchange reserves in a few years.  However, because Qi Yiming was holding back his bad intentions, if he bought a large amount of U.S. Treasury bonds like in another dimension and turned around to attack the United States himself, all the money would be turned into waste paper.  Although there is still investment in short-term U.S. Treasury bonds, a larger amount of foreign exchange is used by countries to buy resources, companies, and needed technologies in a frenzy around the world.

    At the economic conference not long ago, seven of the world's major industrialized countries have joined forces to put pressure on China, forcing China to change its current unreasonable foreign exchange price ratios in order to restore the balance of trade.  After all, this is unreasonable, and China is indeed adjusting its exchange rate slowly and in a planned way with its verbal commitment.  But even if the RMB appreciates, the competitiveness of those foreign goods in China will be limited.

    The price difference is several times the middle. The quality of Chinese products may not be top-notch, but their advanced nature is unmatched by others. Individuals will almost always choose products made in their own country. The more complete sets of industrial products, the more so.  Not only Chinese people like to buy their own technology products at low prices, but also foreigners are very jealous of these low-priced industrial products from China. However, the sales price of these products overseas is sometimes several times higher than at home.  In fact, most developed countries do this, but the existence of such a large price difference has caused those who take risks for economic gain.
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