The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 1106 Opportunities and Choices
At the Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation Leaders' Meeting, both sides talked about peace and development and win-win cooperation.

Even for scholars, this is the main theme.

The completion of the Mekong River artificial canal project is just one of the projects. The greater achievement actually lies in the cooperation on Mekong River hydropower development and irrigation projects.

The Lancang-Mekong River is an important river in Asia and even in the world. It is also the largest international river in Southeast Asia. It flows from north to south through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Annan. It is called the Lancang River in China and the Mekong River after leaving the country. The total length of the river is 6 km, the average annual runoff is 4880 billion m, and the basin area is 4765 square kilometers.

The Mekong River basin covers an area of ​​64.66 square kilometers, accounting for about 79.8% of the total basin area, and 96.2% of the area is located in Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Annan.

In order to sustainably develop and utilize the resources of the Mekong River, China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia signed the "Mekong River Basin Sustainable Development Cooperation Agreement", established the Mekong River Commission, and established the Mekong River Joint Law Enforcement Agency.

After the establishment of the State Grid Corporation of China, the development of the Mekong River hydropower station has been mainly based on the State Grid Corporation of China.

According to the survey, the Mekong River is rich in hydropower resources, with a hydropower reserve of 58000MW and a recoverable amount of 32110MW, of which 13000MW is distributed in the mainstream and 19110MW is distributed in tributaries (including 13000MW in Laos, 2200MW in Cambodia, and 2000MW in Annan).

In recent years, the Mekong River hydropower development projects have been mainly distributed on its tributaries. 26 hydropower stations have been built with an installed capacity of 2688 MW, or 268.8 million kilowatts.

The total installed capacity of the Three Gorges Hydropower Station is 2250 million kilowatts, which is 8.4 times the total installed capacity of the entire Mekong River Hydropower Station!
The hydropower stations currently under planning will increase their total installed capacity to 20MW in the next 28600 years, that is, a total installed capacity of 2860 million kilowatts, and an annual power generation of 1120 billion kilowatt-hours, providing valuable hydropower for Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia.

You know, hydropower is a clean energy, which is enough to make the Mekong River a clean energy corridor.

As for the Lancang River in China, in the next 20 years, it will be developed in 14 levels on the main stream of the Lancang River, with a total installed capacity of 2259 million kilowatts. The total installed capacity of the Lancang River tributaries will reach 260 million kilowatts, with a total installed capacity of 2348 million kilowatts and an annual power generation of 1165 billion kilowatt-hours.

In order to better develop the Lancang-Mekong River, China Electric Power Investment Group Corporation has specially established a 'China Lancang-Mekong Hydropower Development Group', which specializes in the development and construction of hydropower stations and then connects the electricity to the Southern Power Grid.

In addition to the hydropower station, there is naturally water diversion for irrigation and drinking water!

To this end, China Lancang-Mekong Hydropower Development Group will invest 3000 billion yuan to specifically carry out Lancang-Mekong hydropower development and water resources development.

The Mekong River alone will require an investment of 3000 billion RMB!

In the next 20 years, China will invest an estimated 5000 billion RMB in infrastructure and other related areas in the Greater Mekong Subregion. Even if the 3000 billion RMB for Lancang River hydropower development and water resources development is deducted, it will still reach 2000 billion RMB, an average annual investment of 100 billion RMB for 20 years!
Then there is the investment that will be driven, which is expected to reach 20000 trillion RMB! With the printing of a large amount of RMB, there is an urgent need for capital to go overseas, and Nanyang is undoubtedly the most important direction.

Originally, the RMB would have depreciated appropriately, but with the US adopting quantitative easing and issuing bonds on a large scale, the RMB not only failed to depreciate, but instead appreciated. This forced the top authorities to decide to issue more currency, and at the same time, in terms of macroeconomic policies, to guide capital flows to the development of the central and western regions, the revitalization of the old industrial base in the northeast, and the development of Southeast Asia!
The reason why so many entrepreneurs were attracted this time is that sufficiently favorable signals have been released before.

China's economic development has three driving forces: investment, consumption and net exports.

What the government is doing now is to increase government investment, stimulate consumption and expand the market!
That evening, Liu Tao met with the Annan head, Chen Liang, who was 65 years old. This was the first time the two met.

Liu Tao invited Chen Liang to have dinner together, and they had steak for dinner.

The meal was pleasant, but when it came to the closed-door meeting, it was not pleasant at all!

Because the first condition Liu Tao proposed was to lease Cam Ranh Bay in Annan!
Cam Ranh Bay is located in Annan, about 600 kilometers from NSQD. The port has a narrow entrance and a rugged terrain, which is easy to defend. It is one of the best natural deep-water ports in the world. It controls the strategic passage between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, has an important strategic position, and is known as the first military port in Asia.

The port is formed by two peninsulas, Chongkong Mountain and Fenghuang Mountain, forming two inner and outer bays in a gourd shape. The outer port is Pingba, with a water depth of less than 30 meters, a width of 30 to 60 meters at the bay mouth, and a water depth of more than 1 meters outside the mouth. The inner port, Jinlan, covers an area of ​​16 square kilometers, with a water depth of 1300 to 20 meters, a width of only 6 meters at the bay mouth, and a length of kilometers and a width of kilometers. The entire Jinlan Bay can berth aircraft carriers and hundreds of ships, and has an important strategic position.

The main port and base are located in Bawei on the west bank of the inner harbor. The air force base is on the Cam Ranh Peninsula, and there is a communications center at Cam Ranh Cape at the southern end of the peninsula.

Located on an important waterway connecting the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, Cam Ranh Bay has extremely important strategic value. At the same time, Cam Ranh Bay is close to the South China Sea, which is also one of its strategic values.

Since the Soviet Union leased Cam Ranh Bay, the two sides signed a 25-year lease. Since then, the Soviet Union has deployed naval supply facilities and electronic listening equipment in Cam Ranh Bay. In this way, Cam Ranh Bay has become a springboard for the Soviet Union to promote hegemony in Southeast Asia. Its outpost in the Western Pacific extends 2000 nautical miles south from Vladivostok, advancing to the South China Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, and approaching the Strait of Malacca, the passage between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.

The Soviet Union's expansion in Southeast Asia and its advance into the Gulf from Afghanistan are moving in tandem. The Soviet Union has connected its western line (Europe) with its eastern line (Asia-Pacific) and southern line (Middle East, Gulf), thus taking a very important step towards completing its global strategic deployment.

It took more than a decade for the Soviet Union to build its largest overseas military base in Cam Ranh Bay, with a total area of ​​100 square kilometers. The Soviet Navy Pacific Fleet squadron was stationed in Cam Ranh Bay, usually maintaining 20 to 30 warships, and deployed marines, a squadron of 16 Tu-16 bombers and a squadron of 14 "Flogger" MiG-23 fighters. At most, the garrison reached 7000 people.

In September 2000, Russia purchased 9% of Vietnam's $110 billion debt to Russia, hoping to use this as a condition for Annan to agree to renew the lease of Cam Ranh Bay. However, Annan invited Russia to pay $85 million in annual rent for Cam Ranh Bay, and last year Russia decided not to renew the treaty with Annan and withdrew its last batch of troops in May this year.

At this time, the Americans have set their sights on Cam Ranh Bay. As for the annual rent of Cam Ranh Bay of US$4 million, the Americans are happy to pay it!
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