The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Many anchors cried and choked up while reporting news from the disaster area!

It was a huge disaster and the losses were too great.

Especially the real scenes of the earthquake are so shocking. In the face of natural disasters, human beings seem so vulnerable.

Houses collapsed, people were wailing everywhere, and the mountains and rivers were broken.

The country spared no effort in earthquake relief and the people enthusiastically donated money, materials and blood to help the disaster-stricken areas, recreating the spirit of 'help from all sides when one side is in trouble'. The people's soldiers once again fulfilled their promise and proved that their blood has never changed color.

One by one, the buried people were rescued.

There was a temple where the abbot, at his insistence, led all the disciples in breaking the three commandments of 'not being close to women, not being involved in blood, and not eating meat', and took in pregnant women to give birth in the temple.

There was a child who saluted the rescue team when he was rescued from the rubble.

When a middle school teaching building collapsed, the principal Tan Qianqiu lay on the desk with his arms outstretched, protecting four students underneath him. The children were saved, but Teacher Tan unfortunately died.

A mother knelt on her knees and supported herself with her hands to protect her baby in the ruins. The baby was not hurt, but she left the world forever. The mobile phone contained a text message she had written in advance: "Dear baby, if you can survive, remember that I love you."

There are so many touching stories, so many heroic stories happening during the earthquake relief efforts.

Even though the country spared no effort to fight the earthquake and provide disaster relief, many people still died.

This person has passed away, but the living is like this!
Before we knew it, it was August 8th, which was the day when the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games was broadcast live to the world.

Liu Tao finally returned to Beijing. As soon as he arrived, he felt the strong atmosphere of the Olympics. This made him, who had been feeling a little depressed during this period, smile a little.

In 1932, China sent representatives to participate in the Olympic Games for the first time, amid internal and external troubles. The world's most populous country had only one athlete participating, and one person carried one flag to represent one country. This was the impression that China, which was bullied at the time, left on the world. Four years later, in 1936, the second Chinese delegation was given the shameful title of "Sick Man of East Asia" because of its poor performance in the Olympics.

Time is changing rapidly. More than 70 years have passed. In 2008, China hosted the Olympic Games. People all over the world focused their attention on this oriental country. The number of Chinese delegation members exceeded , making it the delegation with the largest number of participants among all countries.

After the reform and opening up, China missed the 1980 Moscow Olympics, but finally made its debut at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Behind the dazzling achievements of each Olympic Games is the development and change of China's national strength.

The evolution of the 'Sick Man of East Asia' into the 'Giant Dragon of the East' shows that the Chinese nation has the vitality of endless struggle.

The whole world is moved by China's resilience.

Hit by the US subprime mortgage crisis and economic crisis, and also enduring the tremendous test of the freezing ice and snow disaster at the beginning of the year, and the huge trauma of the natural earthquake in May, China was not defeated but instead stood up.

The aircraft carrier fleet cruising in the ocean, the strategic bombers soaring in the sky, another intercontinental missile test and a laser anti-satellite experiment, all demonstrate the attitude of the Eastern Dragon.

It intimidates jackals, tigers and leopards, making them dare not act rashly.

China is safe and sound, but overseas the situation is turbulent, with undercurrents surging and the country is extremely unstable.

The storm of the subprime mortgage crisis is howling around the world, making the whole world feel the chill. However, this Olympic Games has allowed everyone to find warmth and happiness in the cold wind.

This Olympic Games set a record for the number of participating countries and regions and the number of participating athletes. Guests from all over the world gathered in China, and this great oriental country welcomed guests from all over the world with a new attitude of positiveness and openness.

The capital city and the remarkable construction achievements made by the Republic after the reform and opening up also appeared before the world.

As soon as Liu Tao returned to the capital, envoys from Saudi Arabia and other countries couldn't wait to pay him a visit.

"Leader, do you want to accept it? Which day do you want to arrange it?" Secretary Han Yi asked in a low voice.

Liu Tao's face was calm, as if he was thinking, or not thinking, and he said, "I will host them in three days, showing my hospitality."

Since before the Spring Festival, these countries' envoys have wanted to visit Liu Tao more than once, but Liu Tao always declined on the grounds that his schedule was full.

In 2007, Saudi Arabia and other countries wanted to maintain high oil prices, and even wanted to reduce oil production in order to maintain high oil prices. Persia, on the other hand, held three rounds of negotiations with the United States, flirting with each other, intending to reach an agreement and restore the alliance relationship.

Liu Tao was well aware of the dirty stuff involved.

It's nothing more than trying to find a balance and gain benefits.

Liu Tao sometimes finds it incredible that Saudi Arabia and other countries are pursuing true integration of the Arab League and wanting to make the entire Arab League a pole in the future. This is bound to go against the interests of the United States. The room for compromise between the two sides is very, very small, because it is impossible for the United States to sit back and watch the Arab League achieve integration and become a pole in the future world.

After all, if the Arab League is truly integrated, it will control the world's energy center, and its voice and international status will be unimaginable. The United States will inevitably face serious challenges to its interests, and even America's father will probably face the threat of national destruction.

The United States' invasion of Iraq gave it a very bad image and reputation in the Arab world. Countless Arabs hate Americans. Even now, freedom fighters from various Arab countries still enter Iraq every year to fight against Americans.

So far, Egypt has not dared to allow European and American warships to pass through the Suez Canal.

Under such circumstances, countries like Saudi Arabia still have expectations for the United States.

Liu Tao didn't know what to say.

There is also Persia. Since the collapse of the Pahlavi dynasty, there have been countless dirty things between Persia and the United States. The United States' smearing of Persia for more than 20 years has made Persia's image in the United States particularly bad. Under such circumstances, Persia actually wants to reconcile with the United States, which is simply a fantasy.

Because of the wavering attitude of Persia in 2007, Saddam's life has become difficult, and even the guerrillas in Afghanistan have had an unprecedentedly difficult time.

Affected by the subprime mortgage crisis, the world economic development slowed down or even regressed, Persia's oil exports decreased, and at the beginning of the year, oil and natural gas suffered a severe fracture, causing Persia's international trade income to drop sharply, internal turmoil, and pro-American factions launched wave after wave of offensives.

Until now, I couldn’t get what I wanted from the United States, but now they want to cooperate with me. Liu Tao didn’t know what to say.

Without him, the Persian people would have been in a much more difficult situation than they are now, but the Persians have no self-awareness. (End of this chapter)