The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

More than 200 warships stretched for hundreds of kilometers.

How magnificent! How majestic! How domineering!

This grand celebration will be broadcast live around the world to audiences all over the world.

At this moment, many people finally understood what "unprecedented changes in a century" meant!
Anyone who sees it will unconsciously get their blood boiling!

Following the naval parade is the celebration of China’s 70th anniversary!

Compared with the past, the scale of the drone and robot formations displayed this time was unprecedented. 350 drones of various models formed a parade formation and were reviewed.

The robots formed five parade columns to accept the people's inspection.

This is the first time that robots have appeared on a military parade, and it also means that military robots have been put into service.

The missile formation and the hypersonic missile made their debut and met the people of the whole country.

In the air column, the J-20 fighter jets participated in the parade on a large scale for the first time. Three domestically-made bombers, three strategic transport aircraft, four early warning aircraft, three refueling aircraft, etc. all made their appearance in the parade.

As for the navy, dozens of carrier-based aircraft took off from Bohai Sea and rushed to Beijing to participate in the military parade.

The two military parades, held just half a year apart, both demonstrated the tremendous achievements China has made in national defense construction over the past decade, from the sea to the ground.

During the past ten years, China has achieved many results in national defense construction, and its weapons and equipment have been significantly improved.

This upward trend is still very strong.

No one can imagine how powerful China will be in another 30 or even 50 years at its current rate of development.

Despite being so powerful, China has always been peace-loving and will not resort to force easily. It has always played the role of a pacifist in the international arena and is the most important force for peace in the world.

It is also because China has been restrained and has been working hard that at most local wars have occurred in the world, rather than world-class wars.

A civilized army, a mighty army, and an army of peace!

This is the world's reputation for the Chinese army.

It was drizzling in Saint-Paul-Durant, France.

This small southern town, which is usually undisturbed by the outside world, is now attracting attention from all over the world.

Soon, the ITER Council’s closed-door meeting at the end of the month will be held at the ITER headquarters.

At this meeting, Europe and the United States will launch a final inquiry into whether China will increase funding.

In recent years, ITER hopes that China will increase funding and assume greater responsibilities.

If this meeting still fails to reach a result that satisfies all parties, the ITER Council will initiate a vote at the meeting and ultimately decide whether China will stay in the organization.

During this period of more than a month, there have been many speculations about the choice of China's representative.

However, no matter what the speculation is, it seems that the two sides are not optimistic about reaching a consensus on this issue.

Now, the rainy weather seemed to indicate from the very beginning that this meeting was not destined to go smoothly to the end.

Originally, the outside world speculated that the two sides might engage in a war of words.

After all, the ITER Board of Directors is just that, although it is dominated by Europe and the United States, no one believes that ITER will eventually expel China.

China is no longer what it used to be.

However, as soon as the meeting began, the US side acted aggressively and its threatening intentions were very obvious.

If you don’t increase your funding to the level of Europe and the United States combined, I will vote you out!
Other European and American countries expressed their opinions one by one.

"Huaxia representative, please speak now."

The Chinese representative had a blank expression on his face. "There is an old Chinese saying: If you want to accuse someone of something, you can always find a pretext. We have nothing to say."

".In view of the very poor performance of the ITER Council, which is unfair and violates the agreement signed that year, I hereby announce on behalf of China that from now on, China will officially withdraw from the ITER Agreement!"

As that resounding voice fell, the entire venue fell silent, it was terrifyingly quiet!
Representatives from all countries stared in amazement as the Chinese side packed up and left the venue. It was obvious that they had not expected such a situation to occur.

When they came to their senses, looking at the empty seats, they felt inexplicably nervous for some reason.

They have a plan to kick China out of the ITER organization, but that would be the worst scenario.

But unexpectedly, the worst situation actually happened.

The ITER Chairman looked pale. China’s withdrawal from the ITER organization was no small matter; it was a groundbreaking event!
A single move affects the whole body!

You know, China is going to build a large electron collider on the moon, which is much larger than Europe. Now European and American physicists are urging their countries to quickly join China's large electron collider project on the moon.

Even some famous European and American physicists couldn't wait and went to Chinese universities to serve as professors, so that they could get in touch with China's Large Electron Lunar Collider as quickly as possible, so as to have more understanding and gain the upper hand.

Not to mention, there are other political, economic, and cultural issues.
Who in the world today can avoid China?

Totally impossible!
They messed it up!
Sure enough, after the news of China's withdrawal from the ITER Agreement came out, it was like a brick hitting the water, causing an uproar internationally.

Major media outlets have reported this incident and made analytical comments on it.

Although Europe and the United States have a unified voice, the US Secretary of Energy and the EU Energy Department spokesman have repeatedly emphasized that this incident will not affect the progress of ITER and that the member states are consistent in their determination to resolve energy issues, the press and academia are generally pessimistic about this matter.

Who has the most advanced nuclear power plant technology in the world now?

China!

Which country in the world is currently leading the world in the field of controlled nuclear fusion?
China!

And now, ITER's leading parties, Europe and the United States, have jointly forced China to withdraw from the ITER Agreement, which is simply unimaginable.

So much so that many major media outlets reported that this was the starting point for ITER to fall apart.

After all, China is no longer just China! There are more countries around China that support China.

Not to mention China’s technology!
China is the only country in the world that can land humans on the moon.

There are abundant helium-3 resources on the moon!

CCTV reported this news very seriously, saying that China will make every effort to overcome controlled nuclear fusion, and China will definitely realize controlled nuclear fusion technology!
At the same time, the Chinese government officially announced that China will build a demonstration reactor for a controlled nuclear fusion device!
When the news came out, the whole world was shocked.

Could it be that China has made significant progress in controlled nuclear fusion?

People thought that controlled nuclear fusion technology would be realized soon, but it turned out to be a 50-year journey.

There are still quite a number of people in the world who do not agree that the world has entered the Fourth Industrial Revolution. One of the reasons for this is that the world's energy structure has not undergone fundamental changes, and fossil energy still occupies a dominant position.

They believe that an important symbol of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is the breakthrough in controlled nuclear fusion technology!

Ever since China's manned moon landing, people in the world have been speculating whether China has made a milestone breakthrough in the field of controlled nuclear fusion technology. Some even speculate that China has already mastered controlled nuclear fusion.

This time, Europe and the United States jointly want to force China to increase its funding for ITER. In fact, it is more of a test to see whether China has really made a huge breakthrough in the field of controlled nuclear fusion technology, and to force China to share its controlled nuclear fusion technology.

Unexpectedly, China, contrary to its usual practice, withdrew from the group at the slightest disagreement and did not even engage in a war of words.

The whole world is paying attention to China's developments in controlled nuclear fusion technology.

Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant.

This is the first large-scale commercial nuclear power plant in China and also the second nuclear power plant built in China. It has contributed to the economic and social development and environmental protection of Guangdong and Hong Kong.

The entire Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station uses two 900-megawatt pressure reactors with an annual power generation of 140 to 150 billion kilowatt-hours.

Once upon a time, 70% of the electricity generated by Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station was transmitted to Hong Kong, and 30% was transmitted to the Guangdong Provincial Power Grid.

However, since the transmission of electricity from the southwest to Guangdong Province, all the electricity from the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station has been sent to Hong Kong, and even electricity has to be transmitted from Guangdong Province to Hong Kong.

There are no thermal power plants in the entire Hong Kong, but Hong Kong’s annual electricity consumption has reached 1000 billion kilowatt-hours!
On this day, the world's focus was on the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station because China's controlled nuclear fusion demonstration reactor was chosen to be located at the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station.

Since the news that China announced the construction of a demonstration reactor came out, it has caused a sensation like an eight-magnitude earthquake not only in the international plasma physics community and the controlled nuclear fusion industry, but also around the world.

No one expected that everything would come so suddenly and so violently!

You should know that China is now the country with the largest electricity generation in the world. Even though China's thermal power generation is very small, China's annual power generation is still as high as 12 trillion kWh. This figure is much more than the total power generation of the ten countries ranked from second to tenth.

China's new energy vehicles will be the fastest growing market in the world. In addition to the fact that China's new energy vehicle technology is the most advanced in the world, a very important reason is that China has a large amount of power generation and very cheap electricity prices.

China's manufacturing industry has a huge cost advantage internationally. One very important reason is that China's power supply is stable and the electricity price is the lowest in the world.

If China masters the controlled nuclear fusion technology and realizes the commercialization of controlled nuclear fusion technology, then one obvious thing is that China's electricity prices will drop further and China's manufacturing advantages will become more obvious.

Some experts are analyzing that if China becomes the first country in the world to master controlled nuclear fusion, it will have a huge impact in many aspects.

The first is that China's electricity prices began to drop significantly. Abundant and cheap electricity made any poor mine worth mining. The raw materials of the chemical industry changed from oil to water and air. The bulk of the cost of goods was labor costs. Anyone could get what they needed at almost free.

Secondly, thermal power generation will be completely eliminated, small power stations will be eliminated due to high costs, and solar energy, wind energy, etc., which are subsidized by the government, will no longer be prosperous after the government cancels the subsidies.

Furthermore, oil-burning cars will be phased out at an accelerated pace. You should know that due to the application of China's solid-state battery technology, China's annual sales of new energy vehicles have exceeded those of fuel-burning cars for three consecutive years.

Then, regional integration with China as the core will be accelerated, and China will provide more electricity for regional integration.

Of course, this analysis cannot compare to the speed at which international oil and natural gas prices fall.

When China announced its withdrawal from ITER, the market became pessimistic about controlled nuclear fusion technology, and international oil and natural gas prices soared.

However, when China announced that it would independently develop controlled nuclear fusion, increase investment in controlled nuclear fusion, and build a demonstration reactor, international oil and natural gas prices immediately dropped sharply.

The faster it rose before, the faster it will fall now.

Not only did international oil and natural gas prices fall, but the international coal futures market was also like a frightened bird, with panic selling occurring.

What does a demonstration reactor mean?
How far is China from controlled nuclear fusion technology?
No one can answer these technical questions.

But when I saw that the 'Chief Engineer of China's Controlled Nuclear Fusion Project' was Liu Tao, the shock was very strong.

Who would doubt whether China can master controlled nuclear fusion technology?
No!

Liu Tao has become God in the minds of many people, and Satan in the minds of others.

The share price of China Southern Power Grid surged in response and reached the daily limit within an hour.

You should know that as the largest power grid in China, it also monopolizes the entire Southeast Asian power industry, supplies a large amount of electricity to North Korea, Japan and South Korea, and also provides a large amount of electricity to South Asia every year. It has assets in Africa and South America. The total market value of the State Grid Corporation of China exceeds 10 trillion yuan, which is definitely a behemoth.

This is because the electricity price of the State Grid Corporation of China is too low, so its profits are limited. The biggest profits come from overseas. If the State Grid Corporation of China increases its electricity price in China, no one doubts that its profits will skyrocket and its stock price will rise sharply.

In the eyes of many international investors, China's railways, electricity, tobacco, ports, etc. are all very high-quality assets.

If China achieves the commercialization of controlled nuclear fusion technology, the State Grid Corporation of China will undoubtedly be one of the biggest beneficiaries.

In addition, the stock prices of various automobile companies engaged in new energy vehicles have risen and are optimistic.

After all, once China realizes the commercialization of controlled nuclear fusion technology and electricity prices drop further, China will eliminate fuel vehicles at a very fast rate, which will undoubtedly be of great benefit to new energy vehicles.

However, China's listed companies such as solar energy and wind power were in trouble, and their stock prices fell sharply.

This is the era!
A turbulent era!
In this turbulent era, some are at the forefront of the times, while others are on the decline.

In the wind of the times, even a pig can take off.

As the times go downhill, no matter how big a company is, how powerful a person is, or how hard they work, they will always go downhill quickly.

It’s not that heroes create the times, but it’s more often the times that create the heroes!
In the era of controlled nuclear fusion technology, many industries and companies are destined to take off directly, while many industries and companies are destined to decline. (End of this chapter)