The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 901 Prince Sultan Visits

The domestic academic community is relatively closed and forms its own system.

For most locally trained scholars, it is quite difficult to obtain a high level of honor internationally.

There are mainly four reasons for this. One reason is that the world's discourse power is still in the hands of the West. Even the polar bears have always considered themselves to be part of Europe. China is still very weak in terms of discourse power. Another reason is that many achievements need to be kept confidential after they are made, and then similar achievements are made overseas later, so the credit naturally belongs to others.

The third reason is that many older researchers in China have achieved results but are not very good at writing papers, let alone publishing them. If the papers are submitted to foreign journals, they often need to be translated into English.

Unless it is a very significant achievement, people will take the initiative to translate the Chinese paper into English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Japanese, etc. Otherwise, you have to follow the rules set by them.

The fourth reason is that Chinese scientific researchers rarely participate in international conferences, have low visibility and are less known to the public, so it is naturally not easy for them to win international awards.

It has only been in the past decade or so that this situation has improved, with a large number of Chinese and overseas Chinese scholars returning to China. They have made great contributions to China's scientific research and promoted exchanges, which has enabled a small number of Chinese scientific researchers to begin winning international awards.

It is precisely based on the current situation that the title of academician has become the ultimate goal for more than 99 percent of scholars in the domestic academic community.

As long as you get the title of academician, it means both power and status, and you can basically do whatever you want no matter which university or research institution you are in.

Therefore, every time the academician election year comes, all the departments inside and outside the department would fight for the few spots.

It is common for people to quarrel with each other and expose each other's shortcomings, and even become enemies.

There is no need to say anything else. Yang and Li, two former good friends who even won the Nobel Prize together, quarreled fiercely over whose name should be put in front of the scientific research results, became enemies, and then publicly announced that they would no longer cooperate.

The dispute between Yang and Li still exists today. It’s not that no one wants to mediate, and even some bigwigs are involved. Unfortunately, no one has succeeded in mediating. As for who is right and who is wrong, who knows except the parties involved?

Thinking of the dispute between Yang and Li, Liu Tao couldn't help but sigh.

I can only say that this is a common problem among writers.

Since ancient times, there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts. Who would be willing to admit that they are not as good as others?

Add to that some other factors, and the inability to let go of vanity and face, and the matter became a mess that no one could untie.

It just so happens that both of them have many admirers, and they stand on each side and start a debate from time to time.

3 month 3 day.

The Third Session of the Eighth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference was held in Beijing, kicking off the two sessions.

Liu Tao attended the two sessions and also handled some other matters.

That evening, Liu Tao entertained his old friend, the visiting Prince Sultan, in the courtyard.

Prince Sultan arrived in China last night. He came to China at this time, so he must have something to deal with. "Your Highness, are you really going to take action against Yemen?" Liu Tao frowned.

Prince Sultan said solemnly: "The Arab League has an obligation to maintain the unity of the Arab world, and the Arab coalition has an obligation to maintain Arab peace. The civil war in Yemen has been going on for almost a year, and the Yemeni people have been displaced. We must stop this tragedy."

"Shiites should not infiltrate Yemen. We have an obligation to stop it!"

The civil war broke out in Yemen in May last year, with South Yemen and North Yemen fighting each other fiercely, which is also known as the Yemeni 'North-South Civil War'.

Yemen's "North-South Civil War" has many reasons. On the one hand, the contradictions between the leaders of the north and the south of Yemen have intensified over issues such as unification. On the other hand, it is religious, which involves the dispute between Sunnis and Shiites in the Islamic world.

The feud between Sunnis and Shias has lasted for more than a thousand years and is also known as the world's misunderstanding problem.

In 610 AD, the Prophet Muhammad spread a new religious thought to the people in Mecca, which was Islam. It absorbed the traditions of Judaism and Christianity, and also created another set of ideas to form Islamic law. All believers were involved in every aspect of their lives, even within the government.

Muhammad died in 632 AD. He had established supreme prestige in the Arab world. After that, his followers took less than a hundred years to create a great empire spanning Asia, Europe and Africa - the Arab Empire, which was unparalleled at the time.

The Arab Empire brought tremendous pressure to Europe. In order to protect itself and its own interests, the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church launched the "Crusades" which lasted for nearly 200 years.

The Arab Empire was extremely powerful, but the issue of Muhammad's successor had always been a focus of contention, and Muslims were divided into two camps: one group believed that a capable and virtuous person should be chosen to unify the world; the other group insisted on the theory of bloodline, believing that only the descendants of the prophet could be legitimate heirs.

As a result, Muslims split into two major sects - the Sunnis, who opposed Ali and were followers of the Prophet's path, and the Shias, who supported Ali.

The two sides have been attacking each other for more than a thousand years. It can be said that the history of the Middle East after the rise of Islam must have a history of struggle between Sunnis and Shiites.

There are Shiites and Sunnis in Yemen, and both sides are fighting each other.

One of the very important reasons why Saudi Arabia has set its sights on Yemen is that it cannot accept the Shiites occupying Yemen.

Furthermore, Saudi Arabia now feels very powerful, and the Arab coalition is also very powerful.

Liu Tao said pointedly: "Prince Sultan, you should know that there are Shiites and Sunnis in all countries of the Arab League, including you in Saudi Arabia, there are also Sunnis and Shiites. It's just that you are the Sunnis who have an absolute upper hand, but you have not been able to completely solve the problem of Shiites."

"You are attacking Yemen. The western and southern parts of Yemen are continuous mountains and plateaus, the northeastern part is a vast plateau area, and most of Hadramawt Province is a desert area. The terrain is very complex." Liu Tao said, "From a friend's perspective, I suggest that you just support them from behind, and there is no need to go out in person."

Liu Tao is not at all optimistic about the outcome of Saudi Arabia’s entry into Yemen.

Because the Saudi army has advanced weapons and equipment, but it is difficult to exert strong combat effectiveness.

If it were placed on the battlefield of World War II, facing the German army, it would probably take less than a few months for them to be wiped out.

(End of this chapter)