The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 947 From Africa to Central Asia
Liu Tao looked at the world map on the wall.

The focus is on Tanzania, Djibouti, Kenya, Ethiopia, Congo, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Guinea, Senegal, Zambia, Egypt, Libya and Somalia.

These are the interests of Panshan Group. It doesn't matter if there are wars in other places. Although there are losses, they are still acceptable.

But these places are different.

Egypt is an old friend of Chinese tradition and the fulcrum of North Africa. It is also a major African country and has great influence in the Islamic world.

Tasonia is the core of Panshan Group in East Africa and also Panshan Group’s earliest partner in Africa. The two sides have had a cooperative friendship for more than ten years. Now Tasnia is also a country with relatively good development and relatively strong military strength in Africa. It is a cooperation template for Panshan Group in Africa.

Djibouti is Panshan Group’s most important logistics support base in the Red Sea. Although Djibouti is small, its strategic position is very important. In terms of per capita GDP, Djibouti should be ranked first in Africa.

Panshan Group has investment assets in every country, including mines, oil fields, etc.

"It seems like it's time for Somalia to reunite! Ceres is a good choice!" Liu Tao muttered to himself.

The alliance formed by the Celis occupies one-third of Somalia's territory, has the strongest comprehensive strength, and has the ability to unify Somalia.

None of the other tribes or warlords in Somalia is stronger than the alliance of Seres.

The most important thing is that Celis’ attitude is very friendly. Currently, Panshan Group’s assets in his territory are protected, and the cooperation between the two parties is progressing smoothly.

As long as Somalia achieves unity and ends the war, this area will be relatively safe.

"It seems necessary to suggest escort from the Cape of Good Hope in the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea, to combat pirates and maintain the safety of the shipping routes!" Liu Tao's eyes sparkled.

As a member of the world trade system and the world's factory, China exports a lot of goods every day, and China's goods are exported to all parts of the world.

Exports to Europe include both going through the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean and going through the Cape of Good Hope.

Maintaining the safety of world shipping routes is what every country that loves world peace should do.

Liu Tao looked towards the Middle East. There was currently no war in the Middle East.

Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Jordan have maintained overall stability. Israel has recovered but has not launched a new round of war so far.

Iraq and Persia are still licking their wounds and are far from recovering.

The Arab coalition forces have become a stabilizer in the Middle East, stabilizing the entire situation in the Middle East.

Although Kuwait's oil production has returned to pre-Gulf War levels, and Iraq and Persia's oil production has increased year by year, due to the substantial increase in China's annual oil imports, the current international crude oil price remains at US$25 per barrel.

Liu Tao was very curious about how Israel would break the impasse.

Power is something that increases and decreases. Israel will have less and less advantage as time goes by. In a few years, Israel will be completely unable to resist.

If war breaks out, Israel may even be in danger of being destroyed.

Liu Tao's attention shifted from the Middle East to Central Asia.

Afghanistan, the graveyard of empires, the Taliban has basically occupied the entire country.

But Afghanistan is in ruins. Since the Soviet invasion in December 1979, Afghanistan has been in war for nearly 12 years.

The premise of development is peace and a stable social order. Without peace and a stable social order, there is no development at all.

The long period of war has destroyed all of Afghanistan’s economic achievements, making Afghanistan still one of the poorest places in the world.

After the Americans betrayed the Soviet Union here, as the Soviet army withdrew from the Afghan battlefield, the Americans no longer cared about Afghanistan and no longer provided any support to Afghanistan.

When it is useful, Americans will naturally be willing to talk about anything.

If it's useless, Americans won't even bother to look at it.

Although Afghanistan has an important strategic position as the graveyard of empires, Liu Tao has always been very cautious and there has been only limited cooperation in Afghanistan.

The reality is that China's overall national strength is still relatively limited, not enough to have a great influence on this land.

Now a border defense line is being built in the Wakhan Corridor to ensure border security and maintain border stability.

Panshan Group’s biggest business in Afghanistan is not mining, but mercenaries. There are very excellent sources of mercenaries here, and some of the mercenaries come from here.

Liu Tao looked at several Central Asian countries. There are five Stan countries here, namely Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.

From Federation to Confederation, it seems to be just the swap of two words, but in fact there is a huge difference.

Facts have proved that for such a super-large country, external factors can never play a dominant role, and internal factors are the main reason.

A thousand-mile embankment collapsed in an ant nest!

The strongest castles are often conquered from within.

The increasingly sharp contradictions between the reformists and conservatives directly tore the huge empire into two parts.

The United States' drastic cuts in its military budget are based on the reversal of the offensive and defensive positions of the two camps.

"With the five Stan countries, we can only take it slow!" Liu Tao muttered to himself in a low voice.

It is impossible not to envy the stateless Central Asia.

The five Central Asian countries have a very important geographical location and are extremely rich in natural resources.

For example, Kazakhstan is rich in coal, iron, copper, lead and zinc, and is known as the "uranium bank". The Caspian Sea region is also rich in oil and gas resources. Tungsten reserves rank first in the world, and chromium and phosphate ore rank second. Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum and phosphorus reserves rank first in Asia. The proven oil reserves are 100 billion tons, coal reserves are 39.4 billion tons, and natural gas reserves are 11700 trillion cubic meters. Forests and afforestation cover 2170 million hectares. Surface water resources are 530 billion cubic meters.

Kyrgyzstan has extremely rich mineral resources such as gold, tungsten, tin, mercury, and antimony.

Tajikistan is a mountainous country on the Pamir Plateau. It is mainly rich in non-ferrous metals, rare metals, coal, rock salt, oil, natural gas, rich uranium and a variety of building materials. The total reserves of the 30 gold mines under development are more than 600 tons. The Great Kani Mansur Silver Mining Area is the second largest silver mining area in the world. The proven reserves of tin mines are 2 tons. The oil reserves are 1.13 million tons and the natural gas reserves are 8630 billion cubic meters.

Uzbekistan is very rich in mineral resources, including gold, oil, natural gas, coal, uranium, copper, tungsten, etc. The proven reserves of gold are 3350 tons, the proven reserves of oil are 5.84 million tons, the proven reserves of condensate oil are 1.9 million tons, the proven reserves of natural gas are 2.055 trillion cubic meters, the coal reserves are 18.3 billion tons, and the uranium reserves are 18.58 tons.

Turkmenistan's main resources include natural gas, sodium sulfate, iodine, non-ferrous and rare metals. The proven reserves of natural gas are 19.5 trillion cubic meters, and the oil reserves are as high as 208 billion tons.

Unfortunately, among the five Stan countries, the polar bears have a strong influence.

The oil and natural gas pipelines currently under construction are also mainly operated by polar bears, and the bulk of the profits also belong to polar bears.

(End of this chapter)