Volume 20: Looking at the World with Cold Eyes, Chapter 37: Making a Move
"Well, I guess there is a special reason for your interest in the East Africa region. It's not simply because the political situation in the East Africa region is as simple as it is relatively stable. As for the fact that this region is conducive to the implementation of our country's corporate strategy of going global, it is a reason, but
I always feel it is not that simple." Dou Qingwen was not polite and raised his doubts directly.
Of course, Lu Weimin also understood that it is not easy to fool these veterans who have been doing this for a long time. He can fool the experts as an outsider, which also means that these people in the department are too incompetent. He smiled and said, "Qingwen, you notice it."
No, our country's naval fleet has also begun to go out, promote the Blue Water Naval Strategy, and go to the Gulf of Aden in the Indian Ocean to escort. This is an extremely important measure and has also greatly increased the morale of the Chinese people. But we must also note that we are actually going out to escort.
There are many conditions attached. We do not have a reliable supply point in the Indian Ocean, let alone a satisfactory comprehensive supply base. Originally, the Gwadar Port in Pakistan was considered a part of it, but now it is operated by the Singapore Port Authority.
The Port of Gwadar is still quite far from the Gulf of Aden, which is not conducive to the escort mission of our naval fleet. Now our naval fleet needs to provide supplies and must not be able to ports in Oman/Yemen and other countries. It is very unstable and is also subject to others."
Dou Qingwen's eyes were flowing. He heard Lu Weimin's implication. Lu Weimin attached importance to exchanges with countries in East Africa, but he actually had military intentions in it? But is this possible?
China has never had a precedent for military bases overseas. It seems that there is no such idea in China now. However, there are such calls among the people, but the top leaders have never responded. In Dou Qingwen's opinion, the top leaders seem to be very confused about this issue.
Or there are some taboos. With the continuous increase of China's national strength, China's military projection power is also growing, but China has always been a near-domain defense country and is far from reaching the step of truly going abroad to defend national interests, so Dou Qingwen feels
At present, the considerations in this regard should not be realistic, or they are immature. But Lu Weimin has put forward this idea now, which makes Dou Qingwen frightened.
Even the Pakistani port, which was originally built by China, was finally handed over to the Singapore Port Authority for operation due to various factors, which made the Gwadar Port extremely depressed and could not meet expectations at all.
The effect and the vacant transportation capacity also made Pakistan extremely worried. It is now rumored that Pakistan intends to regain the operation rights of Gwadar Port to China. However, it is still under discussion and no decision has been made.
Although East African countries have increasingly close contacts with China, on the one hand, this region was mostly colonized by European countries and had relatively close relations with the suzerain countries. On the other hand, although Americans do not pay special attention to this region. However, it is adjacent to the Red Sea/Persian Gulf and
The Indian Ocean can even radiate to the Mediterranean to the north. You said that China is vigorously engaged in economic diplomacy here. The United States may not care much, but if you say that you have military purposes in it, will Americans sit still?
These issues must not be ignored, and involve military purposes. They cannot be judged by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China or the Central Political Research Office. This may require some decisions from the senior central leaders. But Lu Weimin did this, was it because he was instructed by the senior leaders?
"Lu Bi. Your appetite seems to be a bit big, so big that I dare not even think about it." Dou Qingwen said half-truely: "Our country still has to take steps forward when going abroad. If the pace is too big, I'm afraid it will be unstable.
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Lu Weimin almost took a big step to talk about Dandan's classic Internet quote, and smiled and shook his head: "If you don't even dare to try, then people will take your rules for granted, mine
Understand that you need to show your attitude first, you can stop taking action for the time being, but you don’t deny it. You must let the outside world adapt gradually and get used to this possibility, so that you can eventually come naturally and not cause too much reaction. On the other hand, even
There is a reaction, so what? The strategy of keeping a low profile is of course necessary, but it also needs to be adjusted appropriately according to the situation, because you cannot avoid some things, and you should still clarify your attitude and purpose openly. As for others
I don’t think it’s a big problem. After all, the severity of the threat of piracy in the Gulf of Aden is still very realistic.”
Dou Qingwen pondered for a moment. He had to admit that what Lu Weimin said was not without reason. Although it was not pointed out, he had already heard that Lu Weimin was trying to gradually test through inter-party communication, and to make breakthroughs in some places.
Although he felt that Lu Weimin's behavior was a bit presumptuous, he still agreed with Lu Weimin's initiative.
"Lubu, do you think it's a big possibility?"
"Why not, the French have military bases there. Of course you can say that it is a former sovereign country, and the Americans have bases there. The guise of using anti-terrorism and combating pirates. China is also one of the five permanent members of the Security Council, and has also sent it.
The naval fleet escorted the area around the Gulf of Aden, why can't there be a naval supply base there? As far as I know, even the Japanese are shouting that they want to rent a land in Djibouti to establish a military base, which shows that Djibouti's own country is in the face of foreign countries.
I am not disgusted with the establishment of military bases in our country. Even the Japanese, the defeated countries like the Japanese, can blatantly set up military bases here. I think there is no reason China cannot do anything here. Of course, we should also follow international practices and obtain the Djibouti country.
I agree with it and gain the understanding and support of neighboring countries. I think we can do this."
Lu Weimin's words made Dou Qingwen frown. He didn't expect that the deputy minister was so impatient and even directly included China and the United States/France as a standard line. You should know that the United States and France have many overseas territories and bases, but China
But there is not one yet. This is the gap or difference. The outside world is familiar with Americans having military bases everywhere, but it is afraid that China has military bases overseas will cause an uproar. The central high-level officials are very confused about this.
"Mart Lu, this kind of view is not uncommon. Just because you are too hasty, you may not be able to achieve it." Dou Qingwen reminded tactfully.
"I know, I don't expect it to be done overnight, but I think we can carry out some preparations and preparations in advance to communicate with all parties in Djibouti. I have learned about the actions of the Japanese, and the Japanese are doing the same in Djibouti.
Donations have always been very active, which may be the main reason why the Japanese finally obtained Djibouti to allow them to rent land and build bases. The Japanese are best at intensive cultivation in this regard. I think our country's diplomatic and economic sectors should all give to the Japanese.
Learn about practices and experiences in this area.”
Lu Weimin sighed. The Japanese moves quickly enough, and their permeable way of activities has indeed won them a good reputation. They plan and then move. Before doing something, the Japanese are good at packaging themselves.
Especially when he is good at preparatory work, even Lu Weimin has to admire this. Both departments and units and enterprises and individuals in China seem too impetuous. He always wants to do things in one go and become a fat man in one go.
But the results are often the opposite of expectations.
Lu Weimin's words also made Dou Qingwen a little embarrassed, but he also had to admit that the Japanese performed better than their own countries in Africa/Southeast Asia and even South Asia and Central Asia, and were indeed worth learning from.
"Lu, we're here." Fortunately, the car stopped and Dou Qingwen changed the topic.
After Zhao Jiahuai came out of the General Secretary’s office and returned to the department, he fell into deep thought.
The General Secretary generally recognizes the work of the department, but has also put forward a series of new requirements, which has made Zhao Jiahuai think deeply.
He noticed that the General Secretary specifically mentioned that the General Secretary should also focus on the central work of the Central Committee, increase inter-party and folk exchanges with the outside world, and further improve the strange image of the Chinese Communist Party in its country and region through inter-party and folk exchanges.
The General Secretary specifically mentioned that the Ministry of the CPC Central Committee should adopt various methods, especially civil exchanges, to create a positive image of China among the people of the country and region, and to serve the central central work. This variety of methods and central work, especially intriguing.
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Zhao Jiahuai's understanding of the General Secretary means that the official form of the CICC itself cannot be limited to the exchanges between the official forms of the CICC, and particularly emphasized the folk exchanges. So how can we guide folk exchanges to realize the intentions of the Party Central Committee? This question is very novel.
, is a new problem, but it is also very challenging.
Central work, the central work of the central government is still to develop the economy, but China's economic development has entered a new stage, and the strategy of going out can be further promoted. The Ministry of the CPC Central Committee should play a role in promoting the strategy of going out, and at the same time, it should update the strategy of going out through the strategy of going out.
It is good to serve the national image and national interests, and there is also a lot of work to be done here.
Continue to ask for 2,000 votes! (To be continued.)