The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

Beijing.

The Saudi delegation arrived at the airport on a special plane and received a high-standard reception.

The friendly relationship between the two sides for more than thirty years has been tested by time. China is Saudi Arabia's largest energy importer and its largest trading partner. Saudi Arabia is an important strategic fulcrum for China to enter the Arab world. Many Chinese companies have their Middle East headquarters in Saudi Arabia, expanding their market throughout the Middle East through Saudi Arabia.

Bilateral trade always reaches new highs every year.

China has been Saudi Arabia's largest trading partner for many years in a row.

The head of the Saudi delegation this time is Saudi Crown Prince Salman, who in November 2011 succeeded his brother Sultan, who died of illness, as Minister of Defense, and in June 2012 succeeded his brother Nayef, who died of illness, as Crown Prince, while also serving as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense.

The Saudi delegation is very large, a large delegation of nearly 2,000 people, and this visit to China will last for four days.

In order to welcome the super-luxury delegation led by Saudi Crown Prince, the foreign affairs department mobilized a large number of high-end Chinese cars, after all, not only are there many people, but the Saudi delegation members often have more luggage than other countries.

The Saudi delegation took dozens of special planes, which can be described as very extravagant.

Of these nearly 2,000 people, except for a few who are arranged in the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, the others are staying in suites in five-star hotels.

There is no way, the Saudi delegation is so rich and willful, they pay for their own suites in five-star hotels.

It can be said that because all members of the Saudi delegation requested to stay in suites in five-star hotels, the top hotel suites in Beijing have been fully booked. This time, the Saudi delegation booked a total of more than 1,800 five-star hotel suites.

The Chinese media has high hopes for the visit of this super-luxury Saudi delegation. Not to mention anything else, if this delegation of nearly 2,000 people can choose to visit Wangfujing or a department store, it is quite worth looking forward to.

Although in recent years, because oil prices have been basically stable at $30 a barrel, Saudi Arabia and other countries have not had such a good time, but that is only compared to Saudi Arabia's most glorious time. Saudi Arabia still maintains relatively high social welfare, and ordinary civilians live quite well. Except that the living environment is not as good as Europe, other life and social welfare are not worse than Europe.

Not to mention that those who can be members of this super-luxury delegation are not ordinary people, but the elite of Saudi Arabia, including no less than fifty princes, as well as famous Saudi entrepreneurs, officials, military officers, and so on.

These people are all very rich!

Liu Tao hosted a banquet at the courtyard house in the evening to entertain friends from afar.

However, naturally, he did not invite the entire Saudi delegation, he could not invite so many people here.

Those who can attend Liu Tao's banquet are all heavyweight figures in this Saudi delegation.

Whether it is the 'Arab Spring' created by the United States, which made Saudi Arabia feel a deep chill, it should be known that those young people are responding to the 'Arab Spring' in Saudi Arabia, shouting to end the rule of the Saudi royal family and establish a free and democratic country; or the actions of the Americans in Yemen, supporting the rebel armed forces, intending to take Yemen, and it should be known that Yemen is Saudi Arabia's backyard, and the rekindling of war in the backyard is simply unacceptable to Saudi Arabia.

What 'Arab Spring', it is clearly 'Arab Winter'!

If Saudi Arabia and other countries had not received information in time and taken decisive measures, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and other countries would have faced unfavorable situations, and even the rule of the royal family would have been declared over.

So far, the 'Arab Spring', a wave of color revolution in the Arab world, has caused infrastructure losses of $900 billion in the Arab world, more than 1.5 million deaths, and millions or even tens of millions of people have become refugees.

Egypt, an important country in the Arab world, is still in turmoil. The contradictions between various forces have intensified, and continuous conflicts have caused a large number of casualties. Serious bloody conflicts continue to be staged, and Egyptian society faces a serious division and opposition.

As the most powerful country in the Arab world, Saudi Arabia has, through continuous efforts over the past thirty years, possessed a relatively complete industrial, agricultural and service industry system.

The oil industry is the economic pillar of Saudi Arabia, that is correct, but over the years, Saudi Arabia has actively promoted the diversified development of the economy in order to get rid of its dependence on the oil industry.

In cooperation with China, it has received a lot of help. Saudi Arabia has introduced China's advanced technology and vigorously developed non-oil industries such as steel, aluminum smelting, cement, seawater desalination, power industry, agriculture and service industry.

For example, the steel industry, introducing steel technology from China, the establishment of the steel industry, so that Saudi Arabia's annual steel production reached 12 million tons, Saudi Iron and Steel Company, a subsidiary of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, is the largest integrated steel producer in the Middle East, with current production capacity and shipments reaching 6 million tons.

For example, the mining industry, currently generates 97 billion riyals in annual revenue and creates 90,000 jobs. Saudi Arabia has rich phosphate and bauxite deposits, as well as other commercially exploitable mineral deposits, including gold, silver, lead, zinc, copper, iron ore and rare earths. Although many jobs are not willing to be done by Saudis, and a considerable part is operated by Chinese, through investment promotion and joint ventures, Saudi Arabia's mining industry has indeed made great progress.

There is also the building materials industry. As the largest demand market in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia relies on imports for 40% of its decoration and building materials, and the market vitality should not be underestimated. The huge demand has also spawned opportunities for new tile and stone factories. Saudi Arabia once had a huge shortage of even cement, but now Saudi Arabia's cement production capacity has been oversupplied, and some Saudi-produced cement is exported to neighboring countries, and the building materials market such as ceramics can also basically supply Saudi Arabia.

Over the years, more than two million Chinese people, including Chinese citizens living abroad, have worked and lived in Saudi Arabia. Chinese people are smart, hardworking and willing to endure hardship, injecting fresh blood into the development of Saudi Arabia, and making outstanding contributions in Saudi Arabia's industry, service industry, education, scientific research and other fields.

Moreover, these Chinese people in Saudi Arabia have also built a bridge of communication between China and Saudi Arabia, making great contributions to the development and exchange between the two sides.

In the past, Saudi Arabia's economy was very single, all centered on the oil industry, and oil exports were the main source of income.

As for industry, Saudi Arabia at that time couldn't really be considered industrialized.

But now, Saudi Arabia has a relatively complete industrial system, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a semi-industrialized country.

The automobile factory established by China Automotive in Saudi Arabia produces more than 100,000 vehicles annually!

Over the past thirty years, China has helped Saudi Arabia build 50 seawater desalination plants, producing 6.5 million cubic meters of desalinated water per day, basically meeting the country's drinking water needs, with some available for agricultural irrigation, leading to significant development in Saudi agriculture.

It should be known that the total scale of seawater desalination in China's coastal areas is only 12 million cubic meters per day!

As for Saudi Arabia's power system, the power generation method is mainly based on thermal power generation using oil and natural gas, supplemented by some solar power generation, and three nuclear power plants built with China's help, enabling Saudi Arabia to generate 900 billion kilowatt-hours annually, becoming the largest power-generating country in the Middle East.

Modern society cannot do without electricity!

It is precisely because of the abundant electricity that supports Saudi Arabia's current semi-industrialization.

It is precisely because of the abundant freshwater and electricity resources that Saudi Arabia's agriculture has seen tremendous development compared to the 1970s and 1980s, with a grain self-sufficiency rate reaching 98%, requiring only a small portion of grain to be imported each year.

Semi-industrialization has allowed Saudi Arabia to experience the power of industry, while also giving Saudi Arabia tremendous confidence!

Faced with the fire in its backyard of Yemen, Saudi Arabia is increasingly losing patience and intends to choose force.

This can be seen from Saudi Arabia's continuous strengthening of its army and the daily training of the Arab coalition forces, as well as the continuous holding of military exercises.

"Liu, the Americans are being too aggressive. We have warned them repeatedly, but the Americans are too arrogant and arrogant. They completely disregard Saudi Arabia's strategic security and intend to threaten our security, forcing us to compromise with the United States!" Salman said angrily.

Regarding Yemen, Saudi Arabia has a consensus.

The current problem in Yemen is not a problem between Saudi Arabia and Yemen, but a problem between Saudi Arabia and the United States.

In recent years, Saudi Arabia has helped the Yemeni government a lot, lending large sums of money to Yemen to help Yemen develop its oil industry and mining industry, giving the Yemeni government sufficient financial resources to improve Yemen's situation.

Saudi Arabia even helped the Yemeni government trap the rebel forces in a few mountainous areas.

But unexpectedly, the Americans intervened, and a 'Arab Spring' color revolution made the young people of Yemen bewitched, leading to the loss of control of the situation in Yemen, and the rebel forces, with the support of the United States, quickly developed and grew, killing out of the mountainous areas, and now occupying two port cities.

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The Americans don't want Yemen, but use Yemen to threaten Saudi Arabia, forcing Saudi Arabia to make huge concessions to the United States.

Since the two sides no longer renewed the petrodollar agreement, the United States has not stopped causing trouble for Saudi Arabia.

Even if nearly half of Saudi Arabia's oil exports are still settled in US dollars.

But the United States is not satisfied. The United States wants Saudi Arabia's oil exports to be settled in US dollars.

The semi-collapse of the petrodollar has made the United States feel a huge chill and threat. As one of the pillars of American hegemony, once the petrodollar collapses, the United States will be severely damaged.

Therefore, the contradictions between the two sides are huge.

Even the United States is now blaming Saudi Arabia and other countries for the devaluation of the US dollar and domestic inflation in the United States, and is full of hostility towards Saudi Arabia and other energy-rich countries.

Why are Saudi Arabia and other countries actively supporting Gaddafi in Libya? It's not that Gaddafi is a hero, and everyone has a good impression of Gaddafi. On the contrary, Gaddafi's arrogant personality makes Saudi Arabia and other countries very unhappy with Gaddafi.

But it is because of confrontation with the United States and expressing dissatisfaction with the United States.

It can be said that a considerable part of the military expenditure for the Russian military presence in Libya is paid by Saudi Arabia and other countries!

Otherwise, given Russia's current situation, even with the huge energy markets in the east and west, it would feel strained by this proxy war in Libya.

Now Russia is not only fighting a proxy war with the United States in Libya, but also fighting a proxy war with the United States in Syria.

Behind this, there is support from Europe, as well as support from Middle Eastern tycoons.

Liu Tao said: "A country's security cannot be at the expense of harming other countries' security. People's hearts cannot be violated, and public justice cannot be abandoned. If every country in this world is superstitious about strength and status, then this world will regress to the law of the jungle. China loves peace and is also the most important force for world peace. We also urgently hope to see the Yemeni people usher in peaceful days and enjoy peace, rather than suffering the suffering of war."

Salman showed a thoughtful look when he heard Liu Tao's words.

He seemed to understand the meaning of Liu Tao's words.

After a little thought, Salman nodded and said: "Liu, you are right! We are going to help the Yemeni Arab brothers, and what we bring will only be peace, not war!"

Saudi Arabia is the main force in promoting the integration of the Arab League, and the Arab League is the fundamental interest of Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia leads the Arab world through the Arab League. Saudi Arabia realizes that only the Arab League can become an important force in the world, able to become a chess player rather than a pawn.

It's just that the Arab world is a mess, and each country has its own calculations. The gap between the rich and poor in the Arab world is very huge. The rich countries are rich in oil, and the poor countries are extremely poor.

Within Saudi Arabia, there are Saudi citizens who oppose Saudi Arabia helping poor relatives.

After all, in their opinion, it is better to use the money to help these poor relatives than to use it to distribute money to the people.

Saudi Arabia has lent Yemen tens of billions of riyals before and after, but a 'Arab Spring' color revolution has made Yemen turbulent, and the money is almost wasted.

But Saudi Arabia is very clear that Yemen cannot be lost. If Yemen continues to be turbulent, then Yemeni refugees will flood into Saudi Arabia, and it will cost more than this money just to deal with Yemeni refugees.

Liu Tao then talked about the combat effectiveness of the Saudi army and the Arab coalition forces, and suggested that if force is used, mercenaries can be hired to undertake some of the combat tasks.

To be honest, from the bottom of his heart, Liu Tao hopes that Saudi Arabia can smoothly resolve the war in Yemen. If the Saudi army is trapped in Yemen and is defeated, then Persia will have small thoughts again.

It should be known that the pro-American faction within Persia has never disappeared, and its power is quite strong.

In the current situation, the United States may not have re-selected to reconcile with Persia and establish an alliance relationship between the two sides, so as to disrupt the Gulf.

Persia has always wanted to gain hegemony in the Persian Gulf.

It's just that Saudi Arabia is now powerful, and the Arab coalition forces have to be cautious about Persia.