Rebirth of England.

Chapter 970: Decline and Advancement

In fact, although Haig’s visit to Russia and China had been planned in advance, the content of the visit was adjusted and changed after Barron joined the team.

This can be regarded as the British government's action to provide support to Barron after the assassination.

After all, although relevant cooperation can be achieved if Barron leads a business team to visit these countries, the significance of having the participation of British officials and obtaining their endorsement is still different.

As expected, after their itinerary was made public, some Western media also interpreted it.

For example, the New York Times believes that the recent visit of the British Foreign Secretary is not a positive signal for the United States and its allies. They believe that this shows that at a time when the post-crisis economic recovery is not as good as expected, the British government hopes to increase domestic investment through cooperation with Russia and China. This approach is worth discussing.

The Washington Post pointed out directly that this action of Britain was intended to strengthen its relationship with the East. Combined with the recent attack on the Duke of Devonshire and the "malicious short selling" of some companies related to him, it shows that Britain is dissatisfied with some practices of the US government, which is something that the current government needs to reflect on...

"If we fail to unite our democratic society and it leads to division, it will only harm the interests of the United States."

Although Barron claimed in a press conference in England that the "assassination" was an attack by terrorists and urged the international community to pay attention to the spread of terrorism in Africa, many people with a keen sense of smell were able to roughly guess some of the inside story from some subsequent developments in the United States and the short selling of related listed companies.

You know, a lot of intelligence doesn't need to be obtained by sending "agents" to lurk, but can be extracted and analyzed from some public information...

It is worth mentioning that the New York Times has always been a media that leans towards the Donkey Party, while the Washington Post tends to lean towards the Elephant Party.

It can be said that in terms of the media, the Donkey Party has a louder voice, but the Elephant Party also has its own media, otherwise this two-party system would not be able to continue.

Now that the Elephant Party has the opportunity to criticize the Donkey Party, it will naturally not let it go.

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At this time, the training instructors sent to Syria by Protector Military Services Company had already withdrawn to the Munger base.

As early as when the "assassination" occurred, the United States stopped the order for military training for Syrian rebels with Protector Military Services and replaced it with domestic military contractors.

Barron knew that the situation of the Syrian rebels would not be very good at this time. Unlike ten years later when Russia was deeply involved in the Russo-Ukrainian war and had no time to pay attention to it, at the moment, Russia was determined to support the Syrian government forces, so it would directly send their military personnel to help the other side attack the rebels.

Therefore, after this, the Syrian rebels will be subjected to Russian air strikes, and there are still relatively large risks in conducting military training on them.

And now Barron is deepening his cooperation with Russia and is not prepared to participate in the multi-party game in the Syrian civil war.

The military training personnel withdrawn to Kolo can also be sent to Mali, Burkina Faso and other countries with good relations with Kolo after rest to help their government forces conduct military training. "If there is a paradise on earth, Damascus must be in it; if paradise is in the sky, Damascus must be as famous as it."

This is a proverb circulated among Arabs, which shows the status of Damascus, the capital of Syria, in their hearts.

However, starting from this year, the Syrian civil war will enter its most intense stage, with the upcoming extremist organization "Islamic State (ISIS)", as well as the United States, Turkey, Iran, Russia, Israel...

The Syrian civil war, which was triggered by the Arab Spring, will turn Syria into a "duel field" where multiple forces compete with each other, and will also crush the Damascus Rose into the dust.

Compared with Syria, Kolo is much luckier - both countries are countries with oil resources. It can be said that if the political situation is stable, as long as the rulers are not so "inhuman", the people can live a decent life. For example, under the rule of Saddam and Gaddafi, who were considered "dictators" by the West, the income of their people was also wealthy compared to other developing countries.

Comparing the data, before the Arab Spring in 2010, Syria's per capita GDP reached US$11304 because Assad implemented "secular" rule in the local area and vigorously developed the economy. It should be noted that the threshold for developed countries is a per capita GDP of around US$2.

At that time, Kolo had already experienced rapid development, and its per capita GDP was only about $4000...

However, due to the Syrian civil war caused by the Arab Spring, Syria's per capita GDP has plummeted to $993 this year, less than one-tenth of what it was three years ago...

Kolo is still developing steadily, and its per capita GDP is expected to be above US$6000 this year.

After more than 10 years of development, Kolo will also usher in a stage of rapid improvement in the quality of its population. After the establishment of the new government of Kolo, it has continued to promote universal education. After nine years of compulsory education, even most of the children who had just entered school at that time have begun to study in professional and technical schools, and are about to graduate after two years of skills training.

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Of course, some of the students with better academic talents aim to enter two local universities or study abroad after graduating from high school in order to reserve high-level talents for Colo.

Generally speaking, wealthy families in Kolo aim to study abroad in universities in England. Students from Kolo who come from common families and have excellent academic performance can compete for places for government-sponsored students if they choose to study abroad. The Kolo government has study-related agreements with countries such as England and China, and can send students to study in universities in these countries. All study and living expenses of government-sponsored students are borne by the Kolo government, and after graduation, they must return to Kolo to work.

On November 11, President Kolo attended the signing ceremony of an agreement between Blita International Airport and several airlines including Kolo Airlines, Afrikaans Airlines, Emirates Airlines, China Airlines, BMI Airways and Delta Air Lines to open new routes from Blita International Airport to North Africa, the Middle East, China, Europe and North America.

You should know that before this, most of the direct flights from Kolo to these regions were operated by Kolo Airlines, and there were very few routes, maybe only one or two flights a week. Many times, to come to West Africa from these regions, you need to first arrive in Senegal and then transfer.

The main reason is that in West Africa, where French colonies occupy the majority, Senegal is called the "Gateway to West Africa" ​​because it is the "base camp" of French colonists in West Africa. The Governor-General of French West Africa has always had his residence in Senegal, so France has invested a lot of energy in its construction.

However, after this, Kolo will strive to become one of West Africa’s aviation hubs in addition to becoming a West African maritime transit center.

(End of this chapter)