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Chapter 1079 Government Development Assistance Program (First update, please subscribe)
"Go to Southeast Asia, there is the secret recipe for achieving national prosperity!"

I don’t know since when, for many people who are committed to pursuing national prosperity, Nanyang has long become a place that they yearn for.

Of course, for these nationalists, they yearn for the "Nanyang Miracle" and want to use Nanyang as an example to seek the secret of national development. The evaluation of Nanyang is also diverse - Nanyang's tyranny is well known.

They destroyed a country because it threatened their security, and it was a neighboring country. They invaded Egypt. What he did was completely imperialist.

Of course, they also once saved a country - Hungary, far away in the heart of Europe. When it was invaded and abandoned by other countries, only Nanyang stood up to uphold justice and save the country.

Because of this, people have complex feelings about Nanyang. But no matter what, we cannot deny its miraculous rise, and we cannot deny the miracles created by this land.

Just like the Koreans, in response to the rapid rise and successful experience of Southeast Asia, they ultimately chose to become Southeast Asian.

Exchange the country's development for Nanyangization and thus achieve the goal of national prosperity.

Not every country has such an inherent advantage as South Korea. After all, in the past few hundred years, South Korea has always been in the Chinese cultural circle. Well, Vietnam is the same, but Vietnam’s internal turmoil has not yet completely ended, and it is still a long way to go to realize the prosperity of the country through Nanyang.

But Siam, Malaya, and now South Korea, have all chosen this path without hesitation.

What changes will happen to these countries in the future?
We can only leave it to time, but as for the prosperity of Nanyang, in addition to these countries that have been traditionally influenced by Chinese civilization, there are many other countries that Nanyang also regards as objects of learning.

After entering May, although the H2N2 flu was still prevalent, the communication between the world was not blocked. On this morning, a C707 from Tehran landed at Chang'an Airport. Among the passengers getting off the plane, there were several senior officials from Iran, led by Hassan Ali Mansour, Chairman of the Iranian Economic Committee, who came to seek help from Southeast Asia.

Like many people, Hassan Ali Mansoor was stunned by the city when the plane first arrived in Chang'an. As the car drove through the bustling streets of the city, looking at the street scenes reflected on the glass curtain walls of the skyscrapers on both sides of the street, Mansoor couldn't help but say to his colleagues.

“I finally understand why the king regards Nanyang as a role model!”

At this moment, Hassan, who had always been pro-British, seemed to have changed his mind and became somewhat pro-South.

Well, Nanyang is also a member of the Commonwealth, so it doesn’t count as a change of allegiance.

"When it comes to developing the economy, the Nanyang people are even better than the Americans. It took them only ten years to build all this."

The Iranian ambassador next to him reminded again,

"Ten years ago, this was all rainforest, where cars drove, but what about now?"

Looking out the car window, Hassan pursed his lips and said with eyes full of longing.

"Ten years later, Tehran will be as prosperous as Chang'an!"

In this era, politicians like Hassan all have a dream of making their country prosperous. The so-called pro-British stance actually means that they hope to realize this dream with the help of Britain.

"Let's hope so. If we can get help from Nanyang, it will definitely be beneficial to Iran's development."

Hassan nodded and said:
"That's definitely no problem. Last time in Tehran, His Excellency expressed his willingness to help, and the King will visit Chang'an soon. By then, we will definitely be able to get more help."

What kind of help?
Of course, it is financial support.

In the past few years, with the influx of a large amount of petrodollars, the king formulated the "Seven-Year Plan", and the appearance of major cities such as Tehran was completely changed. Although it caused Iran's economic prosperity, they found that oil revenue could not afford the "Seven-Year Plan". In this case, seeking external financial support became the only option.

But who to lend money to?
Before this, they had been seeking loans from the United States, but the high interest rates made Iran overwhelmed. In order to solve this problem, they finally turned their attention to Southeast Asia.

In fact, since the meeting at Tehran Airport last year, Iran has placed several large orders with Nanyang. At Li Yian’s suggestion, the Tehran Airport project was transformed into a railway, and Nanyang received this $4500 million order. At the same time, there were orders for power plants, textile mills, etc.

But now the progress of these projects has been delayed to varying degrees because... there is no money!
“They have no money!”

In the study of the official residence, Li Yian said to Li Guoren with a smile.

"Hassan and the others came here this time probably to seek financial help from us." Looking at the information of Hassan and others, Li Yian's mouth curled up slightly. He had some understanding of Hassan - because he was the only one who had slapped Khomeini in the face!

A few years later, Hassan would become the Prime Minister of Iran. The first thing Hassan did after taking office was to implement the "White Revolution" proposed by the king, which set off a vigorous reform, but was opposed by the clergy led by Khomeini. After several conflicts, Hassan summoned Khomeini and tried to persuade him to give up his hostile stance towards the government and support the reform. However, he was rejected. Then, Hassan slapped Khomeini in anger, saying that he only had the religion and himself in his mind, but no country or people.

Khomeini would never forget this slap and would take revenge. Two weeks later, Hassan was assassinated. The mastermind behind the assassination was Khomeini. After that, he asked his followers to attack the family of Prime Minister Hassan.

Even so, he still did not get rid of his hatred. After the Pahlavi dynasty was overthrown, Khomeini came to power. Although it had been more than 10 years since this happened, Khomeini still ordered people to blow up Hassan's tomb, dig out his bones and discard them at will.

It is precisely because of this that Li Yian has a certain understanding of Hassan. In fact, he only knows that he is a hardcore Westernizer.

"So your Excellency means that..."

After a pause, Li Guoren said.

“Are we going to provide them with loans to help them solve their financial problems?”

"Guo Ren, what do you think?"

Li Yian did not answer. After asking the question, he lit a cigar and waited for Li Guoren's answer.

"I think we should provide loans, Your Excellency. As far as the current industrial development is concerned, Nanyang has entered a critical period of industrial upgrading. In 45, 30% of our commodity exports were textiles, but now it has dropped to %. Although we export airplanes, trains and cars, from the perspective of product exports, the export level of textile products is still higher than that of industrial products such as machinery and steel, which are rising rapidly. Now that the industries of European countries have recovered, their economies have to expand outward, and their products compete with us in the market. Our industrial exports also need external markets. We cannot do without solving the market problem, and foreign loans are the best solution to expand the market."

Although he is a diplomat, Li Guoren also has his own views on economics.

"Foreign loans are often designated. Even if we use American loans, we can only buy American machinery and other industrial products. When we provide loans to Iran, we designate them to buy our industrial products, thereby expanding our market."

Listening to Li Guoren's advice, Li Yian smoked a cigar and nodded.

"So, we need to come up with a plan..."

"plan?"

“Yes, it’s the official development assistance program.”

Putting the cigar on the ashtray, Li Yian walked to the map, looked at the world map for a while, and explained.

"In Asia, from East Asia to Southeast Asia, South Asia and the Middle East, many newly independent countries have emerged after the war. These regions have a certain impact on the security and prosperity of Southeast Asia. We can provide them with development assistance to help them build airports, railways, roads, electricity and other infrastructure. We can provide them with financial support in the name of long-term low-interest loans, and then import our own products to occupy their markets and influence their policies."

In another world, the Government Development Assistance Program is a typical economic diplomacy model that emerged after World War II. Almost all developed countries provide this "Government Development Assistance Program loan" to developing countries to help them improve their infrastructure and develop their own economy. The most successful country in paving the way with loans and following up with goods is Japan. As early as the 60s, Japan began to provide ODA loans to South Korea and Southeast Asian countries. While the yen loans they provided helped these countries to build their infrastructure, these countries used their loans to purchase Japanese industrial products.

Ultimately, it was thanks to loans from the government development assistance program that Japanese manufacturing was able to gain ground in Southeast Asia, eventually becoming the mainstream of the market and squeezing out European and American products from Southeast Asia.

What Nanyang needs now is to replicate the success of the Japanese back then.

"On the surface, it's aid, but in reality it's our pioneer in opening up markets. Through it, we can knock on the doors of all markets."

Looking at the Excellency standing in front of the map, Li Guoren thought for a moment and said.

"Your Excellency is right. The ODA loan can indeed help us expand our market, but there is one more thing we need to consider, which is..."

Walking to the map and pointing at the countries on it, Li Guoren said,

"Although there are many countries here, not every country will repay the money on time. This issue is very important."

(End of this chapter)