The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

The next day.

Liu Tao and the Saudi envoy chatted about other matters.

Because it does not involve Syria and Lebanon, the Syrian and Lebanese envoys were not invited.

Liu Tao's negotiations with the Saudi envoy this time were in the hope that Saudi Arabia could purchase Indonesia's special government bonds and China's Northeast Revitalization Special Government Bonds.

Indonesia's Special Government Bonds are special government bonds that have just been issued by the Indonesian government for post-disaster reconstruction.

On March 3, a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 28 on the Richter scale struck the sea near Sumatra, Indonesia, causing heavy casualties and property losses. Countries along the Indian Ocean immediately issued a tsunami alert, and the tremors were felt on the west coast of the Malaysian Peninsula, causing thousands of residents to flee high-rise apartment buildings.

The Indonesian earthquake had a felt radius of 6827 kilometers, a destructive radius of 544 kilometers, and a depth of 30 kilometers on the seabed.

The earthquake caused thousands of deaths and hundreds of people missing. It is basically difficult for those missing to survive.

Although the Chinese nation has carried out the fine tradition of "helping each other in times of trouble" and actively provided assistance to Indonesia, post-disaster reconstruction work is already imminent.

The Indonesian government issued a special bond of 100 billion RMB for post-disaster reconstruction, with an annual interest rate of 100%.

The Northeast Revitalization Special Government Bonds are 4000 billion RMB issued by the Chinese government, specifically for the revitalization of the three northeastern provinces, with an annual interest rate of 1.5% and a term of five years!

This special government bond of 4000 billion yuan will be mainly invested in infrastructure in the three northeastern provinces.

To be rich, build roads first!
This slogan has been resounding in China for twenty-five years, and it has been proven to be a true saying.

Saudi Arabia is now extremely rich. If it can purchase part of its government bonds, then the issuance of government bonds will go smoothly.

In addition to hoping that Saudi Arabia would purchase these two types of government bonds, Liu Tao also discussed concerns about Yemen with the Saudi envoy.

"According to our intelligence, the Americans are increasing their support for the Houthis. A large number of CIA personnel have gone to Yemen to provide professional training to the Houthis. The Americans are expected to provide the Houthis with up to $20 billion in military aid," said Liu Tao.

Yemen was once divided into South Yemen and North Yemen, but later unified. However, conflicts arose and even a civil war broke out.

The Houthi armed forces were born, developed and grew stronger during this civil war.

Saudi Arabia once wanted to intervene militarily in the Yemeni civil war and wanted to solve Yemen’s problems through force to ensure stability and security in its backyard.

Later, Saudi Arabia listened to advice and gave up the use of force to solve the problem. Instead, it adopted a gentle approach, providing financial assistance and loans to help Yemen stabilize the situation, bridge the differences between the North and the South, and help Yemen develop oil and natural gas extraction.

Yemen currently has proven oil reserves of 40 billion barrels and proven natural gas reserves of 3000 billion cubic meters.

Now, Yemen’s oil and natural gas extraction can not only meet Yemen’s domestic oil needs, but last year Yemen’s energy export revenue totaled more than US$70 billion, becoming Yemen’s largest source of export revenue.

Thanks to the rapid increase in energy revenue in recent years, Yemen can import more from outside, thus ensuring Yemen's stability.

The Houthi armed forces are confined to a mountainous area.

The measures taken by Saudi Arabia and Yemen are to surround this area and prevent the Houthi armed forces from spreading out, thereby ensuring the overall stability of Yemen. In theory, there are no docks or airports in the mountainous areas controlled by the Houthi armed forces, making it difficult for the Americans to provide support.

But you have to know that although Yemen seems to be a unified country, in fact there are many tribes inside it and the forces are numerous, just like a sieve. It is really easy for the CIA to cause trouble.

To be honest, Liu Tao does not want war to happen again in Yemen because Panshan Group has huge interests in Yemen.

Yemen's oil and natural gas exports are all traded through Panshan Group. Yemen's oil and natural gas equipment are all imported from China. Every year, equipment maintenance and equipment parts replacement are purchased from China. Panshan Group has participated in the investment and construction of three ports in Yemen and also owns four gold mines in Yemen.

Panshan Group is promoting the development of Yemen, including building railways, roads and docks, helping Yemen to develop and expand the Yemeni market.

The Aden Island leased by Panshan Group controls the gateway from the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean and is known as a key point of maritime transportation between Europe, Asia and Africa. The port there is now a large port that can provide supplies and rest for escort fleets, and also generate a lot of revenue every year.

If civil war breaks out again in Yemen, Panshan Group will inevitably suffer losses.

If a pro-American regime emerges in Yemen in the future, the losses will be even greater.

As one of the member states of the Arab League and also a member of the Arab coalition, Saudi Arabia can better exert influence on Yemen.

At present, the overall situation in Yemen is still relatively good and the development speed is still very fast. This development situation should be maintained rather than destroyed.

To be honest, Liu Tao was not surprised by the Americans' actions.

The Americans inherited the British position of world hegemony and are also learning how to be troublemakers.

The Americans can stir up trouble in Lebanon and Syria, and they can also stir up trouble in Yemen.

The Arabian Peninsula, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Oman all have abundant oil and natural gas resources, and each of them is extremely rich. It is not easy to cause trouble in these wealthy countries, because these countries all implement high social welfare, and it is not so easy to accomplish anything.

But Yemen is different. There are many internal conflicts in Yemen, but it is not rich, so it is easy for trouble to arise. Once Yemen is in chaos, it will inevitably affect neighboring Oman and Saudi Arabia, and even spread to Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia!

For the United States, once Yemen eventually evolves into a pro-American regime, the United States will be able to control the Red Sea and thus control the Suez Canal in disguise.

After the outbreak of the Iraq War, Egypt and Saudi Arabia did not allow European and American warships to pass through the Suez Canal, which made the Americans very angry.

Back then, the Suez Canal was under the control of Britain and France. It was the cooperation between the United States and the Soviet Union that forced Britain and France to hand over the Suez Canal to Egypt.

As a result, now the United States is facing an embarrassing situation.

Not only in Yemen, the CIA has also been very active in Africa during this period.

America's special forces are also active in Africa.

The United States even changed its attitude toward Libya in previous years and became aggressive.

It seems to let people see that the United States is going to launch a war in Libya just like it launched the war in Iraq!
After all, Libya's Gaddafi has a blood feud with the Americans. Gaddafi and Saddam are the most famous anti-American fighters in the world!
In fact, the United States has accused Libya of having close ties with extremist organizations more than once. (End of this chapter)