Chapter 1189 Invitation
After the South African War, East Africa can no longer keep a low profile in the military field, but the military can only represent the external appearance of the country in East Africa.
After all, as long as they are willing to spend money, the military strength of many countries can be glamorous, such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in the previous life, or the Beiyang Navy of the Far East Empire, and the Russian Navy before the Russo-Japanese War. Look It seems powerful, but in actual combat, its secrets are revealed.
Without the support of strong economic and industrial strength, this kind of military obtained through "Made by All Nations" is just a fake. Even if it uses advanced Western weapons, it is nothing more than a one-time consumable.
Of course East Africa is not among them. After all, East Africa started the independence of its defense industry as early as the last century. However, military alone cannot solve all problems.
Especially for some independent countries, blind threats of force will only push them to potential enemies in East Africa, such as the United States, Japan, or great powers such as Britain, France, and Russia.
Russia is a typical example. Russia's military strength is not unpowerful, but its poor foreign policy has made most of its neighboring countries and peripheral areas of the country hate it.
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With the preparations for the East Africa World Expo, the East African government has also begun to send invitations to all parts of the world.
Far Eastern Empire.
"Why is there another country holding a World Expo?" Looking at the invitation letter submitted by the East African Embassy, the President of the Far Eastern Empire asked: "Is the United States still hosting the Panama Expo? They also invited us to participate before."
Faced with the President’s inquiry, Yang Du said: “There is such a Panama Expo, but it seems to have started in February this year. At that time, the US government strongly invited our government to participate in this exposition, although it was called Panama Expo. Horse Expo, but the actual venue is San Francisco on the west coast of the United States."
The president said: "In this case, why is East Africa coming to join in the fun? Could it be that this World Expo is just like a game? It’s just like child’s play!”
The timing of the World Expo held in East Africa is actually a bit tricky. The World Expo in the United States has not yet ended, and East Africa has also come to join in the fun. This made the president think of the idiom “One imitates the other”.
Yang Du said: "In fact, it is easy to understand. Western countries have always liked to show their economic and industrial strength through expositions, especially exhibitions such as the World Expo, which have huge economic interests behind them."
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"Through product display, it can be conducive to the export of domestic products, and this is what countries around the world are pursuing now. The international market is very important, especially the Western world, which pays more attention to 'profit' than 'righteousness'."
大The president said: "It is true, but the United States and East African governments have held world expos one after another. There must be something fishy about it. What do you think, Mr. Hu?"
Yang Du thought for a while and said: "If it comes from the conspiracy From a perspective, the United States and East Africa do have motives To achieve some goals through the expo, after all, the world situation is now in a very delicate environment."
"European countries are deeply involved in war, which has caused major powers such as Britain, France, Russia, and Germany to withdraw back to Europe. The whole world appeared There are a lot of power vacuum zones. "
"The only major countries that are not involved in the war are the United States, East Africa and Japan. However, Japan is too small to compete with the two big countries of the United States and East Africa."< br>
"So when East Africa holds the World Expo during this time, it seems to have the meaning of competing with the United States."
The president agreed very much and said: "I think so too. It is impossible for East Africa not to know about the United States. The Panama International Exposition, and the economic competition between the United States and East Africa is indeed fierce this year. ”
"I remember Western newspapers said that the United States and East Africa are like two jackals, taking advantage of the dispute between the lions to steal the leftovers on the plate, and ended up biting them first."
I don’t know Yuan. Where did I read the news? The competition between East Africa and the United States is indeed fierce, but it is definitely not so fierce. After all, the confrontation between the two countries is mainly reflected in the economic field.
Whoever expands production capacity faster will be able to eat more. There is no doubt that East Africa, which has been prepared for a long time, has the first mover advantage. As for the United States, it is completely inferior to others in terms of technology. After all, the current market demand If you are so prosperous and your own production capacity is not expanded in time, the problem certainly cannot be entirely attributed to East Africa. Moreover, East Africa and the United States compete and cooperate. Many American trading companies directly choose to cooperate with East Africa due to insufficient local production capacity, that is, ordering from East Africa and then selling them to Europe. So not all American companies hate East Africa. Of course, , it is inevitable that the overall attitude of American society towards East Africa is not very good.
However, it is most likely that a newspaper with a European capital background would make fun of the United States and East Africa at the same time in such a weird way.
Yang Du said: "The World Expo, to put it bluntly, is a large-scale merchandise sales fair. For example, if the United States invites our country, it is obviously coveting our huge population market. The East African government must also have this consideration."< br>
“But as long as the two countries do not interfere in our country’s politics, we will naturally want to actively participate in such activities. "
The president nodded and said: "In that case, let's organize a group of people to go to East Africa to participate in this event! It just so happened that some people were ignorant of current affairs recently and found this excuse to let them go to East Africa to see it. Look, after all, East Africa is also considered an imperial country, and the fact that East Africa is so powerful now obviously proves our correctness.”
After all, the president has embarked on the path of his previous life and wants to go further, but even if Ernst knew it, he would not be able to say anything.
After all, he also chose a monarchy, and the current monarchy in East Africa is not yet a constitutional monarchy. Ernst is purely a feudal monarch.
As for the achievements in East Africa, it obviously has little to do with the monarchy. It is entirely due to Ernst's foresight advantage.
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The East African government’s invitation letter to the Far Eastern Empire was actually a matter of convenience, and was not the focus of East Africa’s invitation to this round of World Expo.
The key invited countries are countries in Oceania and South America, which basically coincides with the concept of the southern hemisphere economic system in East Africa.
Even the British colony of Australia is also within the scope of East Africa's invitation. Although Australia is only a colony, Australia is important enough, so East Africa will not be able to ignore Australia.
Of course, at this stage, East Africa definitely has no actual actions against Australia. As long as the British hegemony has not disintegrated, Australia will only be Britain's loyal dog. This can be seen from the current European war. Australia directly Sending troops to help Britain increase its momentum.
The countries that the East African World Expo attaches most importance to are actually South American countries, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Venezuela, etc.
Over the past decade or so, East Africa's exchanges with South American countries have achieved great results. Now, through the East Africa World Expo, they can further strengthen their "trust" in East Africa.
These countries are what East Africa has really planned for a long time. Now South America is the "frontline" for East Africa and the United States to compete for regional voice.
The United States has greatly increased its momentum in South America through the Panama Expo, and East Africa also plans to use the World Expo to let South American countries see that East Africa is a top power that is not inferior to the United States in all aspects.
This is actually a process of "flexing muscles", and then the American countries use the strength of the two countries and the political needs of their own countries to worship the new dock.
As for the original docks, they were naturally Britain and France. Now Britain and France are inseparable in Europe, and the United States and East Africa have begun to poach the corners of Britain, France and Germany.
So at this time, East Africa must fully demonstrate the "advancedness" of East Africa's industry, economy, culture, etc. Only in this way can countries that plan to defect to East Africa be willing to do so.
The negative example is Tsarist Russia. Why are Russia’s “little brothers” so eccentric? It’s not because Russia’s economy is poor and its politics are corrupt. If you become Russia’s “little brother”, you will most likely not have a good life.
(End of this chapter)