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Chapter 671 Dancing on the Tightrope

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    Although the European and American imperialists have improved their relations with China in some aspects because they were worried that an overly tough policy toward China would cause the Republic of China government to fall to the socialist Soviet Union, the nature of their plunder and aggression will not change.  of.  The main body of its trade with China is still plundering raw materials, dumping goods, and continuing to squeeze the living space of China's national bourgeoisie and state-owned capital.

    Its approach, on the one hand, is to continue to maintain restrictions on the development of China's industrial capabilities, especially heavy industry - the blockade of advanced technology; on the other hand, it is to use the existing fact of controlling the vast majority of China's customs to adjust tariffs  And buy low and sell high to earn monopoly profits.

    They have made a lot of money in China, but they still want to continue to control China.  Among them, the United Kingdom occupies a major position in foreign investment, the United States is likely to catch up from behind, and Japan has strengthened its economic control in Northeast China and gradually penetrated into North China.

    In order to limit China's military power, in the summer of 1924, the United States, Britain and Japan unanimously adopted the policy of continuing the arms embargo against China. This was considering that the Feng clique had overwhelming power and unification of the country was imminent.

    ¡°In the past, they could influence China¡¯s political situation by supporting local factions, but now they have to consider how to control China¡¯s lifeline in the post-Beiyang era.  Their unanimous conclusion is to limit China's armaments in order to degrade China's weapons.

    In this way, even if Zhang Zuolin's government finally unified China, it would not have enough power to change the current military situation of being strong on the outside and weak on the inside.  This is also another important reason for Zhang Hanqing's visit to the Soviet Union - to obtain military assistance from the Soviet Union for continued development.

    Although the Soviet Union has become an important economic mutual aid and trading partner of China and has received a lot of military support from it, Zhang Hanqing does not think that continuing this situation is a good thing:

    The national strategy and foreign policy he set to balance the north and the west were well thought out. Even in the current state where the British and American powers are wary of China, it would be very unwise to fall one-sidedly into the arms of the Soviet Union - the Soviet Union was far away at this time.  It was not as powerful as when New China was founded later, and China did not reach the severely unfavorable international environment of being surrounded by imperialism in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

    Whether he can take advantage of the contradictions between imperialist countries and break them down one by one to maximize China's interests is a test for this young marshal.  You know, the foreign policy of Zhang Zuolin's government is now completely based on Zhang Hanqing's suggestions.

    In modern times, there are not many big countries that can influence the world structure.  As an old imperialist country, Britain first destroyed the Spanish "Invincible Fleet" in 1588, then defeated the Netherlands, known as the "Sea Coachman", and finally defeated France in the Seven Years' War in the late 18th century and became the world's leading power.  The overlord has been around for hundreds of years.

    The United States, on the other hand, has accumulated a lot of experience and used its strong industrial power to make the great powers dare not underestimate it, although it mainly implements a conservative line at this stage.

    Needless to say, Japan, while France focuses its main energy on striving to become the first army power in Europe after World War I, and has less influence in China.

    ¡°The only country that can play a positive role in China¡¯s foreign exchanges is Germany, and the relationship between Germany and China has always been good throughout history.  The important thing is that at this time, Germany was in a painful period of political suppression, economic constraints, and extreme military restrictions.

    Because of its status as a defeated country, Germany has been isolated from the world political stage for a long time.  The initiator and main promoter was France.

    To understand the origin of the dispute between Germany and France, we must first explain the relationship between Germany and France in terms of geographical location: France and Germany are neighboring countries, with France bordering the Mediterranean Sea on the inside and the Atlantic Ocean on the outside.  Germany is basically a landlocked country and does not have a port with a suitable geographical location. The Germans¡¯ demand for ports can be seen from their ¡°assisted pursuit¡± of Jiaozhou Bay;

    The famous mineral resources in Alsace, Lorraine and other places in France where the two countries border are also one of the reasons why the two countries are constantly competing geographically;

    After the 15th and 16th centuries, France and Germany were the two major powers on the European continent (not counting Tsarist Russia) that were evenly matched in terms of overall strength. Both countries were a thorn in each other's side in dominating the European continent. In the small land of the European continent and the Western European continent,  The competition is inevitable.

    From the time when Napoleon swept across Europe, the two countries formed a rift. When the Germans became stronger and provoked the French at the Battle of Sedan, the French shamefully cut off Alsace and Lorraine and paid money to settle the dispute.  The two countries officially formed a feud.

    After more than ten or twenty years, Germany experienced the second industrial revolution and its strength increased greatly, second only to the United States.  As a result, the Germans' ambitions increased, and of course they started attacking France. This led to the First World War between the Allied Powers (Britain, France, and Russia) and the Central Powers (Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary).

    &nbsGermany has reached the highest level of all-round exchanges with complete mutual trust between the two sides, so that China can free itself from the technological and military blockade created by the United States, Britain and Japan, stand up as soon as possible, and thus change the military, political, economic,  Diplomatic weakness.

    Of course, as the scale of such exchanges expands, it is impossible not to attract the attention of the great powers - the vested interests in China will naturally do everything possible to obstruct this process. This policy of China will be as dangerous as dancing on a tightrope.

    But when talking about this decision, Zhang Hanqing said categorically: "No matter whether there is an abyss or a thunder array ahead, I will move forward without looking back." (Remember this website address: www.hlnovel.com
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