Ambassador Tian is an old diplomat, the first batch of college students after the resumption of the Foreign Affairs University, at that time, he was really the elite of the absolute elite, and the top seeds selected in the national college entrance examination.

After graduating, he started as a second secretary, and in the 80s, he worked as a counselor and ambassador in Romania for four years.

Well, the place that came out of Romania in the 80s can be imagined to have a much more sober influence on Hu Wenhai than most people.

The NE-MART mall has just opened the Soviet market, and a large number of goods are on the Romanian route. Large quantities of Chinese goods landed from the port of Constanta, and then supplied the entire Eastern European socialist camp in a steady stream.

The Chinese Embassy in Romania must know how much energy, capital and material scale there is.

By the collapse of the Soviet Union in the nineties, China established diplomatic relations with the former Soviet Union member states, and a large number of diplomats from the socialist camp were promoted. Ambassador Tian seized this opportunity, coupled with some internal operations, and decisively won the position of ambassador of Kazakhstan.

As an important advocate for the development of the Kazakhstan market, it can be said that a large part of how much Ambassador Tian can achieve in the future depends on whether Hu Wenhai's plan can be smoothly promoted.

It is no secret that Hu Wenhai has been coveting the road from Kazakhstan to Ukraine for a long time. Even he has a KGB wife in Ukraine, which has become a joke in the mouths of some high-level people.

The benefits of opening up the passage from China to Ukraine and from Ukraine to Europe are too great.

In fact, Hu Wenhai did not really convince Ambassador Tian, because Ambassador Tian had already convinced himself a long time ago.

The importance of Kazakhstan's strategic relations is the international lifeline of China in 20 years.

In the long run, cooperation between Kazakhstan and China will benefit both sides and divide will do two harms. However, the realities in front of Kazakhstan do not allow them to choose this win-win route.

Abishevich's possible move of Kazakhstan's capital from Almaty to Akmola is based on the need for a realistic relationship with Russia. Sixty percent of the population of the newly independent Kazakhstan is ethnic Russian, and if the question of belonging to this group is not properly addressed, Kazakhstan will be much larger on the map than Crimea.

The move of the capital to Akmola, later known as the city of Astana, was Abishevich's gesture towards the ethnic Russian population.

Unlike Almaty, which is close to China and is located in the south, Akmola is located in the north of Kazakhstan. Not only is the climate cold and the economy backward, but even the buildings that the capital needs to provide are not enough. Its only advantage is that it is able to break away from the influence of ethnic Kazakhs and show an equal attitude towards ethnic Russians.

Although Tian Peiwei has no knowledge of this history, as the Chinese ambassador to Kazakhstan, he must have mastered the internal situation in Kazakhstan. When Hu Wenhai raised the question of appeasing ethnic Russians, the political cost of moving the capital did not seem unacceptable.

"If Abisevic intends to move the capital, then he will need a lot of capital, labor and supplies. It is necessary to appease the frustration of the Kazakh ethnic group, and it is necessary to elevate the status of the Russian ethnic group in Kazakhstan. ”

Tian Peiwei quickly used his professional ability to carry out a series of analysis: "If we can provide the resources needed to move the capital, it will definitely have a huge effect on China-Kazakhstan relations." ”

"A capital city, if our engineering unit undertakes to build it. In a year or two, maybe without investing too much money, Abyshevic can build a capital from scratch......"

With Shenzhen's speed as the foundation, coupled with Hu Wenhai's tossing and turning of the Bohai Economic Belt in recent years, the development of the Yangtze River Delta has not been affected by the price reform, and the whole of China has entered the era of large construction sites ahead of schedule. Although the degree of mechanization is certainly not as good as that of developed countries, the speed in the crowd mode is not weak at all.

"Nope. Before he could finish speaking, Hu Wenhai waved his hand to interrupt Tian Peiwei's words, shook his head and said: "We do not support Kazakhstan's relocation of the capital, no matter how much political benefits we gain from moving the capital of Abishevich, we will not lose much." ”

"Losses?"

Tian Peiwei was a little stunned, and he didn't know why: "We don't have any political interests in Kazakhstan at the moment!"

It has only been less than a year since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Kazakhstan, and Tian Peiwei is not even familiar with the head of Kazakhstan's diplomatic system, let alone what political interests will be involved.

"The distance between Almaty and China is the greatest political interest. Hu Wenhai shook his head and said sharply: "If Abishevich succeeds in moving the capital, it is true that he can appease the Russian ethnic group in the country." However, from now on, Kazakhstan will only have the life of a small Russian follower. As soon as Kazakhstan completely falls to Russia, then it loses its qualification to act as a reliable route to Central Europe. ”

"Our plan for the Eurasian Land Bridge in the middle section was stillborn before it even began. ”

Tian Peiwei frowned tightly, and went through Hu Wenhai's words in his heart. Almaty is located in the southeastern corner of Kazakhstan, and the distance from China can be said to be quite close. In the Soviet era, of course, China did not have to think about what influence in Almaty, but time has changed, and as long as Almaty is still the capital of Kazakhstan after Su Dongpo, China's influence will inevitably increase day by day.

And if the capital of Kazakhstan is moved to Akmola, it will put the political center in the encirclement of ethnic Russians. It is so easy for Russia to influence Kazakhstan's politics, so how can it allow Kazakhstan to develop a medium-term corridor that competes with the northern front?

As long as someone wakes up these questions, Tian Peiwei is still easy to figure out. After a while, he sorted out the powerful relationship and had a general understanding of Hu Wenhai's considerations.

Kazakhstan's work is destined to be difficult to do.

In the past, his work plan was nothing more than to win a good political impression of China from the top level of Kazakhstan and win over the political and business relations between the two sides.

However, through Hu Wenhai's analysis, the level of the whole situation has been raised by more than one level, and the complexity has become deeper, showing an increase in geometric progression.

Shevron is now the second-largest oil company in the United States, and Tian Peiwei, who can be the ambassador, knows what the situation is like in the United States. Today, Shevron is the only investor in the oil fields of western Kazakhstan, and the face of the American world hegemon is ten.

The handling of ethnic Russians in Kazakhstan will certainly involve Russia's political interference and, more importantly, the strategic relations between Kazakhstan and Russia.

In addition, China hopes to build Kazakhstan into a mid-section corridor to Europe, and Kazakhstan, which has just become independent, is afraid that it will be necessary to stage a "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

The United States, Russia, China, and Kazakhstan are at least seven or eight political forces involved. If you want to dance on eight eggs, can you not test your skills in foreign affairs? However, this kind of technical operation of picking the fire and maintaining balance is what China's foreign affairs system has lacked in the past few decades.

"Such a complicated situation...... Tian Peiwei was a little numb: "Are there any instructions in China?"

"What instructions can be given domestically?"

Hu Wenhai was an old god, and waved his hand: "We can't handle this matter from the official." Now the Americans are the hegemon of the world, and there is no Soviet Union to shelter us from the wind and rain. If the authorities come forward to push for this, do you think the Americans will react? Then nothing can be done!"

Tian Peiwei nodded subconsciously and stood up to the Soviet Union, and the Americans are now swelling greatly. On the earth, whoever is not pleasing to the eye will be cleaned up, and there is no country that is not frightened in the past with a look.

If the Americans realize that China is pursuing interests in Kazakhstan and give a little thumb to it, Kazakhstan will completely close the possibility of cooperation with China.

At present, all the actions of the Chinese side in Kazakhstan, whether on the surface or in reality, from the establishment to the salary, are the work of the new branch, and everything is just a commercial activity of a multinational company.

Even so, it is necessary to be cautious, and of course there are no domestic instructions.

"Well, though, there's no absolute. Hu Wenhai saw that Tian Peiwei's face was a little ugly, so he had to reveal some inside information a little: "Fu Zhihuan will take up the post of Minister of Railways after October, and even if the diplomatic system does not come forward, we can still get the support of the railways." ”

"And the problem of Kazakhstan is, in the final analysis, the problem of the railway. ”

Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country, and its territory shows a clear east-west trend. Of course, it had railway construction in the Soviet era, but the railway route of the entire Kazakhstan showed a north-south direction, like a sharp claw stretched out from the Russian railway system, holding Kazakhstan tightly in its hands.

It is unbelievable that there is no railway in the huge Kazakhstan that can run from east to west. Historically, Kazakhstan's project of using Soviet-era railways to completely connect the east and west of the country was completed with the help of China.

Hu Wenhai attaches so much importance to Kazakhstan that he does not expect to obtain any high-tech technology in this country, nor does he have any precious minerals to obtain, let alone human resources. Only the prospect of the oil industry is attractive, but it is also overshadowed by the Eurasian railway artery that runs Kazakhstan from east to west.

"All our work has only one purpose, and that is to convince Abishevich to accept such a railway project from Almaty, Kazakhstan, to Kyiv, Ukraine. ”