The segregation of the South China Tiger's living quarters is really going on very quickly, as Kevin said, as long as there are job opportunities, those people in the slums still cherish it. Especially if there's also a 'castle' beer and barbecue on offer.

Bah, Meidi is very.

Yang Meng was grilling steak there, watching the workers working seriously on the side, and asked Xiao Peng with a puzzled expression: "You say I can't understand, our country has to invest a lot of resources to support Africa every year, and there are still so many poor areas in our country, isn't it good to have this money to support the country? This is going abroad to aid construction and what kind of free aid, and Lei Feng didn't do this, right?"

Xiao Peng gave Yang Meng a roll of his eyes: "So, a person like you will never be a national leader." People are all people with great wisdom! Do you think this support for Africa is a gift of favor? Let me tell you, if it were not for the support for Africa, we would not be able to be so strong in China today!"

Yang Meng was stunned: "What do you mean?

Xiao Peng said: "You must first know what the content of our country's aid to these backward countries is: 1/3 of our country's foreign aid is free aid, 10% is interest-free loans, and more than half is preferential loans. There are various forms such as materials, funds, equipment, engineering, technology, and personnel training. ”

After hearing this, Yang Meng pouted and said, "Isn't this still throwing money?"

Xiao Peng said: "Throwing money? Many countries in the world are engaged in foreign aid, but they all have their own purpose of aid, such as the Stars and Stripes country is the world's largest foreign aid country. The purpose of its aid is usually to manipulate the political, political, and situational situation of the aid-recipient country, but our country is different from the Stars and Stripes country, and our country usually focuses on economic development! When did you see that China has put forward political-political-attached-plus-conditions for aid?"

Yang Meng sprinkled a little seasoning on the beef: "Dude, are you kidding? What kind of economic development are you doing in these poor places? Isn't this money wasted?"

"Have you ever heard of the 'Angolan model'? That is now China's main aid model in Africa. This is also known as the Resource Credit Program. Take Angola as an example, our country lends them a sum of money, what is the use of this money? If they can't pay the money, our country will exploit their resources to pay off their debts. Xiao Peng patiently explained to Yang Meng.

"Our country's engineering, mining, and financial enterprises have entered Angola at the same time, and they can all get a piece of the pie in this project, and this is a superficial benefit, and our country can get more benefits. ”

Yang Meng was completely confused, put the freshly roasted beef on the plate and handed it to Xiao Peng: "What's the matter? This is just a superficial benefit? What else can it be?"

Xiao Peng took a bite of the grilled steak and said: "What is our nickname in China? 'Infrastructure Maniac'! Most of the assistance we provide to Africa is infrastructure construction, such as medical care, railways, ports, power stations, signal stations, and so on. We are the builders of the project, but after the project is built for those backward countries, they can't play it. If we don't have management experience, then what should we do? We have to participate in the operation! Isn't the actual right to use the completed projects in our hands? And mastering such hubs as logistics, transportation, and telecommunications will be of great benefit to our country's economic expansion. ”

Yang Meng slapped his forehead and said: "I understand, where our country's ports are built, our cargo ships will sail to; where our country's railways are built, our goods will be sold; and where our signal stations stand, our country's image will spread!"

Xiao Peng snapped his fingers: "BINGO! Our state-owned enterprises have contracted the project, and they are the general contractor, and then the project is divided into subcontractors with private backgrounds, and the subcontractors will look for equipment suppliers, and they have also driven a large number of laborers to work abroad, and these laborers are overseas, eating and living in the company, and most of the wages they get are sent back to China, which has driven the domestic economic activity, and also solved a considerable part of the domestic employment problems and income. Do you think this is a good thing for our country?"

"Hand me the oil bottle, and if you say so, it's really a great thing for our country to help build Africa like this!" Yang Meng continued to grill the steak, but his hand did not stop.

Xiao Peng said with a smile: "This is not enough, you know, the construction of this infrastructure project is not isolated, for example, we have built a thermal power station for Zimbabwe, and the thermal power needs to burn coal and oil, right? But they don't have the equipment, so what are they going to do? You have to import machinery from us, and you can't just mine it, you have to ship the mined minerals, right? Then they need a whole set of transportation and logistics systems, and they don't have the ability to produce these equipment on their own, so you have to buy it from us. Even if we buy and build all of them, we can't just use them right away, and we still need personnel for operation and management, so should we also do some kind of education and training? Should we also do some medical care? In the end, what do we need to build such a huge system? Where will the funds come from? Then we have to get a loan from our country, right?

"This foreign aid is like this, but it may only be a point, but after this point is built, there will be a demand for a complete set of systems, and our country is the first to enter this country, so the standards and specifications of this system are our final say, right? ”

"In fact, this thing is very normal in the international aspect, for example, in the sixties and seventies, the Japanese used this method to open up the Southeast Asian market. At present, there are not a few countries in the world that spend large sums of money on foreign aid, and in the final analysis, this foreign aid is to find new markets for domestic excess capital, production capacity, and labor. ”

"Taking 10,000 steps back, even if the aid is gratuitous, and there is no additional project content later, we cannot just calculate the economic account and not the political-political account, for the sake of the overall situation. Even the foreign aid before the reform and opening up, which many people criticize now, has far-reaching significance------ if it were not for the foreign aid at that time, how could so many countries in Africa cooperate with us now? Moreover, at that time, our country vigorously supported the anti-colonial-people, which dragged down the footsteps of Western countries. It has created so many opportunities for our country and won time and space for the development of our country. Anyway, all in all, this aid is to build Africa, improve the living standards of the local people, and at the same time allow our country to make great strides in development, so why not do it? Not only should we do it, but we should also make a big difference!"

Yang Meng was stunned when he heard this: "According to what you said, this so-called aid is not charity at all?"

Xiao Peng poured himself a glass of red wine: "Whoever thinks that the so-called aid is real aid, just like Guo Degang said------ 'Whoever believes it is the one whose brain is beaten by the door.'" 'The killer weapon of a strong country against a weak country is not a trade competition, nor is it a technological crush, let alone a military means, just look at the Northern Plastic Surgery Country, the Stars and Stripes Country has imposed various economic sanctions on him, and people are still alive and kicking. And the biggest killer weapon against weak countries is the seemingly lofty aid. ”

"I'll give you an example, I won't say which country, but a certain country has always been very concerned about the development of Mozambique, so once after the two countries came into contact, the big countries proposed a package of projects, including a series of cooperation in mining development, agricultural development, commerce and trade. But Mozambique was a little hesitant when he saw it, because Mozambique had a copper mine, and according to the agreement of the big country, this copper mine had to be granted to them. ”

"But Mozambique itself also has the ability to develop this copper mine, such as public bidding in the world, or inviting some giant companies to come and bid, and if it doesn't work, directly take out loans to develop it itself, all in all, there are countless ways, which can completely refuse the request of the big country, why do you make money?"

"And then the big country came up with a five-year-old loan agreement, and the billions of debts were coming due, and how could Mozambique have the money to pay off the debts that were about to mature? We are a peace-loving country, we care about the development of Mozambique, your cultural and sports undertakings, etc., we are ready to invest N billion yuan in your capital to build a huge stadium for your people, so that your athletes have a place to train, and we are very concerned about third world countries, to help you build schools and roads, by the way, we can also waive part of the loan interest for you. If conditions permit, we can also forgive part of the loan principal!' Finally, Mozambique saw that there was no way, and all these messy projects were in the hands of this big country. ”

"After all the projects are in hand, the big country can proudly say: 'We have helped Mozambique to build a stadium, how many schools, how many infrastructures, how many loans have been forgiven, which fully expresses our friendship with third world countries'. ”

Yang scratched his head: "This word sounds a little familiar。。。。。。 ”

"All the countries in the world that have engaged in aid construction say so, and there is no difference. Xiao Peng said. "It's pretty good in comparison, but it's even more interesting on the Angolan side, another big country, has opened a copper mine over there, and then hundreds of kilometers around it are all copper mines, and they can't eat so many copper mines in one go? They went to Angola to negotiate and expressed their willingness to donate hundreds of millions of dollars in charity and give interest-free interest. ”

Yang Meng was puzzled and asked, "What is this for? Why does it feel like a weasel greeting the New Year to a chicken, and he is not at ease?"