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There is a drinking party like this in the capital. How can we hold a few events in a day, but how many powerful people can be invited depends on how big each person's face is, just like these leaders of various ministries and commissions of the State Council, it does not mean that they have time to come and join in the fun at any time.

People from the political and business circles get together, and what they talk about is nothing more than the word power and money, but fortunately, everyone's status is about the same, and the level is high enough, and they won't feel anything uneasy when they get together.

Fan Wuxian got the latest data report provided by his subordinates, which was about the specific figures of Japan's economic aid to Mongolia.

According to the Japanese, Japan has been Mongolia's largest foreign aid country for eight consecutive years since 1991. With the help of a large amount of government development assistance, Japan has been able to promote the development of Japan-Mongolia relations, and the Mongolian people have become increasingly close to Japan.

According to a survey conducted by the Japanese Embassy in Mongolia, more than 70% of Mongolians feel close to Japan. These phenomena show that Japan, which was at war with Mongolia in the past, is now becoming one of the friendliest countries in Mongolia.

According to another piece of information obtained by Fan Wuji, the aid provided by Japan and the United States to Mongolia has always been loud and rainy, which seems to be a lot, but the actual assistance is very pitiful. After signing a military agreement with Mongolia, the United States agreed to provide Mongolia with hundreds of millions of dollars in loans and free aid, and the actual funds in place for several years were only $6 million, and they were also earmarked to promote Mongolia's transformation process, and the follow-up funds have still not been approved by Congress.

Since 1994, Japan has pledged to Mongolia more than $600 million in loans and non-reimbursable aid, but as of last year only a little more than $10 million has actually been disbursed.

As a matter of fact, since 1992, China and Germany have provided the most aid to Mongolia, with China accounting for more than half of the funds actually in place, and the funds provided by Germany are mainly used for environmental protection, and China's funds are mainly used for basic expenditures such as grain purchases, urban construction, and road construction, and some of the aid is not in the form of money, but in the form of labor services or construction aid.

It is worth pondering that most of these aid projects provided by China were part of China's aid to Mongolia in the 60s, and since the breakdown of Sino-Mongolian relations in 1967 and the Chinese side stopped providing aid, more than 30 years have passed, and the Mongolian side has never tried to complete these projects with its own strength.

However, there is also a big problem in this, that is, the image of the Chinese who provide more aid in the eyes of the Mongolian people is very bad, and the reason for this is that the main way that Japan has succeeded in changing its image in Mongolia is to increase investment in culture and education in addition to economic aid. Because they know very well that only cultural penetration can have a profound impact on the hearts and minds of the Mongolian people.

The Japanese Government is gradually shifting the focus of its assistance from the economic aspect to the field of cultural and ideological exchanges, and the construction of the Mongolian-Japanese Cultural Center, which is funded by the Japanese Government, has begun at the National University of Mongolia.

At the same time, the Japanese government's investment in education has also begun to shift from Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, to pastoral areas, especially in poor provinces and counties, including the renovation and expansion of primary and secondary schools, kindergartens and medical clinics, financial assistance for the disabled, donation of computers and color televisions to schools, provision of generators and transformers for the grassroots, and renewal of water pipelines and sewage purification systems.

In addition to government assistance, Japanese non-governmental organizations are also actively engaged in cultural and educational assistance activities in Mongolia, such as the establishment of radio shortwave centers in Ulaanbaatar and Gobi Altaisheng Muren City, and the provision of teaching equipment worth tens of thousands of dollars to rural schools in the Gobi Province in South Gobi.

In addition, the largest number of foreign tourists visit Mongolia every year, with an average of more than 10,000 people. In addition, since 1991, when the Mongolian and Japanese governments signed an agreement on Japan's dispatch of volunteer groups to work in Mongolia, several thousand young Japanese volunteers have gone to Mongolia's urban and rural areas to engage in teaching work, and at the same time to teach Mongolia Japan's cultural traditions and values, so as to expand their influence.

Today, Japan's economic assistance and cultural penetration into Mongolia over the years have gradually borne fruit. In Mongolia, everyone from the national leadership to the general public is grateful to Japan. In return, at the request of the Japanese government, the Mongolian government actually agreed to build a monument to Mongolian Japanese prisoners of war in the southern suburbs of Ulaanbaatar.

What is particularly striking is that the mainstream media in Mongolia often list Japan as one of the most friendly countries to Mongolia, but do not mention China, and even more, in a children's program on Mongolian national television, when the host asked which countries are neighbors, the naïve children actually said that the United States, Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Russia, etc., when they answered again under the host's repeated reminders, they said that there was also "Huzha" ( This is the contemptuous name of the Mongols for China in history, similar to the Japanese calling China "**", The Chinese call the Mongols "Tatars" the same way. ）

Compared with Japan, China cannot but acknowledge the gap in its work with Mongolia. The main reason for this is that China lacks the soft power influence, ideological charisma and value appeal that a great power should have, in other words, it does not have the ability to make other people do what you want them to do, which is to attract and persuade others, at least so far, China has not had such an institution as a cultural center in Mongolia.

Although China has become Mongolia's largest investor and largest trading partner, and China's political influence on Mongolia has been increasing year by year, this has not completely eliminated the wariness of some Mongolians against China, who always fear that China will annex Mongolia sooner or later, and consider Chinese investment in Mongolia to plunder its resources.

A significant number of Mongolians still have a mixed mentality about China, envious and fearful of their fast-growing southern neighbor, both interactive and guarded, and worried about being controlled by economic overdependence on China. In the middle and lower classes of Mongolia, although the common people are generally inseparable from China's high-quality and low-end daily necessities. However, many people oppose the long-term exploitation of large mines by Chinese in Mongolia, and even Chinese-funded enterprises in Mongolia are often attacked and harassed in an unknown manner.

Generally speaking, it is because of some problems in China's foreign policy that it has not formed the cultural and economic aggression of a wolf in sheep's clothing like Japan.

Fan Wuxi was frowning here and looking at the information, and some people next to him noticed it, thinking in their hearts what actually made Fan Wuxi so unhappy? There are really not many things that can make him frown.

The director of the Political Research Office of the State Council came over and asked why Fan was unhappy?

Fan Wuxian didn't hide anything, and handed him a stack of statements to read, "I just made some investment in Mongolia, and the Japanese can't sit still, and they are preparing to make trouble for me." ”

The director of the Political Research Office of the State Council glanced at the report twice, and said to Fan Wuxian, "This is also very normal, Mongolia is located in the hinterland of Asia, with a large area and a small population, and is one of the poorest and most isolated countries in the world. Mongolia used to be part of the Soviet sphere of influence and was a little brother for seventy years. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Mongolia stepped onto the world stage and became the object of a great power game. In recent years. The United States and Japan have vigorously courted Mongolia in order to take advantage of Mongolia's special geographical location to build a strategic encirclement of China and Russia. ”

One of the purposes of the United States in wooing Mongolia is to promote a global strategy. The United States believes that Mongolia has become a leading country after reform, so it regards Mongolia as a model for carrying out color revolutions in Central Asia, and also regards Mongolia as a kind of pressure to promote the implementation of China and Russia.

The main purpose of the United States in wooing Mongolia is to contain China and Russia and build a strategic encirclement of China and Russia. In order to dominate the world, the United States has stepped up its deployment in Europe and Central Asia. Squeeze Russia's strategic space, and also deploy in Asia and the Pacific to contain China. Therefore, the United States attaches great importance to Mongolia's special geographical location close to China and Russia, and strives to make Mongolia a pro-Western country and include Mongolia in its strategic network. The United States is trying to link Mongolia with the encirclement against Russia that the United States has built in Central and Eastern Europe, Turkey, Ukraine, Georgia, and other places, and it is also trying to link Mongolia with the blockade chain against China established by the United States in Japan, South Korea, Okinawa, Taiwan, the Philippines, and other places, so as to achieve the goal of containing China and Russia.

At this time, Director He of the Political Research Office had already finished reading the information that Fan Wuxian had brought over, so he said to him, "The reason why Japan is wooing Mongolia is not only because of Mongolia's mineral resources, but also because of political factors. At present, Japan is competing with China, Russia, South Korea, and the DPRK on political, historical, and territorial issues, which has led to tensions in relations. To this end, Japan has sought to ease its diplomatic isolation by co-opting Mongolia, which has little conflict of interest with it. The second is that Japan is on high alert against China and is also deeply concerned about the territorial dispute between Russia and Japan. Japan has formed an alliance with the United States to establish a Japan-US security system, and the spearhead is aimed at both China and Russia. In the past, the Japanese warlords concocted "Tanaka Sonata Fold" clamoring that if you want to conquer Asia, you must first conquer China, and if you want to conquer China, you must first conquer Manchu and Mongolia. At present, Japan's right-wing wing is again colluding with the United States to actively win over Mongolia, and its potential purpose is to draw Mongolia into the Japan-US security system and contain China and Russia. Now that you have moved their cake, it is natural that some people will be dissatisfied, and the Mitsui chaebol is not so easy to deal with. ”

Fan Wuxian waved his hand and said, "It's difficult to deal with, it's not that I haven't had conflicts with them before, but now I have a conflict with them at home, is it more difficult than abusing them in Japan?" ”

"That might be." Director He smiled, "No one in Japan can restrain you, so you can naturally let it go." But on the Mongolian side, all aspects of the impact need to be taken into account. It doesn't have to be so freewheeling. ”

Fan Wuxian scratched his head, thinking that Director He's words may not be unreasonable, once anything is involved diplomatically, it will become very troublesome, fortunately, the company he registered is overseas, how much can he reduce the pressure on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but who doesn't know that his nest is in China?

"Actually, if you want to deal with this matter better, you still have to get the Mongolian pulse right." Director He said to Fan Wuxian.

"Please also ask Uncle He for more advice." Fan Wuxian said very politely.

He suddenly found that the political research office is not a dry meal, at least they are studying the international situation all day long, providing decision-making basis for the government to formulate various policies, although it cannot be said that it is correct at all times, but for the grasp of the international situation, it is obviously a step ahead, although he has a professional analysis team in international finance, but when it comes to the political level, it is a little worse.

"The main reason why Mongolia is close to the United States and Japan is to win foreign aid and go to the world, and Mongolia wants to rely on the United States and Japan to enhance its international status and obtain as many economic benefits as possible. In addition, over the years, Mongolia has been politically Western**, economically transitioning to a market economy, and culturally has also been greatly Westernized. As a result, Mongolia's traditional culture has been impacted, and a pro-Western trend has emerged in society, with many people getting close to the West and having a favorable impression of Europeans and Americans, and young people especially like the United States. It can be said that Mongolia is one of the most westernized countries in Asia. Director He said to Fan Wuji, "Mongolia used to be controlled by the Soviet Union for a long time, and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it was abandoned by Russia again, which led to a significant reduction in Russian aid to Mongolia and a drop in bilateral trade volume by eighty percent. Reflecting on the lessons of history, Mongolia has come to the conclusion that in the future it must not pin all its hopes on Russia. Mongolia is also wary of China, because Mongolia was historically a part of China, and although it later became an independent state, it was always worried that China might annex Mongolia in the future. In the face of China's rapid economic development, Mongolia also has a complex mentality, on the one hand, it hopes to take the economic express train to revitalize Mongolia's economy, and on the other hand, it does not want to rely too much on China. It is precisely because of its wariness of China and Russia that Mongolia strives to practice balanced diplomacy and develop relations with the United States and Japan. ”

"Balanced diplomacy." Fan Wuxi seems to have caught some shining point.

Now the Mitsui chaebol began to use their influence in the Mongolian government to try to prevent themselves from opening mines in Mongolia, but because they were worried that the road channel could not be opened, they did not dare to rashly enter the Mongolian mineral resources market, which led to them could only drag their feet, but could not take over the business of Fan's Investment Group, because they did not dare to make this heavy bet, once the international situation changes, China and Russia will pinch the north and south, and any resources of Mongolia will not be able to be shipped, and they cannot take this huge risk to invest.

However, Mongolia's foreign economic policy is now open, so they will not be able to stop it for long.

In this case, it is still necessary to engage in balance, and Fan Wuxi suddenly has a solution.

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