Chapter 470: The Biggest Winner
Before the war, British Canada had a population of less than 5 million, but with its basic conditions, even 20 million, or even 30 million people were not difficult to feed, but the south was next to the United States, which had better conditions in all aspects, and most of the immigrants who came to North America were diverted away, and Canada could only get a little scraps, so the population has always been only a dozen of the United States. It is precisely because of www.biquge.info serious shortage of population that it has been difficult for British Canada's industry to develop, so it can only rely on selling resources to make a living.
But now the situation is different, British Canada not only has more than 7 million more people at one time, but after the Three Kingdoms War, the British Canadian government was pleasantly surprised to find that it has a superior place in the eyes of immigrants over the United States, that is, security......
Although China and the United States have shaken hands and made peace, everyone can see that the United States is not convinced, and the unresolved issue of Mexico has also hindered the complete reconciliation between the two countries.
In contrast, although Britain's relations with China have deteriorated a lot in recent years, the old Chamberlain has a good grasp of the scale, and the hostility between the two countries has always remained at the level of trade and diplomacy, and the British government has never touched the scale of China's Momen -- the platinum and chrome mines in South Africa, the iron blocks in western Australia, and the oil fields in the Persian Gulf are still under the control of Chinese companies (but the tax rates have been increased), just as the Chinese government has never increased its troops on the Sino-Indian border to stimulate Britain, both sides have scruples. The likelihood of a fight was low, so British Canada was naturally far safer than the United States to the south.
Realizing this, Chamberlain Sr. deliberately took advantage of it, and since then he has been more and more high-profile advocates of Sino-British friendship, and even lifted the ban on the export of Chinese goods (Note 1) in order to make Canada better attract European immigrants, and the population of British Canada has grown rapidly, and its localization process has also accelerated, becoming the largest growth point of the British economy and industry.
In addition to Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and even India have gradually established a large number of primary industrial sectors under the strong promotion of Chamberlain, such as non-ferrous metallurgy in South Africa, wool spinning in Australia and New Zealand, steel and cotton spinning in India, etc., while Britain has concentrated on the development of high-end industries, thus tapping greater development potential. Moreover, it must be noted that the high-end industries promoted by Britain with solid foundations and strong financial resources formed a direct competition with Germany, causing the German economy, which had just lived a good life during the Three Kingdoms War, to fall into trouble again......
Although strictly speaking, the average quality of German industrial products is still slightly better than that of British goods, but after the gap is small to a certain extent, the advantage of Britain dominating the discourse of the Western world is highlighted, under the deliberate guidance of the British media, the quality of German products is said to be "low cost performance", coupled with the development of Swiss industry in this time and space beyond imagination (after the United States is no longer safe, a large amount of international capital poured into this permanent industrial country, It has rapidly grown into the world's leading precision machinery industry, which was originally one of the two most competitive sectors of German industry. The level of its precision machinery industry has surpassed that of Germany, and under the squeeze at both ends, the life of German enterprises is naturally very sad, and it can still sit in the first position in the world in the field of chemical industry.
In 1910, if the British Empire also included the colonies, the total industrial output value had reached almost a quarter of the world's total, while the proportion of the United States fell rapidly to 18% after the de-capacity, as for Germany, it was a little lower than the United States, and it was completely powerless to challenge Britain, and the gap between it and Britain continued to widen. Therefore, Germany can only put away its minions, as Bismarck did before he stepped down, pretend to be cute to the British, and put on a harmless appearance......
The British Empire has regained its position as the undisputed leader of the Western world, but the old empire has not been able to fully regain its former glory, because an even older great nation has been revived in the Far East, and she has only made a general mobilization with only half the strength (until the end of the war, China did not mobilize). And the terrible performance of defeating the two great powers declared their incomparably strong, world hegemon? Hehe, if you don't count China, Britain does have this qualification......
Although Britain profited handsomely from the Three Kingdoms War, the situation was almost one-sided and the biggest winner would always be the victorious country. Through the Treaties of Portsmouth and London, the territory of the Chinese Republic more than doubled, and although most of these lands were of poor quality, the vast area of nearly 20 million square kilometers was placed there, and the mineral resources buried in the ground alone were enough to make Li Hui happy.
Moreover, even if the proportion of agricultural land is small, there can be at least several million square kilometers of arable land and pasture, and with the farming expertise of the Chinese, the development potential should not be underestimated. After seizing the entire territory of the United States and Russia on the Pacific coast, no country in the Pacific waters can compete with Chinese fishermen, no matter how large the Chinese population is, most of the Pacific Ocean's catch is enough to meet a considerable part of the demand for animal food.
In addition, the value of those primeval forests can not be ignored, although the forest coverage rate has soared, the price of domestic timber will have plummeted, and the situation of indiscriminate deforestation will naturally be greatly reduced, which is undoubtedly of great help to China's environmental protection work that has been started for a long time, which is also a big gain.
In addition to the land, the government of the Chinese Republic also extorted more than 1,000 tons of precious metals from the United States and Tsarist Russia through the so-called "ransom", which also has obvious and huge benefits for China's future development.
Note 1: Although high tariffs are inevitable, it is better than not being allowed to sell at all, anyway, most of China's export goods are seller's market, no matter how expensive it is, it will only affect sales, not to mention that there is a smuggling road, it should be known that after the ban is lifted, the conviction of smugglers is not as heavy as before.