Volume 14 The Smoke of Gunpowder Chapter 2 The Decline of a Great Power
Among the many neighbors of the republic. 【Full text reading】Russia is the most special※
As mentioned earlier, as early as the time of the Chronicles. The republic, for its part, reiterated that it would not settle old scores with Russia. Although in the eyes of many, this was an expedient measure for the republic, after all, at that time, the republic was surrounded by strong enemies. It is also necessary to deal with challenges from the other side of the Pacific Ocean at all times, and cannot create an opponent that cannot be defeated in the short term, so the policy of the authorities of the Republic of China towards Russia is mainly stable, and when they replace the United States, they will naturally attack Russia. But neither the republics nor the Russian authorities could afford to be confused on such a significant issue. After all, a promise cannot be taken seriously, and only a treaty written in black and white is binding. After several years of negotiations, three years later, the Republic and Russia formally signed the Sino-Russian Border Survey Treaty with complete legal efficiency, which formalized the border between the two countries, and in this treaty, Russia returned the other half of the Black Blind Island to the Republic. Subject to this treaty. There is no reason to take the initiative to provoke Russia unless the authorities of the republic are willing to start a war that must have no moral support.
It is this treaty that maintains bilateral relations between the republic and Russia.
In a sense, this inconspicuous treaty allowed two world-class powers capable of destroying human civilization to coexist in peace for decades. It can be said that after the Fourth Indo-Pakistani War, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), jointly initiated by the Republic and Russia, became the cornerstone of relations between the two countries. According to the recollections of former Russian President Putin, who died at the age of a feather, around the time of the regimental year, with the advent of the global Great Depression, serious differences arose between Russia and the Republic on many issues, and even some Russian Federation officials and senior Russian generals advocated drawing closer to the United States and working with the United States to contain the republic, and what prevented Russia from riding the American chariot was precisely the actual relationship between the two sides, that is, in the absence of direct contradictions, Russia had no reason to help the United States deal with the republic. Of course, for the same reason, Russia also has no reason to help the republic against the United States.
In a sense, an independent Russia is a major guarantee of world peace.
According to Putin's recollections, during the Great Depression, Russia's economy was in great trouble, almost to the point where it took a lot of silence to solve the problem.
Although Putin has always insisted that Russia's ability to "prosper" is mainly due to the efforts of the Russian nation and has nothing to do with foreign aid, some relatively objective and impartial Russian historians and economists believe that Russia was able to advance steadily in the Great Depression without reaching the point of collapse, and that maintaining good relations with the republic played a vital role.
In fact, the Russian official game did not deny it.
According to the economic data published by the Russian government in the regimental year to the concave year, until the 2nd year. The republic remains Russia's largest trading partner, Russia's largest exporter, and Russia's largest source of foreign exchange, even in the years of the Force. The renminbi still accounts for a strong share of Russia's foreign exchange, making it the largest foreign exchange held by Russia. In the words of some Russian economists, Russia could not have survived the Great Depression without a major war without the huge market of the republic, as well as the huge demand for raw materials in the republic. Some Russian scholars believe that it was the many wars that the republic waged before the concave stone years that brought Russia's economy back to life. For example, after the Korean Peninsula War, North Korea carried out post-war reconstruction, which not only allowed Russia to export a lot of resources, but also led to the rise in global resource prices. Although Russia did not participate in Japan's post-war reconstruction, and even had little to do with India's post-war reconstruction, every war leads to an increase in resource prices. Thus bringing benefits to Russia.
All in all, Russia took advantage of the republics.
The problem is that this has not improved the relationship between the two countries, but has caused a sharp regression in the relationship.
If we look at the traditional thinking of the Chinese nation, Russia should be grateful to the republic, but if we look at the traditional thinking of Russia, not only will it not thank the republic, but it should also be highly vigilant against the republic. Because a powerful neighbor capable of shaping Russia's fate is definitely Russia's greatest threat.
More importantly, Russia is a nation that expands its confinement state.
In just a few hundred years, Russia has gone from a grand duchy around Moscow to a world-class power that has conquered Eurasia and has the largest land area in the world, and at its peak, it was even on an equal footing with the United States. All of this comes from external expansion. It can be said that from the day it got rid of the Mongols, Russia was expanding externally, and each expansion brought new territories. Even at the beginning of the 2nd century. At the time of the weakest national strength, Russia still did not forget its external expansion, and used a blitzkrieg to eliminate the stubborn enemy in the Caucasus and extinguish the ambitions of the United States.
For such a country, "good neighborliness" is certainly delusional.
Of course. It is impossible for the authorities of the republic not to understand Russia.
In terms of relations between the two countries, the Republic is grateful to Russia first. In the words of Ji Youguo when he visited Moscow in Linian and signed the "Sino-Russian Border Survey Treaty" with the Russian president, without Russia's great help, the republic would not have been able to open its mouth and become the industrialization process that the Western world took decades to complete in just a few years, and had a relatively complete industrial system.
Speaking realistically, although most of the industrial equipment that Russia and the Soviet Union provided to the republic in those years received money, with the international environment at that time, especially the international status of the republic, without Russia's help, even if the authorities of the republic took the money, they would not be able to buy so much industrial equipment from other countries, let alone invite thousands of technical experts to lay the industrial foundation in a few years. You must know that the industrial foundation laid by the Republic after the founding of the People's Republic of China, even after the end of the year, still plays an important role in the modernization of the Republic, and enables the Republic to carry out reforms that change the world in times of great difficulty, so as to become a world power in one fell swoop.
This level of relations makes it impossible for the leaders of the republics not to understand Russia, and it is impossible not to be wary of Russia.
You know, the first honeymoon of the republic with Russia ended in bitter fruit.
Even in the era of the first century and the beginning of the Diao century. The republic and Russia ushered in a second honeymoon period. Neither side got too close, but each took what it needed and used it for the better.
It is precisely in this way that the relationship between the republic and Russia became extremely special after the old years.
On major international issues, the attitude of the Republic and Russia is basically the same, the most representative of which is the Iranian war, which broke out every year. At that time, at a time when the whole world was afraid to take a stand under the threat of the United States, the Republic entered into a secret alliance with Russia, provided military assistance to Iran, helped Iran to soothe the American invasion, and ultimately helped Iran defeat the invaders. But in some small things, the relations between the republic and Russia are not so harmonious. For example, two years after the outbreak of the Iran War, the South China Sea War began. When the Republic sent troops to help Laos fight the invasion of Vietnam and helped the Vietnamese Prime Minister quell a military coup, Russia expressed strong protests that the Republic had grossly interfered in the internal affairs of Southeast Asian countries.
This kind of good and bad relationship just illustrates the fundamental national interests of the republic and Russia.
Before the outbreak of the Great Depression, the impact of the global financial crisis was fading, and Russia once again had the ambition to dominate the world and challenged the United States in the face of all sides. For example, in the knife. At that time, the world's newest strategic nuclear submarine was built, and the Republic was also trying to make progress in the hope of becoming a world power like the United States, so there was a common point of interest. Naturally, they will challenge the United States together, and if there is a conflict of interests, they will go their separate ways.
Of course, this situation did not last a few years, and with the advent of the Great Depression, Russia rapidly declined.
In fact, almost all historians believe. The Great Depression at the end of the century was a major watershed moment in the world. From here, when all the major entities in the world were in decline, only the Republic bucked the trend and became the most powerful country in the world.
This situation lasted until it reached a sharp impact.
In terms of Sino-Russian relations alone, the war in India was definitely not a turning point.
Before the war in India, Russia's policy toward China was a "friendly policy based on containment." That is, in the case of ensuring the relative stability of the basic relationship. Try to curb the rise of the republic and weaken its influence. Because of the lack of national strength and the fact that the main opponent of the republic is the United States, Russia has not forced itself to stand out on some major international issues, especially after the republic has made a tough stance. Russia has not sided with the United States. The most representative was the war in Japan, when the whole world condemned the authorities of the republic, and only Russia remained silent. This policy shows that Russia does not want the emergence of a strong neighbor, especially one with which Russia has a feud. In other words. Russia is inherently wary of the republic. It is believed that the republic will take Russia after it becomes stronger. Because Russia is also a nuclear power. And it is a nuclear power in Group One. Like the United States and the Republic, it has nuclear weapons that are enough to destroy the whole world, so it is in its China policy. Russia is quite emboldened, daring to contend with the authorities of the republic on some issues that have a bearing on the fundamental interests of the state, and also daring to pursue some policies of containing the republic. Of course, from the bottom of its heart, Russia does not have much confidence, especially when the republic has demonstrated its military strength again and again, and the Russian leaders certainly do not have much confidence in the Russian army, so they dare not confront the republic on some issues related to the fundamental national interests of the republic.
This "cowardice." "It was at its peak in the war in India.
Because after the Fourth Indo-Pakistani War in Linian, India-Russia relations came to an end, India became an important ally of the United States, and relations with Russia broke down completely, so during the Indian War, Russia did not express protest, but hoped that the Republic would consider more about the harm caused by the war to civilians.
To a large extent, this attitude of Russia is due to the fact that the Russian authorities have a clear understanding of the strength of the republic and the courage of the republic. On the side of Russia. If the Republic can use Tian Wan's army to defeat a country with a land area of more than 10,000 square kilometers and a population of 100 million people in half a year, it will be able to defeat the much smaller population of Chiros in the same way. What's more
, the country behaved very calmly during the war in India and did not take India's nuclear spider alliance in its eyes. And in due course, destroy India's nuclear arsenal in one fell swoop. It has deprived India of its strategic threat capability. This proves that the republic's national strategic defense system has taken shape and possesses a certain degree of actual combat interception capability, and that the republic's strategic strike capability, especially the strike capability against the enemy's strategic weapons system, has reached an astonishing height, and may even surpass that of the United States.
All in all, the war in India made the Russian authorities realize that the republic was no longer a peaceful neighbor.
Affected by this, after the war in India, Russia quickly adjusted its national policy and began to move closer to the European Union. The idea of creating a "Greater European Union" together with the EU was even released.
Of course, the Russian authorities are ready to do this. It's nothing more than looking for a back.
In Russia's situation at that time, it was too late to improve relations with the republic. More importantly, from the standpoint of the Russian authorities, if they take the initiative to extend an olive branch to the republic, it will only be considered a traitorous act, and thus will be resolutely opposed by the State Duma. After all, the United States is Russia's first opponent after independence, and it can even be said that it is the culprit that led to Russia's decline, even if many scholars have realized that in the unlikely case of becoming a major power, Russia's only way out is to rely on the United States, actively assist the United States in its struggle against the Republic, and strive for the opportunity to dominate the world after the confrontation between the United States and China. The problem is that, in terms of national feelings, there is not a single enlightenment, or an opportunity for the people to see it. Russia is unlikely to turn to the United States. The rest. The only way to do our best to protect Russia's global interests is to work with the European Union, which is also in the second bloc.
In fact, the union of Russia and the EU has yielded results, and significant ones.
In a sense, the London Treaty. In this way, instead of a hegemonic treaty signed exactly as envisaged by the Republic and the United States, which became a hegemonic treaty between the two major powers to suppress potential adversaries, it was closely related to the Russian-European alliance.
The question is. The EU has not even handled its own affairs well, how can it be possible to form a "great European Union" with Russia. ”
More importantly, the EU's key problem is the lack of a core country that can play a leading role, forcing France, Germany, and Italy to unite in the integration process, if Russia is involved. The result will inevitably be a dominance and marginalization of France, Germany and Italy. There is no doubt that such an outcome is certainly something that France, Germany and Italy do not want to see. Therefore, in the "Great European Union." Above. Neither France, Germany nor Italy was enthusiastic enough. Because the EU was originally an economic integration organization, the economies of the EU member states were already closely linked when political integration was discussed, so if France, Germany and Italy would not admit Russia, most of the other member states would not accept Russia.
All in all, the Russian-European alliance is also not going to work.
Exactly, here it is. Around the end of the year, Russia once again began to talk about the "trend of independence." ”
In any case, by this time, the global economy has picked up, and Russia's huge investment in infrastructure and scientific research has also begun to show returns, such as composite batteries with independent intellectual property rights, and controllable fusion nuclear power plants based on normal temperature conductivity technology, which have made Russia's economic development a transformation must be recognized that Russia is the country with the strongest basic conditions in the world, as long as the internal problems are solved, Russia is entirely likely to become a major power. The problem is that in the good years, Russia did not solve all its internal problems, such as the most serious one, that is, the problem of population aging, which is the same as that of the republics
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As a result, Russia's economic development was not smooth during the arrival period.
Suffice it to say, this is a very serious problem. You know, in the past years, even the Republic and the United States have seized every opportunity to promote economic development, and even introduced many stimulus policies. Let the economy grow in a less healthy way, that is, at an excessively fast rate.
In doing so, the first is to prepare for war. The second is to make up for the shortcomings of the Great Depression. All in all. In the context of the global economy is growing by leaps. Russia's economy, on the other hand, is going to die, and naturally nothing good will come of it.
In the second half of the century, Russia's good days came to an end as economic problems accumulated into crises again.
Strictly speaking, whether it is a domestic contradiction or an international contradiction, in the final analysis, it is mostly caused by the economy. In the words of an American philosopher. If there is no year of global financial turmoil. Republics and other countries will not be cornered. There would have been no Great Depression and great changes.
The same is true for Russia.
Only in the event of an economic downturn will the Russian authorities try to divert their domestic contradictions to the outside world.
It is precisely in this way that in the past years, Russia will brazenly send troops to Kazakhstan. In fact, according to Al Jazeera's report at the time, the military coup in Kazakhstan was not unrelated to Russia's intelligence agencies, and was a Russian-directed conspiracy from the beginning.
At this point, the friendly relations between the republic and Russia can be considered to have come to an end. If you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the muscle chapter for more, support the author, and support genuine reading!