Chapter 831: International Chaos
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In the end, after China and the United States first negotiated the terms, the Australian government reluctantly agreed to the independence of the two places, and suddenly lost nearly one-third of the vast land, which is not a small loss. At the beginning, the Australian government wanted to give autonomy only to the two places, but the US secret envoy sneered after hearing this, and said the biggest danger, "If you want to give autonomy, you must first recognize their citizenship, and the autonomous region can also get the right to freely import immigrants, aren't you afraid that the whole of Australia will be occupied by Asians?" The Australian government immediately accepted the draft agreed upon by China and the United States in its entirety
After the two countries gained independence, they also attracted immigrants, and at least more conveniently than before, and China, which was closer and more populous, naturally became the main source country, and the proportion of Japanese people who used to make up the vast majority of the population of the two countries gradually fell to second place, which will undoubtedly help China to obtain uranium and iron-rich ore in both countries, but this is of course a later story.
In addition to these three local wars, there were also several major events in international politics, the most influential of which was the death of Stalin. Although Roosevelt benefited from the same traditional Chinese regimen, Stalin was clearly under more mental stress during World War II, so he lived less than a year longer than in history, which is not as good as Roosevelt.
And, as in history, as in history, as soon as Stalin died, many of his policies, especially national policy, were overturned, leaving a hidden danger for the future of the Soviet Union. And after Khrushchev basically sat in his position. The "secret report" incident was still carried out, which caused an uproar throughout the world and a heavy blow to the international communist movement. However, because of the early rise of China in this time and space, the Red elements of various countries no longer regard the Soviet Union as the only center, so their influence is still smaller than in history.
Because of its traditional foreign policy of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries, although the Chinese Red Party criticized the short-sighted approach of the bald people, it did not really do anything to the Soviet Union, but the deterioration of relations between the two countries was inevitable.
Khrushchev's changes in economic and foreign policy also displeased China's leaders, and perhaps his actions were indeed aimed at improving the lives of the Soviet people, but the Soviet Union's compromise with the West put China under much pressure. This is a no-brainer. Because at this time, there is still a big gap between China and the United States. In the case of the shrinking of eggs in the Soviet Union, even the hard-headed Taizu had to temporarily "be a man with his tail between his legs"
However, as Taizu expected. Khrushchev's compromise and concession not only did not win the favor of the Americans. Instead, it attracted a rampant attack from the enemy. And because of the beams that were previously knotted. In addition, China today does not need the Soviet Union's assistance as much as it did in the same period of history, so when Khrushchev's series of wrong practices went wrong, Taizu did not use his prestige to wipe his ass as he did in history (Note 1). As a result, the political turmoil in Eastern Europe was much worse than it was historically.
Tito didn't even listen to Stalin's words at the beginning, and Khrushchev paid little attention to it, on the one hand, he insisted on the basic system of socialism, and on the other hand, he promoted a diversified economic system that was very different from the Soviet model, and secretly exchanged economic aid with the Western camp, so that the Balkans, which had been the poorest region of Europe in modern times, presented an unprecedented prosperity. With such strength as a backing, coupled with his immortal exploits in World War II, after Khrushchev's prestige was damaged, the Balkan Federation showed signs of competing with the Soviet Union for the lead in Eastern Europe, but this was not the biggest problem.
The "Prague Spring" alone in history had already disgraced the Soviet government, but at this time and space, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Austria, and Hungary had all happened together, and the United States was encouraged by this to put on an unprecedented tough posture to put pressure on the Soviet Union, which completely confused Khrushchev. In the end, the Soviet Union barely managed to hold on to the three small countries, but completely lost control of Germany, and Khrushchev was ousted from power. However, the new German government, which had thus gained independence, showed great wisdom in not completely turning to the Western camp, but taking advantage of the opportunities that both the United States and the Soviet Union had tried to seize, and the German economy began to take off
Khrushchev's resignation was a good thing for China, because the new leader of the Soviet Union insisted on a tough stance on the West, objectively shared the pressure of the United States for China, and he restored many of the economic policies of the Stalin era, which also made the Soviet Union have a greater demand for China's light industrial products.
However, at this time, Taizu had taken the initiative to take a back seat, and the long-awaited Zhang Hao unsurprisingly became the second-generation leader of the Chinese Red Party.
In the years that followed, the world was relatively peaceful, and the Chinese government was able to concentrate its main efforts on economic development. By 1960, the total industrial output value of the United States exceeded 250 billion US dollars, and continued to sit firmly on the throne of the world's first, while the Soviet Union, although there were some political problems, but the economic development was not greatly affected, and the total industrial output value of this year had exceeded 110 billion US dollars, but compared with China, which had soared to 180 billion US dollars, the gap was further widened.
Britain reached $28 billion, France $32 billion, and Germany $50 billion, all of which have made significant progress, while Japan, which has surpassed the $30 billion mark for the first time, and North Korea, which has exceeded $6 billion, are the same as China, declaring the locomotive of the world economy
In just four years, China's total industrial output has surged by 80 percent, a rate that is indeed somewhat staggering, and even after deducting the inflation factor of about 10 percent, the average annual growth rate is still more than 14 percent, which is beyond the reach of any other major country in the world. With the scale of China's industry today, the biggest reason why the development speed has accelerated compared with the previous one is the wide application of high technology
Note 1: Most of the 156 projects in history were obtained because of this, so although the Soviet Union gave China the most help during the Khrushchev period, Taizu has never expressed gratitude for this, because this is the reward that China deserves, and it is not a favor, and Khrushchev has been very strict about aiding China since then, and later he completely tore his face with China, to put it bluntly, the two sides only used each other, and it cannot be said that we owe the Soviet Union. (To be continued......)