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In any case, the US ruling class will not be able to harden itself in the future, and the Chinese government has long promised not to be the first to use nuclear weapons, so some smart people have realized that the nuclear cloud hanging over the people of the world has already dissipated by half, and "peace and development" will gradually replace "war and revolution" as the new world trend

Over the next 10 years, the Chinese government focused its efforts on economic development, and the third scientific and technological revolution led to a steady and rapid growth of China's economy, which in turn led to the appreciation of the renminbi (albeit not very quickly under the Chinese government's strict control), further widening the gap between the Chinese government and the United States.

In 1980, China's total industrial output exceeded the $1.2 trillion mark for the first time. It is 1.4 times more than the 510 billion US dollars in the United States, and because China's economy is less dependent on international trade in this time and space, it is difficult for the West to exploit China by using the pricing power it controls, and the gap between the West and the West in science and technology is far less than in history, so the quality of the economy is obviously much better, so even the so-called GDP, the United States has been ranked below China, and China's average price is much lower than that of the United States, so in addition to China's own insistence that it is still a developing country, all countries in the world regard China as a superpower, and it is also a supergiant more powerful than the United States and the Soviet Union

However, it is not entirely unreasonable for the Chinese government to insist that it is still a developing country. Although China's total economic output has ranked first in the world in all aspects, by 1980 China's total population had increased to more than 1.4 billion, and China's per capita gross industrial output value had just exceeded the world average, while its per capita GDP and national income were still in the middle and lower reaches.

But even so, no country dares to confront China head-on, after all, the total amount is too large, just like elephants do not eat meat, but lions can only retreat when encountered. And unlike in the past, when China's total industrial output was more than twice that of the United States, the gap between China's scientific and technological level and that of the West is much smaller today.

As the country has become rich and its investment in cutting-edge science and technology has greatly increased, many fields that were once overtaken by the West have once caught up with the world's advanced level. Nuclear technology, aerospace technology, and computer technology, which have always attached great importance to it, continue to maintain its leading position in the world. At the same time, due to the rise of a number of domestic enterprise giants and the development of domestic science and education, the gap between China's civilian science and technology and basic research and the world's advanced level has also begun to narrow rapidly.

In particular, in the 1970s, China finally succeeded in developing a personal computer with promotional value. The Internet, where theoretical problems had been solved long ago, soon followed. As a result, the Chinese people have enjoyed the fruits of informatization 30 years earlier than in history.

And to the West's dismay. Due to the increasing maturity of the Chinese programming language, it has become difficult for them to catch up with China in terms of software, because it is much more difficult for Westerners to learn Chinese well than Chinese to learn English. Therefore, it is easier for China to copycat or directly steal Western software technology, while it is very difficult for Westerners to do so, and because China has achieved a large lead from the beginning, they have to learn from China, in this case, Western computers have always had a gap of more than 10 years with China in terms of hardware and software technology

However, Westerners have the money and want to enjoy the convenience and colorful entertainment of the information age, so it is natural for them to choose to import computers and computer software directly from China in large quantities. Due to the huge technological gap in the former, it is almost impossible to develop competitive products on their own; For the latter, due to language problems, it is difficult for them to even get piracy, well, strictly speaking, it is not absolutely impossible, but Western talents who are excellent in Chinese and proficient in computer software are too rare, as the so-called "rare is expensive", so the labor cost of piracy is frighteningly high, and Chinese goods do not pursue huge profits, resulting in piracy is not profitable at all. In this way, the market for the space-time computer, both hardware and software, has been controlled by China for a long time, and the wealth accumulated in the West for hundreds of years has flowed back to China

Hu Weidong's original promise was fulfilled, and the Internet was launched in less than 15 years, but Taizu gave up his original idea of launching a nationwide mass movement to supervise the Chinese Red Party, because "there are too many bottles and cans, and I am reluctant to smash them." Hu Weidong laughed after hearing this. However, objectively speaking, the emergence of the Internet and the improvement of the quality of the people themselves have also greatly inhibited the spread of corruption, especially at this time the phenomenon of corruption among Chinese cadres has not yet reached the point where "the law does not hold the people accountable", so relying only on the supervision of public opinion and the cooperation of the public procuratorate and the law, which has greatly increased efficiency, has been enough to effectively curb all kinds of corruption, and even the problem of detachment from the masses has begun to slowly improve after the arrival of the Internet age, so that Taizu has to marvel at the power of science and technology

However, the reason why this decade was called the "golden decade" by later generations of Chinese is not only because of the rapid development of economy and science and technology, but also because the Chinese in this decade have made rapid progress in material civilization on the one hand, and on the other hand, they still maintain many fine traditions. For example, thanks to the courageous sacrifices of countless young people, the western route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, which was delayed until the 21st century due to high labor costs, was completed with very little investment, thus greatly alleviating the growing water shortage crisis in the north.

However, the construction of the middle and eastern routes of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, which is extremely expensive to construct and maintain, and at the same time has great ecological risks, has been scrapped because it is no longer urgently needed, and replaced by the Baikal water diversion project, which is expected to have a longer construction period but significantly better economic, social and ecological benefits.

In addition, due to the early focus on controlling environmental pollution. Although China's pollution is inevitably higher than it was in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, it is still much better than the same period in history, and it is far from the beginning of the 21st century. Coupled with the fact that income distribution in China is now fairer (the fairest among the world's major powers), the quality of life of ordinary Chinese people is better than the economic data suggests. These can be summed up in one sentence, China's economy and industry in this time and space not only have quantity, but also quality (to be continued......