Some people seem to think that as long as they follow the Americans, China will have a good life. Some of them are so paranoid that they actually believe that as long as the Chinese implement the American social system and follow the steps to create an American twin in China, the United States will definitely treat us as their younger brothers, bringing the Chinese people to the most delicious and spicy food, playing and flying together.
People with this idea do have serious IQ due to owing fees. They don’t need much profound reasoning and rich knowledge reserves to know the absurdity of this statement. In fact, as long as we look east, look at the country that uses sesame cakes as national flag, and look at their experience in the 1980s, we will know that if we follow the United States, we will be cheated by the United States sooner or later.
Japanese are typical examples of being with the United States. Japan is a relatively cheap country. Whoever can beat them down will kneel down. During the World War II, the Americans threw two atomic bombs and drove them back to the Bronze Age. The Japanese knelt on the spot and recognized Americans as their fathers, and never stood up again since then.
Hiroshima (left) and Nagasaki (right) Mushroom Cloud after the explosion of the atomic bomb
With the help of the Americans, Japan spent decades after World War II, and finally surpassed the Soviet Union in 1978 and became the world's second largest economy. At that time, the Japanese were so energetic that they traveled all over the world, and they were annoying. Many old Japanese ladies took photos around the world with small cameras, which was really annoying and envious.
In the past few decades, Japan has been serving the United States carefully and learning step by step, and dare not violate it at all. But even so, the Americans still had the intention to kill the Japanese.
00s bustling Japanese streets
The reason is simple, the rise of Japan threatens the interests of the United States. At that time, Japan had a developed manufacturing industry, and whether it was high-end products or mid- and low-end products, it sold all over the world, leaving the American brand with no power to fight back. The whole world knows Japanese brands such as Toyota , Sony , Toshiba , JVC, etc. From cars to electronic products, Japanese manufacturing has posed a great threat to the United States around the world.
Secondly, the US dollar was strong at that time and the yen exchange rate was low. The result was that products made in Japan were cheap after converting the cost to US dollars, so Japanese goods were very popular in the international market.
In the international trade market, the trade deficit between the United States and Japan is becoming increasingly serious. Japan not only makes a large profit from the United States, but also holds huge US dollar bonds. The trade situation between the two countries is very similar to the situation in China and the United States today. If this situation continues, the US manufacturing industry will be crushed by Japan, and Japan will eventually surpass the United States and become the world's largest economy, .
However, this did not happen because the United States does not allow it.
On September 22, 1985, the United States called the Finance Ministers of Japan, the United Kingdom, France, and West Germany of Japan, the United Kingdom, France, and the governor of the central bank to the Plaza Hotel in New York for a meeting to discuss solutions. We are polite when discussing the negotiations. The United States has long come up with its own plan, which is to allow countries to interfere in the foreign exchange market, sell the US dollar, depreciate the US dollar, and appreciate the currencies of various countries.
The finance ministers of the five countries who attended the meeting
The finance ministers of various countries knew very well that this plan was actually aimed at Japan. At that time, the trade volume between the United States and Japan was huge, and the other countries were only a fraction of the money. Once implemented, the Japanese economy would be severely impacted.
The UK, France and West Germany have nothing to do with it, so naturally agree with the US proposal. Japan has no choice but to listen to what his father said. There are still US troops stationed in Japan, and their lives are still in their hands. The then Japanese Minister of Tripitaka Takeshita almost pinched his nose and signed the " Square Agreement ".
Takeshita
Soon, the square protocol began to show its power. First, with the joint efforts of all countries, the US dollar began to fall sharply, and the Japanese government held a large amount of US dollar bonds and lost all its money overnight. The Japanese government could only grit its teeth and swallow it.
Secondly, due to the sharp rise in the yen exchange rate, the cost of Japanese exported goods has been greatly increased, and the originally cheap and affordable Japanese goods suddenly lost their competitiveness. In order to survive, many industrial companies began to abandon Japan and built factories to other countries. In today's words, manufacturing began to abandon Japan. The semiconductor industry, which had already begun to rise and seriously threatened the United States, has never recovered.
In addition, due to the surge in the yen, international hot money poured into Japan. In addition, Japan adopted quantitative easing policies at that time, various assets were hyped up, and the Japanese economy created a large number of bubbles, and various assets, including real estate, were hyped up to sky-high prices. Behind the bubble is the increasingly depressed manufacturing industry.
Finally, five years after the signing of the Plaza Agreement, the Japanese economic bubble burst, the stock market plummeted, and the economic recession. The Japanese economy was in a slump throughout the 1990s, and the 1990s was also called " lost ten years ". In fact, it’s more than ten years. Even today, the performance of Japan’s economy is still lacking and the total economic output has long been surpassed by us.
Lost ten years of Nikkei index performance
From the example of Japan, it can be seen that if you follow the United States, Americans will definitely cover you. Is Japan not obedient enough to the United States? However, once Japan challenges the United States as the leader and forms a competitive relationship with the United States, the Americans will definitely be ruthless in their attacks.
must recognize this point clearly. Many of the things we have experienced today are actually quite similar to Japan in the 1980s. We must not repeat Japan's mistakes and must not have illusions about the United States.
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