In the past few days, this map of global import and export trade in May has aroused heated discussion among the public, because among the top 10 industrial countries in the world (due to Western sanctions, Russia is not included), except for China, all other countries have experienced the same decline this month. For the trade deficit , Germany, South Korea, and Japan all experienced deficits for the first time. India's deficit is actually second only to the United States, with a high of 24.2 billion U.S. dollars. It is estimated that it will exceed 220 billion for the whole year. You must know that India's foreign exchange reserves are only 600 billion U.S. dollars! If this continues, GDP will shrink significantly this year. India, which has to compare with China in everything, should be clearly aware of the gap, right?
Nine of the top ten industrial countries have deficits, which also shows that the impact of the new coronavirus epidemic is far from over. It has a huge impact on any industry. It is nonsense to lie flat! It is also a reflection of the poor governance capabilities of the governments of these countries. Of course, it is also affected by the war in Ukraine. The prices of oil/ natural gas and bulk goods have increased across the board. Although resource-exporting countries such as Australia, Brazil , Qatar ... have a foreign trade surplus, But this also makes other countries unable to afford it, which will inevitably affect industrial and agricultural production.
Compared with other countries, I have been affected by the above-mentioned impacts, and our country is still the largest importer of energy and food in the world. There are also city closures caused by the outbreak of the new crown epidemic in some areas, which has also affected economic development. However, the overall situation of our country is good and it is still the country with the largest foreign trade surplus in the world.
According to statistics: my country's foreign trade surplus in January was 85.372 billion (in US dollars), February 74.584 billion, March 45.400 billion, April 51.122 billion, May 78.75 billion, and June 97.94 billion. In total, my country's foreign trade surplus in the first half of the year was 385.44 billion. U.S. dollar, if this rate continues, this year's foreign trade surplus may be between 8,000 and 1 trillion U.S. dollars. Taking the lowest value of 800 billion U.S. dollars is also an extremely large number. There are no more than 20 countries in the world with a GDP exceeding 800 billion U.S. dollars, and my country's foreign trade surplus has reached this figure! It has created the highest level in the history of world trade. At the same time, it also shows that the economic development of other countries and regions around the world has retreated significantly. Domestic industrial and agricultural production and manufacturing can no longer meet domestic demand. Without large-scale imports, severe inflation will occur.
Our country has been a major foreign trade country since ancient times. From the Han Dynasty , the ultimate products produced by the three major farming civilizations, silk, tea, and porcelain, have been sold around the world. From the Song Dynasty to the middle and late Qing Dynasty, with these three major Commodities brought more than 50% of the world's silver to our country and formed a "silver standard" financial system. However, our country's silver resources are not many. They were all refined after Spain, the original overlord of the Age of Discovery, discovered silver mines in Latin America and South America. Silver coins (Mexican Eagle Ocean) come to China to buy these three major commodities and then sell them to European countries to earn the price difference. This also forms the reason why my country's silver resources are small but the stock is huge.
The afternoon tea served by wealthy British families in the mid-18th century, the tea was Chinese and the blue and white porcelain was Chinese. This is called fashion and luxury.
And After the British Industrial Revolution , the trade with China was also a huge deficit. Because of our country’s vast territory and diverse environment and climate, it produced almost any bulk agricultural product in the world at that time. No one wanted British stuff. , This resulted in The Opium War Before the Opium War the trade with China was a huge deficit every year (nearly ten million taels of silver every year). Seeing the massive outflow of silver, I thought of using opium. Although the Qing Dynasty also resisted, the agriculture How could a country defeat an industrial country?
In the Pearl River Estuary Artillery Battle, the Qing army’s so-called 8,000-pound cannon had a maximum effective range of 1,800 meters, excluding the distance from the shore to the blockade of the sea, which was less than 1,200 meters, while the British 42-pound naval gun (belonging to the long-barreled cannon category) had a maximum effective range of 3,500 meters. , that is to say, the Qing army's artillery could not reach the invading British ships at all. On the contrary, our own forts were within the coverage of the British artillery! In addition, the Qing army's artillery shells were all solid iron balls, and the British army already had shrapnel ... and other special ammunition types. The gap in weapons led to the loss of the fort, and Guan Tianpei also died in the battle ( Admiral of the Guangdong Navy Equivalent to the commander of the South China Sea Fleet).
The fundamental reason for the failure of the Opium War and the great decline of the country's fortunes in the subsequent century was that the Qing Dynasty's ruling class did not want to make progress. The Emperor Kangxi should be responsible for this consequence! Because when he was young, he knew mathematics, geometry, astronomy, and was exposed to the most advanced machinery at the time, such as mathematical (geometry) computing tools, clocks, and knew foreign languages. A smart person like him should know these things to achieve knowledge (naturally Science) and the mysteries of machinery should have been promoted, even to train a few princes... However, after learning this, he also knew better that the emperor's position could not be "eternal", and when it came to the stability of imperial power, he could only denounce these as "magic" "Skilled" (meaning: this thing looks good, but has no practical value)... If you don't catch up with the world's trend, you will certainly fall behind, and if you fall behind, you will be beaten! Land cession and compensation have also become normalized.
This can be traced back to 1840. Since then, in order to oppose internal and external enemies, strive for national independence and people's freedom and happiness, the people's heroes who have sacrificed in various struggles will be immortal!
We are hardworking, we are brave, independence and freedom are our ideals! Independence from foreign aggression, freedom is to be the master of one's own country, and the only way to achieve this is through industrialization!
Today we have become the largest industrialized country in the world and the largest in the world. Our country's industrial output value is 4.3 trillion (in US dollars), which is almost the sum of the United States, Japan and Germany.
Only with industry can we build aircraft carriers, intercontinental nuclear missiles ... Without these, China is just a fat sheep. The world today is very uneventful. The great powers are still the plundering bandits of hundreds of years ago. If we don't strengthen their warships, it will be long ago. For example, when the new coronavirus epidemic first spread in Europe and the United States, some people in the West demanded compensation from China... It is a pity that it is not 1840, and we have hydrogen bombs in our hands!
In the future, we will definitely accelerate the development of military power. Only by being equipped with the most powerful weapons can we deter those with evil intentions and maintain international order. When Zheng He went to the West 600 years ago, the merchant fleet was protected by a powerful fleet. , today’s thinking of doing business with a sword is not only not outdated, but must be strengthened!
