Chapter 901 Prince Sultan visits

The domestic academic community is relatively closed and forms its own system.

For most scholars trained locally, it is quite difficult to obtain a high-level honor internationally.

There are mainly four reasons for this. One reason is that the world's discourse power is still in the hands of the West, including the polar bears who actually consider themselves to be a member of Europe. China is still very weak in terms of discourse power; one reason is that many achievements need to be kept confidential after they are made, and then overseas also make similar achievements later, and the honor naturally belongs to others.

The third reason is that many older scientific researchers in China have made achievements, but they are not very good at writing papers, not even writing papers, let alone publishing papers. If the paper is submitted to a foreign journal, it often needs to be translated into English.

Unless it is a very significant achievement, people will take the initiative to translate Chinese papers into English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Japanese, etc. Otherwise, they have to follow the rules set by others.

The fourth reason is that Chinese researchers rarely participate in international conferences, have low visibility, and are less known to the public, so it is not easy for them to win international awards.

It is only in the past ten years that a large number of Chinese and overseas Chinese scholars have returned to China, which has improved this situation, made great contributions to China's scientific research, and promoted exchanges, which has enabled a small number of Chinese researchers to win some international awards.

It is precisely based on the current situation that the title of academician is the ultimate goal of more than 99% of scholars in the domestic academic community.

As long as you get the title of academician, it means both power and status, and you can basically walk sideways no matter which university or research institution you are in.

Therefore, every year when the academicians are elected, for the few places, the departments are almost fighting for their heads.

It is common to tear each other apart and expose their shortcomings, and even turn against each other.

There is no need to say anything else. Yang and Li, two former friends who won the Nobel Prize together, quarreled over whose name should be put in front of their scientific research results, became enemies, and then publicly announced that they would no longer cooperate.

The dispute between Yang and Li still exists. It is not that no one wants to mediate, and there are even big figures involved, but unfortunately, no mediation has been successful. As for who is right and who is wrong, who knows except the parties involved?

Thinking of the dispute between Yang and Li, Liu Tao couldn't help but sigh.

It can only be said that this is a common problem among literati.

Since ancient times, there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts. Who is willing to admit that he is not as good as others?

Coupled with some factors, in the end, they can't let go of vanity and face, making this matter a mess that no one can solve.

It just so happens that both of them have many admirers, standing on their own side, and from time to time they have to start a debate.

March 3.

The third session of the 8th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference was held in Beijing, kicking off the two sessions.

Liu Tao attended the two sessions and also dealt with some things.

That night, Liu Tao entertained his old friend, Prince Sultan, who was visiting in the courtyard.

Prince Sultan arrived in China last night. He came to China at this time, so he naturally had something to deal with.

"Your Highness, are you really going to take action against Yemen?" Liu Tao frowned.

Prince Sultan said seriously: "The Arab League has the obligation to maintain the unity of the Arab world, and the Arab coalition has the obligation to maintain peace in Arabia. The civil war in Yemen has been going on for almost a year, and the Yemeni people have been displaced. We must stop this tragedy."

"Shiites should not infiltrate Yemen, and we have the obligation to stop it!"

The civil war broke out in Yemen in May last year, and South Yemen and North Yemen fought each other. This is also called the "North-South Civil War" in Yemen.

The "North-South Civil War" in Yemen is caused by many factors. On the one hand, the contradictions between the leaders of the north and the south of Yemen on issues such as unification have intensified. On the other hand, it is religious, which involves the dispute between Sunnis and Shiites in the Islamic world.

The feud between Sunnis and Shiites has lasted for more than a thousand years, and is also known as the world's misunderstanding problem.

In 610 AD, the Prophet Muhammad spread a new religious thought to the people in Mecca, which is Islam. It not only absorbed the traditions of Judaism and Christianity, but also created another set of ideas and formed Islamic law. All believers are involved in all aspects of their lives, even within the regime.

In 632 AD, Muhammad died. He established supreme prestige in the Arab world. After that, his followers took less than a hundred years to create a great empire spanning Asia, Europe and Africa-the Arab Empire, which was unparalleled at the time.

In the era of the Arab Empire, it brought great pressure to Europe. In order to protect itself and its interests, the Roman Catholic Pope launched the "Crusades" that lasted nearly 200 years.

The Arab Empire was extremely powerful, but the issue of Muhammad's successor has always been a focus of contention. Muslims are divided into two camps: one believes that they should choose a wise man to unify the world; the other insists on the theory of bloodline, believing that only the descendants of the prophet have legitimate heirs.

As a result, Muslims split into two major sects - the Sunnis who opposed Ali and followed the path of the Prophet, and the Shiites who supported Ali.

The two sides fought against each other for more than a thousand years. It can be said that the history of the Middle East after the rise of Islam must have a history of struggle between Sunnis and Shiites.

There are Shiites and Sunnis in Yemen, and both sides are also fighting.

One very important reason why Saudi Arabia is targeting Yemen is that it cannot accept that Shiites occupy Yemen.

In addition, Saudi Arabia now feels very powerful, and the Arab coalition is also very powerful.

Liu Tao said meaningfully: "Prince Sultan, you should know that there are Shiites and Sunnis in all countries in the Arab League, including you Saudi Arabia, there are also Sunnis and Shiites, but you are Sunnis who have an absolute upper hand, but you have not been able to completely solve the Shiites."

"You fight Yemen, the west and south of Yemen are continuous mountains and plateaus, the northeast is a vast plateau area, and most of Hadramawt Province is a desert area, the terrain is very complex." Liu Tao said, "From a friend's perspective, I suggest that you just support behind the scenes, there is no need to go out in person."

Liu Tao is not optimistic about the outcome of Saudi Arabia entering Yemen.

Because the Saudi army has advanced weapons and equipment, but it is difficult to exert strong combat effectiveness.

If it were placed on the battlefield of World War II, facing the German army, it would probably take less than a few months for them to be completely wiped out by the German army.