Chapter 947 From Africa to Central Asia
Liu Tao looked at the world map on the wall.
His eyes were on Tanzania, Djibouti, Kenya, Ethiopia, Congo, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Guinea, Senegal, Zambia, Egypt, Libya and Somalia.
These are where Panshan Group has interests. Wars in other places are fine. Although there are losses, the losses are acceptable.
But these places are different.
Egypt is an old friend of China's tradition and a fulcrum of North Africa. Egypt is also a big country in Africa and has a huge influence in the Islamic world.
Tanzania is the core of Panshan Group in East Africa and the earliest partner of Panshan Group in Africa. The two sides have had a cooperative friendship for more than ten years. Now Tanzania is also a country with relatively good development and strong military strength in Africa. It is a cooperation template for Panshan Group in Africa.
Djibouti is the most important logistics support base of Panshan Group in the Red Sea. Although Djibouti is small, its strategic position is very important. In terms of per capita GDP, Djibouti should be ranked first in Africa.
In each country, Panshan Group has investment assets there, including mines, oil fields, etc.
"It seems that it is time for Somalia to reunify! Ceres is a good choice!" Liu Tao murmured to himself in a low voice.
The alliance formed by Ceres occupies one-third of Somalia's territory, and its comprehensive strength is also the strongest, with the ability to unify Somalia.
None of the other tribes and warlords in Somalia is stronger than Ceres' alliance.
The most important thing is that Ceres' attitude is very friendly. At present, Panshan Group's assets in his territory are protected, and the cooperation between the two sides is progressing smoothly.
As long as Somalia is unified and the war ends, this area will be safer.
"It seems necessary to suggest that we carry out escort from the Cape of Good Hope in the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, fight against pirates, and maintain the safety of the route!" Liu Tao's eyes flashed with brilliance.
As a member of the world trade system and the world's factory, China exports a lot of goods every day, and China's goods are exported to all parts of the world.
Exports to Europe include both entering the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal and taking the Cape of Good Hope route.
Maintaining the safety of world routes is what every country that loves world peace should do.
Liu Tao looked at the Middle East, where there is no war at present.
Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, and Jordan are generally stable. Israel has recovered, but has not launched a new round of war so far.
Iraq and Persia are still licking their wounds and are far from recovering.
The Arab coalition has become a stabilizer in the Middle East, stabilizing the entire situation in the Middle East.
Although Kuwait's oil production has returned to the level before the Gulf War, and Iraq and Persia's oil production has increased year by year, the current international crude oil price remains at $25 per barrel because China's annual oil imports have increased significantly.
Liu Tao is very curious about how Israel will break the situation.
Strength is something that grows and declines. The more it goes on, the less advantage Israel will have. In a few years, Israel will be completely unable to resist.
Once a war breaks out, Israel may even be in danger of extinction.
Liu Tao's eyes shifted from the Middle East to Central Asia.
Afghanistan, the tomb of the empire, the Taliban has basically occupied the entire Afghanistan.
It's just that Afghanistan is a ruin. Since the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in December 1979, Afghanistan has been in war for nearly 18 years.
The premise of development is peace and a stable social order.
Without peace and a stable social order, there is no development at all.
The long-term war destroyed all the economic construction achievements of Afghanistan, which makes Afghanistan still one of the poorest places in the world.
After the Americans betrayed the Soviet Union here, as the Soviet army withdrew from the Afghan battlefield, the Americans no longer cared about Afghanistan and did not give Afghanistan any support.
When it is useful, the Americans will naturally say anything.
If it is useless, the Americans will not even bother to look at it.
For Afghanistan, the tomb of the empire, although Afghanistan's strategic position is very important, Liu Tao has always been very cautious, and there is only very limited cooperation in Afghanistan.
It is true that China's comprehensive national strength is still relatively limited, not enough to have a great influence on this land.
Now here in the Wakhan Corridor, a border defense line is being established to ensure border security and maintain border stability.
The biggest business of Panshan Group in Afghanistan is not mining, but mercenaries. There are excellent sources of mercenaries here, and some of them come from here.
Liu Tao looked at several countries in Central Asia again. There are five Stan countries, namely Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan.
From federation to confederation, it seems to be just a swap of two words, but in fact the difference is very big.
Facts have proved that for such a super-large country, external factors can never play a leading role, and internal factors are the main cause.
A thousand-mile embankment collapses at the ant hole!
The strongest castle is often broken from the inside.
The increasingly sharp contradictions between the reformists and conservatives directly tore the huge empire into two parts.
The United States drastically cut its military budget based on the swap of the offensive and defensive forces of the two camps.
"Five Stan countries, we can only take it slowly!" Liu Tao muttered to himself in a low voice.
It is impossible not to envy the Central Asian country without a country.
The five Central Asian countries are very important in terms of geographical location and are very rich in natural resources.
For example, Kazakhstan has abundant production of coal, iron, copper, lead and zinc, and is known as the "uranium bank". The Caspian Sea region is also very rich in oil and gas resources. Tungsten reserves rank first in the world, and chromium and phosphate ore rank second. Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum and phosphorus reserves rank first in Asia. The proven oil reserves are 10 billion tons, coal reserves are 3.94 billion tons, and natural gas reserves are 11.7 trillion cubic meters. Forests and afforestation cover 21.7 million hectares. Surface water resources are 53 billion cubic meters.
Kyrgyzstan, mineral resources such as gold, tungsten, tin, mercury, antimony and other resources are very crazy.
Tajikistan is a mountainous country on the Pamir Plateau, mainly based on non-ferrous metals, rare metals, coal, rock salt, oil, natural gas, rich uranium mines and a variety of building materials. The total reserves of the 30 gold mines being mined are more than 600 tons. The Great Kani Mansur Silver Mine is the second largest silver mine in the world. The proven reserves of tin mines are 20,000 tons. The oil reserves are 113 million tons and the natural gas reserves are 863 billion cubic meters.
Uzbekistan is very rich in mineral resources such as gold, oil, natural gas, coal, uranium, copper, and tungsten. The proven reserves of gold are 3,350 tons, the proven reserves of oil are 584 million tons, the proven reserves of condensate oil are 190 million tons, the proven reserves of natural gas are 2.055 trillion cubic meters, the coal reserves are 1.83 billion tons, and the uranium reserves are 185,800 tons.
The main resources of Turkmenistan are natural gas, mirabilite, iodine, non-ferrous and rare metals, etc. The proven reserves of natural gas are 19.5 trillion cubic meters, and the oil reserves are as high as 20.8 billion tons.
Unfortunately, the five Stan countries, the polar bear has a strong influence.
The oil and natural gas pipelines currently under construction are also mainly operated by polar bears, and the bulk of the profits also belong to polar bears.
