Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, China has been adhering to the concept of peaceful development, as a country rising from the scorched earth of war, China has been sparing no effort to help backward countries after the comprehensive capacity has been improved.
Among them, China's high-speed rail has repeatedly gone abroad. Since 2005, China's high-speed rail technology has developed rapidly, showing China's own style of high-speed rail around the world.
However, in 2013, Mexico unilaterally announced the termination of the contract after winning the bid for China's high-speed rail project
This $30.5 billion high-speed rail order, which was torn up by Mexico, only paid 8.1 million in compensation, what will be the consequences of such an unethical approach to Mexico?
"Isn't this a trick!How much manpower and financial resources have we spent on this bid, and now we have to put it on hold indefinitely”What did Mexico do to make the Chinese bidders so angry?
It turned out that on the third day after China won the Mexican high-speed rail project, the other party reversed itself.
Mexico ** Nieto believes that this high-speed railway, as Mexico's first high-speed railway, is only one country in China to participate in the bidding, and other countries have all given up, which is unfair.
In response to China's objections, Mexico explained:
"We only saw one bid from China, and we didn't see any other bids, so it wasn't called a bid, so the contract was voided. ”The construction of a high-speed railway should be a project with many profits and high benefits, not to mention that this is the first high-speed railway in Mexico, why is only China participating in the bidding in the end?
From the relevant bidding information published in Mexico in 2013, we can see that the construction of high-speed rail in Mexico is a difficult task.
First of all, the construction of high-speed rail requires a lot of capital investment and technical support. Mexico's financial reserves are not ideal, let alone high-tech talent that can ensure the safety of high-speed rail.
The second is the geography of Mexico itself. Mexico does not have a "railway heritage", and the locals mainly travel by car.
As a result, Mexico has an extremely extensive road network. This road network runs through the southeast and northwest of the country, and if you want to build a high-speed railway, it is necessary to reasonably divide this road network so that the railway can be smooth.
In the face of these problems, Japan, Germany, France and other technologically developed countries that came to bid for the bid have put forward their own requirements, but the requirements of Mexico's new ** - Nieto have become harsh.
"If you want to win this project, you must submit a bid before ***, and two months is the minimum deadline!Of course, we want a concrete plan. ”As soon as this remark came out, enterprises in other countries inevitably retreated from some difficulties. Such a short preparation time is impossible for a high-speed rail project, but for China, there is nothing impossible, only people who are not careful!
China quickly set up a professional team of up to 400 people, working overtime to analyze Mexico's geographical location and terrain advantages, and even sent a number of senior engineers across the ocean to Mexico for field investigations.
Not only that, China Railway Construction Group has also contacted a number of local infrastructure companies in Mexico to better understand the actual situation in Mexico.
Two months later, China lived up to expectations and came up with a satisfactory bid. From the railway design to the start of construction, and even the detailed operation and maintenance in the later stage, this tender is full of 8 boxes and weighs 21 ton.
In the face of Mexico's unsatisfactory construction conditions, China has given many unique insights, combined with China's construction experience in various continents, countries and shapes, it can be said that it has tailored a construction plan for Mexico.
Seeing that China submitted such a detailed and thoughtful plan in such a short period of time, other countries simply went home and took the initiative to give up the bid, and it was naturally China that won the project in the end.
Just as China was about to raise a glass in celebration, Japan, Germany, France and other countries that had co-bid were watching the joke, as if China had done something thankless. Sure enough, Mexico changed gears.
In fact, China understands very well that Mexico's regret is nothing more than a distrust of China's high-speed rail technology, after all, it is developed countries that compete with China, and China has expressed its understanding in the face of Mexico's change of fortune and agreed to make a second bid.
Mexico, however, was much smarter in the second bid. Mexico has not only improved the bidding information, but also relaxed the planning time a lot, so that countries have plenty of time to prepare.
The construction of high-speed rail is a "sweet spot", so the second bid for Mexico's high-speed rail has attracted many countries to participate, and even India, which is not developed in high-speed rail technology, has come to join in the fun.
In the face of the second bid, China is still full of confidence, after all, we have already participated once, and the materials and plans prepared are very detailed, compared to other countries that need to start from scratch, we just need to improve it again.
Soon it was time for the second bid, and China's bid stood out directly from the developed world. For this high-speed rail construction, China's main focus is "value for money".
"As you can see, our content is the most complete and detailed, and the investment cost is also the lowest. We will also provide financing for the project, including after-sales operation and maintenance. ”After this introduction, what country's project plan can be compared?
When China was about to win the project again, Mexico issued a statement that angered China. Mexico claims that the high-speed rail project will be shelved indefinitely.
This means that China's efforts on the project are directly zero, and it also represents Mexico's public embarrassment of China by ignoring the legal benefits of the contract.
China could no longer tolerate such excesses and immediately demanded liquidated damages from Mexico. For this project worth 30.5 billion, Mexico is only willing to pay 8.1 million in liquidated damages.
For a time, the whole country was in an uproar, and Mexico's move was undoubtedly a complete disrespect for China and a disregard for China's behavior.
In addition, Mexico has also lost the spirit of contract, leaving an image of untrustworthy in the international community, which has been condemned by many countries.
So why does Mexico release Chinese pigeons repeatedly?Where will Mexico's high-speed rail construction go?
Since Mexico's independence in the 19th century, the world's evaluation of Mexico as a country has been "too far from heaven, too close to the United States".
As a superpower, the foreign policy of the United States has always been hegemonic, and Mexico, as a country bordering it, has been interfered with by the United States in national political decisions, and the significance of the construction of the first high-speed railway is particularly important.
Mexico has been harassed by the United States for many years, and its industry and agriculture have been seriously damaged and disrupted.
The United States, as Mexico's neighbor, is the country that is most reluctant to see Mexico develop. After all, who doesn't want their neighbor to be a country that is easy to control and easy to handle?
In addition, if China is responsible for the railway, then the relationship between Mexico and China will become more and more intimate, which is the last thing the United States wants to see.
Within Mexico, there are many that are more or less connected to the United States. Now that China has won the bid, Mexico has seen that its "big brother" is so distressed, and it is natural to share the worries of the United States one after another.
Some politicians are guiding the Mexican people, for example, it was revealed that the Mexican leader has a mansion worth more than 7 million yuan in his name, and the words are unclear, which makes the Mexican people think that the construction of the high-speed railway, the Chinese group and Mexico have an exchange of interests behind it.
Mexico itself is actually quite easy to deal with the United States, after all, the two countries have many interests involved, and the United States will not and dare not tear its face, but Mexico is helpless to "reprimand" its own people.
Under the guidance of these ill-intentioned politicians, the Mexican people have always believed that cooperating with China to build high-speed rail will become dependent on China, and will bring unavoidable threats and harm to Mexico in the future.
Seeing the increasingly uncontrollable situation in front of it, Mexico had no choice but to break the treaty several times, giving up the opportunity to cooperate with China at the cost of destroying its own reputation.
After being repeatedly "released by Mexico", China no longer bothered to clean up this mess, but only bought a lesson with its own money, and concentrated on preparing for the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail project with Indonesia.
Now the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway has been completed and is now in the trial stage. It runs through the east and west of Indonesia, connecting the capital Jakarta with Bandung, the fourth-largest city.
This "big guy" with a speed of 350 kilometers per hour has shortened the time for Indonesians to travel from Jakarta to Bandung from more than three hours to 40 minutes.
Indonesia's transportation is convenient, people have begun to move across the country, and many industries along the high-speed rail have been developed, and the construction of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway only cost **51$3.5 billion.
The implementation and smooth passage of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway have shown China's speed and style to the world, and Mexico's once unethical and trustworthy practices have once again been reported by various countries.
After all, if it had been with China, Mexico would have been as rapid as Indonesia at this time.
Until now, nearly 10 years have passed since the unhappy cooperation between China and Mexico, and how is the development of Mexico's high-speed rail?
The development of high-speed rail in Mexico can be said to be stagnant, and until now it has not built its own high-speed rail network.
Since the breach of the contract with China, Mexico has failed to get a satisfactory construction plan in several bids, and other countries have not seen Mexico backtracking, so they simply do not come to bid, so as not to cause a commotion in the end.
Without high-speed rail, the Mexican people can only rely on road transportation such as cars and buses, and Mexico's long-standing employment problem was originally alleviated by the construction of high-speed rail, but now it is naturally out of nowhere.
The high-speed rail cooperation between China and Mexico is a reminder to us of the importance of national independence and political independence.
Mexico has been interfered too much by the United States, and the people's orientation is also firmly controlled, and even the construction of high-speed railways has to be intervened by the United States, and the development of Mexico in the future can be imagined.
If a country wants to have a foothold in the world, it must first be independent, and second, it must be credible.
Unilaterally tearing up the agreement and deducting liquidated damages when paying compensation are all damaging Mexico's national image, so until now no country has been willing to cooperate with Mexico.
After China was broken, although there were some monetary losses, it was still acceptable, and the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway, which was built with a high degree of cooperation with Indonesia in the later period, also won back a city in front of the world.
Looking at the high speed and cost-effectiveness of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway, many countries have also begun to compete with China, but Mexico on the other side is not cared for.
As the saying goes, "Where there is a cause, there must be an effect". Mexico is only trying to distance itself from China under the pressure of the United States, but it does not take into account the consequences of breaking the treaty. The Mexican people have suffered even more, not only by politicians, but also by the end of the country's mistakes.
The construction of high-speed rail can not only shorten the time spent on people's round-trip transportation, but also provide more than 20,000 jobs for the Mexican people, which can greatly improve the situation of Mexico's employment and development.
Now not only has the contract been torn up, there is no way out for development, but Mexico has even lost its international image, and the Mexican people can only be embarrassed and embarrassed when asked about this matter after they go abroad.
This high-speed rail project, which was supposed to benefit the country and the people, has become a plaything for the United States to manipulate Mexico's politics under the inaction of Mexico and the inaction of the Mexican people.
In today's international arena, China, as a rising star, is shining brighter, and it is inevitable that it will be envied and interfered by certain countries.
In the cooperation with Mexico on this project, Mexico finally paid the price for what he did, and we were not affected by these ** and losses, but with a higher attitude, let the world look at China's high-speed rail technology with a higher attitude.
After experiencing this lesson, we will be more rigorous in our foreign cooperation in the future, and we now have the confidence to deal with this kind of country that has no spirit of contract, and we will not suffer a dumb loss again.