As a country with ancient traditions, China has experienced a backward period of semi-colonialism and semi-feudalism. However, in recent history, China has undergone a transformation that has captured the world's attention. In less than a century, China has become a conspicuous "developing country" in the international environment. This rapid and massive development has been achieved by peace, diligence and hard work, and has nothing to do with emerging technological technologies and windfall profits from war.
In the early 1960s, China had already demonstrated great strength and potential, attracting the attention of the United States and other Western countries. During the Korean War, there was an American general namedMatthew Bunker Ridgway, in his memoirs, he mentions the future of China. He believes that China will become one of the three most powerful countries in the world, and that no other country is worth mentioning.
Li Qiwei had a long confrontation with the Chinese volunteers on the Korean battlefield. Unlike other American generals, Ridgway was a sensible and pragmatic general. He discovered China's loopholes in logistics and developed tactics to force China outThirty-eight linesNorth. In addition, he discovered the power of China's interspersed tactics and quickly learned Xi them and emulated them. His command and tactics almost put the 100,000 soldiers of the Chinese Ninth Army in a dangerous situation of being encircled and suppressed. Ridgway can be said to be the lifesaver for the United States on the Korean battlefield, and without his outstanding performance, the United States may be trapped in that more dangerous place than the Vietnam battlefield.
Li Qiwei's optimism about China is not only based on what he has seen and heard on the battlefield, but also on his ** for China's future development. Although China at that time had not yet achieved its current size and image, China was still a country to be reckoned with. Ridgway believes that given enough time for China, China will become one of the three most powerful countries in the world.
However, we must admit that China is still in a "developing" phase and has not yet fully reached what Ridgway described. In social development, national economy,MilitaryIn terms of strength and science and technology, China still faces many problems and challenges. China still needs to solve and optimize a number of issues, including the development of energy technology, information technology and space strategy. Therefore, despite its great potential and strength, China has not yet fully become the most powerful country in the world.
However, in the current international competition, China has achieved world standards and even leading achievements in many fields. From a macro point of view, China, the United States, and Russia are the three countries in the world today with relatively strong overall strength and certain advantages over other countries. Li Qiwei's judgment is not too big a problem in the macro pattern. Perhaps the future he is talking about is a more distant future, a future that will be decades or even centuries from now.
Finally, we're going to seeUSSRIt was once a powerful country in the world, but now it is gone. And the United States, as one of the most powerful countries in the world, also faces challenges and problems. We cannot be too complacent or too pessimistic. China's development must be continuous, and we need to continue to strive for development and demonstrate our strength and status on the world stage.