China has leased the port for 99 years, and it is too late to recoup the low price in 3 years.
It is said that honesty is the cornerstone of life, and this applies not only to individuals, but also to countries. Only when a country has good credit can others do business with you, and you have the foundation for economic development and growth. Just as in the early days of colonization, when the Dutch fleet was left out in the cold for several months because of a breakdown, or because of a lack of food and warm clothing, they did not bring food, wine and other goods to customers, and in the end only a few crew members survived, but it did win a good national reputation, and at that time the reputation of the Netherlands was booming, and because of this, the world's capitalists were probably willing to invest in the Netherlands, and the Netherlands established the first and probably the largest company in human history. As a result, the Netherlands became the most economically developed country at the time. However, in the course of its dealings with China, one country violated the treaty it had signed with China, and it received a result that it regretted very much.
The country that defaulted was Australia. As everyone knows, China has now become the world's largest economic system. China's production capacity is so huge that it will not be able to rely solely on domestic demand"Got it"Therefore, it is necessary to sell the products to foreign countries to make money. In this case, the port becomes a window to foreign relations. Our economy is so large, of course, that we need a lot of ports to do with foreign countries**, and the exponential growth of the economy will soon make our own ports too small, so we intend to go and rent ports from other countries.
Of course, the ports we lease do not only lease for a few days, months, at most a few years, as individuals do. When a country rents something, it first rents it for decades. For example, the port of Gwadar, which we leased in Pakistan, and the port of Piraeus, which we rented in Greece, were originally leased for decades. Today, we lease more than 50 foreign ports, which is quite a fortune. In 2015, China took a fancy to the Australian port of Darwin, and China's pockets also bulged, paying 23 for the 99-year right to use the port of Darwin0.5 billion yuan, which is very expensive.
However, to my surprise, three years after the contract was signed, Australia repented and wanted to return to port. When asked why, the other party simply said that signing a contract was a very stupid decision. Our country did not dwell on this issue, after all, we are a reasonable country, and we simply terminated the contract and demanded that they pay the compensation provided for in the contract. In addition, we provide for a lump sum payment of 2305000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 In other words, if the other party does not fulfill the contract, not only will it let us use the port for free for 3 years, but it will also subsidize us with tens of billions of yuan, and the other party can completely withdraw the promise on the grounds of breach of contract and continue to maintain the contract with us.
But after this incident, we knew that Australia's integrity was not enough, so we gradually reduced our cooperation with Australia in other areas, including the mineral resources that account for most of Australia's foreign resources. Australia's economy has also been affected by this, and it wants to sell the ore back to China at a low price, but it is too late to gain more than it gains.