Chapter 1083 Back Garden Unstable
Cuba used to be a headache for the United States.
Now, Venezuela and Colombia are both ruled by the left, and their leaders have become anti-American fighters.
Brazil and Argentina, two major South American countries, have been doing business with China in recent years, and the trade volume between the two sides has been rising steadily. Every year, the trade volume between the two sides is setting new highs. Beef, mutton, soybeans, rice, iron ore, etc. are continuously exported to China, and the economy is developing rapidly. However, some very unfavorable remarks continue to appear in Brazil and Argentina.
Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay all have things that make Americans frown.
You know, since the Americans shouted the slogan "America is America for Americans", this actually announced that Latin America belongs to the sphere of influence of the United States.
And all along, Americans have also adhered to the "Monroe Doctrine", treating Latin America as their own back garden, sucking blood every once in a while to replenish the vitality of the United States.
The instability of South America means that the control of Americans in Latin America is declining.
As for the South Seas, let alone, the Americans have no influence in this area. The only country in South Asia where the Americans still have influence is India.
The Americans did not forcefully send troops to Venezuela. After all, the Americans are now focusing on Afghanistan and Palestine and Israel. Although Palestine and Israel are still fighting, the Americans are trying not to let the war spill over and form the Sixth Middle East War.
By now, the international crude oil price has officially exceeded $40 per barrel. If it continues to rise like this, it is estimated to hit a record high!
Although the Americans are desperately trying to suppress both Palestine and Israel, even the European and American media did not use the Sixth Middle East War to describe the Palestine-Israel War. At most, they used the Palestine-Israel conflict or the Palestine-Israel War to report it, but in fact, by now, it is equivalent to the Sixth Middle East War.
The Israeli Air Force was completely wiped out, and all the airports in the country were bombed.
The Jewish pilots in the US military drove F15 fighters and F16 fighters to participate in the battle. After losing hundreds of F15 fighters and F16 fighters, they destroyed the main air forces of Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan, leaving both sides without air superiority.
Since the outbreak of the war, Israel has lost more than 1,200 aircraft, and Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan have lost more than 1,600 aircraft.
The huge number of aircraft lost has created the highest record since World War II.
And among them, there are hundreds of third-generation fighters!
This has also become the third-generation fighter with the most losses in wars in history.
Now on the battlefields of both sides, there are at most helicopters in the air!
Even US military aircraft will not easily appear on the battlefield. After all, the Arab coalition has mobilized anti-aircraft missile positions, which poses a great threat to aircraft.
The war has so far taken place on the land of Palestine and Israel, and there has been no spillover. The war modes of both sides include tank armored battles, trench warfare, street fighting, "asymmetric warfare", etc.
From the beginning, the Israeli army not only attacked the Palestinian Defense Forces, but also shelled civilian houses.
After the outbreak of the war, the Palestinian side will naturally not be stupid enough to just attack the Israeli army. Besides, everyone in Israel knows that the whole people are soldiers, and there are no real civilians at all.
Both sides are mobilizing, and no one is willing to take a step back.
In Beijing, the Saudi delegation visited China.
The head of the Saudi delegation this time is neither the Saudi king nor Prince Sultan.
The Saudi king is 79 years old this year, nearly 80 years old.
And Prince Sultan is not young anymore, he is 74 years old this year.
Even Crown Prince Abdullah is not young anymore, he is also 78 years old this year.
The head of the Saudi delegation this time is Bandar, the eldest son of Prince Sultan and one of the most influential people in Saudi Arabia. In 1978, he successfully persuaded the US Congress to sell F15 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, and then he was appointed Saudi Ambassador to the United States soon after. After 1985, he served as the highest person in charge of Saudi Arabia in China. After the Gulf War, he returned to Saudi Arabia and served as Saudi Minister of Agriculture. Now he is the Deputy Minister of Defense and the third Deputy Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia.
Bandar led the delegation to arrive on a Y-10 special plane, which is of extraordinary symbolic significance.
Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two sides, the relationship has become increasingly close over the past 30 years, and the exchanges between the two sides in the fields of politics, economy, military, culture, infrastructure construction, sports, science and technology have become increasingly close.
Saudi Arabia is China's largest trading partner in the Middle East. Every year, a large number of goods are exported to Saudi Arabia, and then enter the entire Middle East market through Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is the fulcrum of Chinese goods in the Middle East.
Similarly, Saudi Arabia is also China's largest arms customer and one of the largest investors in China.
There are more than 10,000 Saudi students studying in China, and China has sent more than 1,000 students to Saudi Arabia. Even Arabic is one of the foreign languages learned by many people. Many companies doing foreign trade often need to know Arabic.
China gave the Saudi delegation very high-level courtesy and gave Saudi Arabia enough face.
The Saudi delegation was even arranged to stay at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse. It can be imagined that China attaches great importance to Saudi Arabia.
It also reflects the friendship between the two sides.
On that day, China held a state banquet to entertain the Saudi delegation. Both sides enjoyed the singing and dancing performances together, including the national team of China and the national team of Saudi Arabia.
This Saudi delegation is not only in the three fields of military, politics and business, but also in cultural aspects.
The exchanges between the two sides will last for a week and will be conducted in various fields.
The next day, Liu Tao entertained Bandar and Salman in the courtyard. These two people are the core figures of the Saudi delegation.
Bandar is the eldest son of Prince Sultan and one of the most influential figures in Saudi Arabia. Salman is not simple either. He is the 25th son of the current Crown Prince Abdullah. He has been the chief executive of Riyadh Province since 1963. Salman, 67 years old this year, is definitely a powerful figure in Saudi Arabia.
This time, it is also Salman's first visit to China.
The Saudi royal family is very large. As one of the few countries in the world that maintains a royal family, and also one of the few royal families that maintain a royal family and truly rule this country, the Saudi royal family is very large and very rich.
Since Saudi Arabia is a country with a polygamous system, these wealthy and powerful royal families often marry many wives. For example, the founding king of Saudi Arabia married 38 wives in his lifetime, and he also had more than 100 children.
Over the years, the Saudi royal family has more than 3,000 princes and princesses, making it the largest royal family in the world.
Of course, the treatment of the princes and princesses of the Saudi royal family is not exactly the same, and their status and influence are also very different. Those with high status and position have huge power and wealth, while those with low status and position are relatively wealthy and have no rights.