Chapter 3122 Appearances and Facts
When Mitsui Masako heard Li Zhongxin say that it was inclusiveness, iron-fisted attack, and some things like education and just right things, it can be said that she was very well-informed, but no matter how Mitsui Masako listened, she felt that something was wrong.
"Why is it like an appearance, not a fact, when you say it? Also, you have said that the Syrians are the most gentle and elegant group of Arabs. So, in a city as good as Damascus, they should become the most awesome cities in the Middle East." Mitsui Masako touched her hair scattered with her bangs, and asked while pulling upwards.
Masako Mitsui felt that what Li Zhongxin said was a bit contradictory. Since the Syrians are the most gentle and elegant Arabs, and there is such a beautiful and historical Damascus, then Dubai is also surpassed by the Five Laws.
"Aunt Masako, this matter is not contradictory, because most people don't know that Syria is a country that is constrained by interest groups composed of families, bureaucrats and chaebols. There are problems now, but the signs are not very obvious at this time.
Damascus is the best city in Syria and the best place for families, bureaucrats and chaebols to run. Such a city has those families and bureaucrats that have already been controlled by capitalists. It is extremely unrealistic to want to reform and develop quickly.
In these years, the city of Dubai has basically used the capital and strength of the entire city to build the city of Dubai. When they do this, there is no constraint.
It can be said that they are united and everyone is working together. We all know that unity and have such a spirit, and there is nothing that cannot be done.
In Damascus, some people have proposed to build Damascus into the center of political, economic and religious politics in the Middle East. However, the people there just shouted such a slogan and did not do this at all.
Even if someone wants to do it, there is no way to do it. As long as you do it, it will affect the interests of other families and bureaucrats. In the face of huge interests, those families and bureaucrats will not let go easily.
To use the simplest example, if you want to build a super large hotel in Damascus, it will not be a hotel with more than one hundred floors, but a hotel with dozens of floors.
It takes a lot of time to argue about where this hotel is built.
Because everyone knows that building such a hotel will bring endless benefits, and they all hope to build this hotel on their own territory. Heavier struggles will bring down such a thing, and they can always find various reasons to oppose others doing such things unless the other party can give them enough benefits.
In other words, Damascus or the Syrian government is determined to develop Damascus and build Damascus into the largest political, economic and cultural center in the Middle East. They are also trying their best to seize it." Li Zhongxin explained to Masako Mitsui and Keika Komura in a dialectical way.
In this matter, Li Zhongxin basically heard from his friend in later generations that his friend did not do business in Dubai, but in Damascus. However, there were too many bureaucratic corruption and other things there, which even affected a small businessman like him. He was forced to leave Damascus helplessly and switch to Dubai to start a new business.
According to his later friend, in Damascus, without the support of the locals and there is no protective umbrella behind it, then there will be no business there.
If someone else wants to intervene in his business, as long as he gets more money and the power behind him is stronger than the person behind him, then he will not be able to continue doing business there, and it will be difficult for him to survive.
Therefore, Li Zhongxin knew more about such a thing, and he could also explain it clearly with Masako Mitsui and Keika Komura.
"According to our country's experts on Middle East affairs, Damascus has been unable to become the center of the political, economic and cultural areas of the Middle East for various reasons.
The rise of Dubai can be said to be the right time, place and people. What he told me was very clear. First of all, it is the development of the shipping industry.
Since Dubai is located in the throat of East-West exchanges, this location advantage determines that the development of its non-oil industry must first enter the shipping industry.
In order to better utilize its unique geographical advantages, the Dubai government has vigorously promoted infrastructure construction related to the transportation industry since the 1960s and 1970s. Among them, port development and airport construction are the most important infrastructure projects.
From the perspective of port development, they built two major ports in the 1960s and 1970s. One was the Port of Rashid, which was officially operated in 1970, and the other was the Port of Jeb Ali, which was put into use in 1979.
No Middle Eastern country has such great courage. In the 1960s and 1980s, it began to build such building facilities for transformation. It was precisely because they built airports and ports that more and more people from all over the world began to pass by Dubai and had a good impression of Dubai.
In addition, Dubai's "open sky" policy, namely the opening of air rights and the opening of airports' take-off and landing resources, has greatly attracted airlines from all over the world to open up Dubai routes, thus allowing it to step into a world-class hub airport. It can be said that Dubai welcomes people from all countries around the world, and they allow everyone to come to Dubai. As long as they are not terrorists and extremists, they welcome them.
Secondly, the development of the trade industry. Before oil was discovered, Dubai was the center of pearl fishing and trading in the Middle East. Later, with the construction of ports and airports, transportation conditions improved, especially the various free trade zones they established, making Dubai's trade activities more active.
If no big surprises are made, Dubai will become a gathering place for global trade and a transit center for global goods.
According to experts from our country's Middle East region, Dubai will be the world's third largest re-export trade center after Hong Kong and Singapore in the future, because most of the products imported by their countries are transported to other countries.
Chapter completed!