The total import and export trade volume between Han and Germany has been increasing year by year, and German capital in Han has also been welcomed and supported by the government. However, it is limited by the gap in national power between the two countries and the inability of the Chinese ethnic group in the Western-dominated international society.
Due to their weak position, the economic and trade cooperation between the two countries is not completely equal.
Heavy industrial products such as steel, machinery, and lathe manufacturing with German background are allowed to enter the local market of Han in South America. However, Han's advantageous industries, such as chemical industry, electric power, medicine and other fields, suffer from varying degrees of restrictions, making it difficult to obtain the same products as those in Germany.
Products are treated equally.
Apart from the inequality in the fields of industry, economy and trade, Han also suffered from unequal treatment in the field of world politics and diplomacy.
In the 1884 Berlin Conference, Germany, as the host country, used the betrayal of Han's colonial interests in the Congo River Basin as a bargaining chip and took advantage of the colonial conflicts of European countries in Africa to steal benefits for Germany's own colonial cause.
Cooperation and exchanges between countries are based on interests. Han and Germany initially concluded economic cooperation because of interests. However, even if they understand this truth, the young soldiers represented by Xu Zhixuan and others still cannot
Forgive the Germans for their betrayal. Yes, in Xu Zhixuan's eyes, the Germans' behavior at the Berlin Conference was a betrayal of the friendship between Han and Germany, and it was a shameful act.
Although the Han Dynasty purchased much-needed industrial equipment from the Germans and used hired German technicians and experts to lay the foundation for industrialization, behind all this was the exchange of money earned by all the people of Han Dynasty through hard work.
Come on, the Germans did not see the value of friendship and spared Han the expense of purchasing machinery and hiring technical personnel.
Not to mention the friendship between countries, on the personal side, the Han Emperor Li Mingyuan saved the lives of the German prince and the current German Emperor Frederick III. In terms of personal feelings, the German royal family owed the Han royal family a favor, but in the face of
The Germans' substantive response to the kindness of the Han royal family was very limited.
Increase the number of Chinese students studying abroad and strengthen cooperation between the two countries in emerging fields. Although the German royal family implements these two policies in the name of friendship between the two royal families, the main reason for the Germans to do so is still the conflict contained in them.
German benefits.
Although nearly five years have passed since the Berlin Conference, the influence of the Berlin Conference has not dissipated. A colonial carving up of interests led by European powers has made the Chinese people understand the nature of the European powers. Many people originally had conflicts between Han and Germany.
Cooperation, and the citizens and soldiers who had a good impression of Germany also learned to look rationally at the cooperation between their country and Western countries after feeling the humiliation.
The weak eat the strong, the fittest survive!
After experiencing the anti-Chinese trend and the true face of Western countries revealed by the Berlin Conference, the little bit of Eastern Confucianism that remained in Xu Zhixuan completely disappeared!
Only a strong country can win the respect of Western countries. The humiliation imposed on the Han people of South America by the Berlin Conference can only be washed away with the iron blood and bravery of soldiers!
There was a sense of shame suppressed in his heart. Therefore, during the whole process of accompanying the German officer training group to Xinjingfu, although Xu Zhixuan maintained respect and etiquette for the Germans on his face, he never looked beyond the military and military industry.
Take the initiative to talk to them in fields other than technology...
On April 2, 1889, after a week's journey, the head of the German Officer Training Corps and the German Minister to Han, Baron Roberts, arrived in Xinjingfu as scheduled.
In the old palace of Xingjingfu, the first thing the German Minister Baron Roberts opened his mouth was to explain the Berlin Conference five years ago to the Chinese side: "Before the Berlin Conference, His Majesty William I and His Excellency Prime Minister Bismarck
, all hope to invite Han and His Majesty the Han Emperor to send diplomatic missions to Berlin to participate in the meeting as representatives of the stakeholder countries in the African region. However, due to the strong opposition of the four countries of Britain, France, Belgium and Italy, His Majesty William I and Prime Minister Bismarck
As a last resort, the plan to invite Han representatives to the conference was abandoned.
Five years ago, the German Empire unified Germany through the Franco-Prussian War, but the strength of France has not suffered fundamental damage. In international events concerning the European continent, it is difficult for the German Empire to compete with the British Empire, the French Republic, the Kingdom of Belgium, and Italy.
Under the unanimous opposition of the kingdom, a resolution was passed to invite Han to participate in the conference.
Although the Berlin Conference was held at the initiative of the German Empire, the German Empire could not spare the opinions of the British Empire, the French Republic and other countries and dominate the direction and agenda of the conference. I hope His Majesty the Emperor of Han can understand this."
"His Majesty William I and Count Bismarck need to be responsible for the citizens of the German Empire. I can understand your country's original actions."
Five years have passed since the Berlin Conference, and lingering on a matter that has long past has no benefit to Han's interests except to satisfy the conscious tongue.
Li Mingyuan had no intention of clinging to the issue of the Berlin Conference, but taking advantage of the Germans' initiative to gain due respect for the Chinese students was an issue that must be raised.
Germany is the main destination for Chinese students. Excluding students who have returned from their studies, after 1886, the average number of Chinese students living in Germany every year is more than 10,000. The increasing number of Chinese students gradually disperse into different countries in Germany.
In this process, although with the improvement of Han's national strength, especially its scientific and technological strength, the impression of Han Chinese students in the eyes of teachers in German higher education institutions has gradually improved, but also because of the increase in the number of international students,
Some white German civilians who have experienced the brainwashing of Western industrial civilization and the stimulation of German reunification are full of discrimination and hatred towards Chinese students entering their country.
They still believe that Han Chinese students studying abroad are the same as before, just some cunning and cowardly low-class people who know how to cheat and cheat, and are not worthy of entering the land where white people live.
In Berlin, Frankfurt and other places where Chinese students gather, incidents of radical white people deliberately bullying Chinese students occur from time to time.
The Chinese Embassy in Germany has repeatedly protested to Germany about similar incidents, but the results have been far from ideal. After the troublesome German radical whites are caught, they are often locked up for only a few days or released with only minor punishments.
However, Han Chinese students who suffer bullying often do not receive the compensation they deserve.
As the first generation of international students who have opened their eyes to the world, it is difficult to avoid similar unfair treatment. However, if he can use the support of the country to exchange for more fair treatment for international students, Li Mingyuan is still willing to make further attempts.
Li Mingyuan informed the German minister of the situation reported by the Chinese Embassy in Germany and the International Student Affairs Office, then stopped talking and quietly waited for the other party's reply.
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty. I personally feel very sorry for the unfair treatment suffered by Chinese students studying abroad in the German Empire."
The German minister bowed and apologized, then stood up and explained: "The Chinese in Han and the Germans have the same experience. Both nations have suffered hardships and hardships. The people in the German region have also experienced being oppressed because of the division of the country.
The suffering of bullying and humiliation from other countries,
Although people in Germany currently have some misunderstandings about international students from your country, I think that as long as both sides have more understanding and communication, some of the unhappy misunderstandings in the past will disappear."...