Chapter 814: Early Entry Into the World! (Counting as Yesterday)

During the few days when China and Turkey were busy finalizing the technical details, other countries were not idle either.

The most typical example is the British who like to watch the fun and not mind the trouble.

The BBC directly sent a team of reporters to the Black Sea and filmed the entire process from the tugboat fleet to the departure of the fleet and then to the passage of the Bosphorus Bridge.

Especially the last part of the passage through the strait, which was even accompanied by a dim filter and rhythmic music.

If it weren't for the poor condition of the Varyag's hull and the uneven superstructure, it would feel like the Red Navy was going out again...

However, for most countries, this is not a big deal.

It's just a hull that has been in the water for more than ten years.

Although those who know about this think that "the Chinese should want to continue building this ship."

But if they really let them judge whether this ship can be built in the end...

Most people will still tend to be pessimistic.

After all, this is not the first time China has bought an aircraft carrier.

As early as 1984, China bought the retired Melbourne aircraft carrier.

The price was as high as 30 million US dollars.

That was the currency value in the mid-1980s.

In those days, the relationship between China and the West was still in the honeymoon period, so the Australians did not have much defense.

Although the Melbourne was almost an empty shell when it was transported to China, there were still some equipment that was not convenient to dismantle left on it.

At that time, almost all countries thought that China should be ready to clean up the ship and use it.

However, after investigation, it was found that this aircraft carrier that served during World War II was too old, the renovation cost was extremely high, and it could not maintain stability after being put into use.

Therefore, it was finally dismantled.

After entering the 1990s, China successively purchased two retired 1143-type ships.

However, as "heavy aircraft carrier cruisers", these two ships have a very peculiar positioning, and are obviously not the real aircraft carriers that China wants.

And they also have the same problems as the Melbourne-the hull is too old and the equipment is seriously damaged, even if it is repaired, it is difficult to maintain.

In the end, it was not renovated and became an amusement park on the sea.

France also proposed to give the Clemenceau class to China "for free" and only charge for maintenance and modification, but this was obviously a pitfall and was rejected in the end.

In short, past experience seems to show that although the Chinese have the idea of ​​"building an aircraft carrier", they are still very cautious in the specific implementation steps.

Except for a small number of people who specialize in naval intelligence analysis and the onlookers who saw it with their own eyes on both sides of the strait, the whole thing did not receive much attention.

As for China, it was handled in a low-key manner. It only reported the agreement reached with Turkey on the news one day, and did not mention the semi-finished aircraft carrier at all.

Of course, the above can only be regarded as secondary factors.

The main reason is.

During this period, most people's attention was focused on another thing-

With the Chinese representative officially signing his name on the WTO accession agreement, this multilateral negotiation with a rare degree of complexity in the world finally came to a happy end.

According to the WTO regulations, one month later, China will officially become a member of the WTO.

Big companies around the world are celebrating and preparing to enter this huge market that accounts for one-fifth of the world's population and is unimaginable to ordinary people to reap huge profits that they have dreamed of for many years.

And China is also celebrating and reveling in this market.

After all, the whole country has been working hard for this in the past decade.

In any case, joining the world trade system is far more beneficial than harmful for an economy like China with relatively scarce per capita resources.

In comparison, let alone a semi-finished aircraft carrier, even if a complete aircraft carrier is bought by China, it is probably not a big deal...

...

Chang Haonan was in Ding Gaoheng's office, watching the live broadcast of the signing ceremony with the latter.

Compared with others, his mentality is much more stable.

First, he had experienced it once in his previous life, and the novelty has passed.

Second, as a reborn, he has a deeper understanding of the two sides of joining the WTO.

The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. For Chang Haonan now, he is no longer a simple technician who can turn a deaf ear to the outside world and bury his head in the laboratory and projects.

The challenges and threats that he had only seen in the news and documentaries in his previous life now required him and others to find ways to deal with them.

"I never thought that this would happen so suddenly..."

Lan Xinzhi stood next to the sofa where Chang Haonan and Ding Gaoheng were sitting, looking at the TV screen and said with some regret:

"When I wrote the summary every year before, there was always a chapter about joining the WTO. Now that it's included, I feel... a little empty..."

Chang Haonan could understand this feeling.

It was a bit like the feeling of a senior high school student who had just finished the college entrance examination.

Ding Gaoheng, who was next to him, leaned back and relaxed:

"It's a natural thing."

He said, looking at Chang Haonan who was blowing on the teacup next to him:

"In recent years, we have indeed done a lot of things that are of great significance to promoting accession to the WTO."

"Especially the failure of the Americans' attempt to bring down the euro with the help of the Allied Forces, which was the last push."

The latter nodded with deep emotion.

The time point of joining the WTO on this timeline is about one year and ten months earlier than in the previous life.

This is mainly due to the wave of operations from April to May last year.

On the one hand, the military card in the hands of the Donkey Party was declared invalid, and the general election at the end of 2000 basically entered garbage time.

And if you want to leave a little thought for four or even eight years later, the only remaining means is to seize the opportunity to use the WTO to open up the Chinese market.

Otherwise, if you wait until the Elephant Party comes to power to do this, I am afraid that the Donkey Party's iron vote bank will be offended to the other side.

On the other hand, China has signed a bilateral trade agreement with the EU at the end of last year that is basically equivalent to the WTO conditions, opening up the market in quite a number of areas.

If China continues to be stuck in the WTO accession negotiations, it will be equivalent to letting the EU enjoy the Chinese market after the degree of openness has been expanded.

The latter would probably die of laughter.

So, since the second half of last year, the progress of the negotiations, which had been stagnant for a long time, suddenly accelerated, and new results were produced almost every time the two sides met.

According to the head of the negotiation delegation, he "had never seen an American with such sincerity"...

"Xinzhi."

Ding Gaoheng raised his head slightly and looked at Lan Xinzhi standing behind him.

"Joining the WTO is definitely good for our country in general, but for your Equipment Industry Department, I'm afraid you have to be prepared for the impact..."