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A few days ago, the red Aha Apay Island volcano belonging to Tonga erupted, and neighboring countries such as Australia, New Zealand, and Japan quickly warned against the risk of undersea earthquakes and tsunamis. Tonga, the little-known country that has suddenly become the focus of the world, is there anything worth saying about this island nation in the South Pacific?
The story also begins with Captain James Cook, because of his outstanding performance in the Seven Years' War, the young Cook was appointed captain of the Pacific Three Times, and Tonga was a small harvest in the expedition, and the big harvest was the real treasure in the South Pacific - now Australia and New Zealand, and later became one of the British Commonwealth, and Tonga, the island where birds do not was also given a new name by British explorers - Friendship Islands, hospitable locals - The Polynesians gave supplies and help to these guests who had come from afar, like their relatives in Australian land, but the relatives were not as fortunate as they were to survive to this day.
It is worth mentioning that although the British colonists did not look up to such a projectile land hundreds of years ago, the indigenous people of the island were repeatedly cannibalized by royal struggles, and the constitutional monarchy was formally established in 1975 and was keen to join the British Commonwealth after entering the 20th century, on the one hand, it was a good shade under the tree, although the British Empire at that time had long lost its former glory, but the joining of the so-called "first country to see the sun" may be the last stubbornness of the Empire that never sets. (Of course, there are countless countries that claim to be the first to see the sun, and there are small partners who know it can comment in the comment area) And on the other hand, it can open up trade and share a piece of the world market, but its commodity production capacity is weak, and it is also difficult in the world market. On the contrary, the distant neighbor China has continuously helped him, exporting more than 30 million US dollars a year, giving the Tongan people All aspects of Chinese strength.
The flag of Tonga with the Red Cross is a symbol of christianity
Like most tropical underdeveloped countries, its economic base plate must be agriculture, including tropical crops, tropical fruits such as coconuts, bananas, pineapples, etc., and with the current world's tourism industry looking at islands and curiosities, the beauty of Tonga also supports his tourism industry, the unique fat culture, the purest Polynesian style, the freshest South Pacific islands, the Christian tropical peoples... All these unique cultures, as well as the thousand-year-old history of monuments that have survived here in this cultural context, have become favorites of Western travelers. It is worth mentioning that China is also one of the visa-free countries in Tonga.
In addition to agriculture and tourism, Tonga is also the world's second largest overseas remittance center, which is the return of overseas Tongans to their hometown, neighboring countries have a lot of assistance to this small tropical country constrained by the natural environment, China and Japan give great preferential treatment and financial support to its students, and overseas Tongans are becoming the pillar of national construction. The burden of agriculture is limited, the epidemic has greatly hit overseas tourism, and the whole of Tonga is gradually entering a quagmire.
Tonga, with its weak infrastructure, is difficult to bear the heavy blows of nature alone, and the communication facilities on the island are even more devastated after the volcanic eruption, and post-disaster reconstruction may be an opportunity to get this small country out of the quagmire.
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