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preface
China's infrastructure once again broke the world record, the "infrastructure madness" in the mouth of Chinese netizens is not a waste, the completion of the Three Gorges Dam before is enough to amaze the world, and now a longer dam is made, directly "truncated" the world's longest river.
The time taken was much shorter than the time estimated by foreign experts, and the construction was perfect, which showed the experts in the United States and Japan, and they could only say that it was impossible, and they couldn't believe that China could build a dam of nearly 10,000 meters in such a short time under such conditions.
What is this project that broke the world record and "cut off" the Nile, the world's longest river? How were our engineers able to build it in such a short time?
Nearly 10,000 meters of dam
Chinese has the foolish spirit of "opening the road every mountain and building a bridge when encountering water" in his bones, which is one of the reasons why China can achieve the ultimate in infrastructure, after all, China is different from Western culture, in the face of the legendary flood, they want to build a big boat to run, while our ancestors want to rely on their own hands, dredge the river, turn the big crisis into a big opportunity.
Therefore, China's Yellow River Basin gave birth to our splendid culture, and the Nile also gave birth to civilizations such as ancient Egypt, but now the four ancient civilizations, only Chinese culture has survived, which is enough to prove that Chinese's wisdom can withstand the test of time.
Now we continue to write the story of our generation, we let Chinese culture go abroad, so that friends all over the world can understand Chinese culture, and we are willing to cooperate with friends abroad to develop and establish friendly relations.
Sudan is such a friend country, although the Nile River is also the mother river for them, but now their country is perennially arid, and in the Sahara Desert, rainfall is relatively small, only a small part of the area can grow crops, which also makes Sudan very poor, such a large project can only come up with 1.6 billion US dollars, including about 150 million loans.
But if Sudan wants to develop, it must have more land to farm, so that the Sudanese people can be fed first, in order to develop better, they want to use the Nile to build a hydropower station, so that they can not only get irrigation water, but also have enough electricity to promote domestic industrial development, but relying on Sudanese technology is simply unrealistic.
Sudan can only ask for help from abroad, hoping to use foreign technology to help them build, Sudan wants to build a hydropower station on the Nile, as soon as the news came out, it was concerned by teams in various countries, after all, building a dam on the Nile, if built, is also a good proof of their country's infrastructure strength, and then fame and fortune will be earned.
However, after visiting the local area, they found that the environment here is relatively bad, and it is more difficult to complete this project, hoping that Sudan can give them a satisfactory price, but after seeing the economic situation of Sudan, they feel that this project cannot be done.
This place itself is located in the desert, the climate is hot, foreign workers may not be able to withstand the climate here, coupled with the transportation of building materials is also a difficult thing, with the Sudanese budget to want them to complete the project under such conditions, it is simply impossible, even the United States feels that the Sudan project, there is no sincerity.
The Sultan also desperate for this project, he finally came up with 1.6 billion US dollars, which also included loans to other countries, and now it is difficult to ride a tiger, is there really no one who can build this project?
Sudan could only hope for China at that time, although the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1959, and the relationship has been quite good for decades, but Sudan does not have much confidence to ask China to help build this dam, but the dead horse can only be used as a live horse doctor, after all, China has been good to African brothers over the years, and the infrastructure technology is very powerful, maybe China has a way to build this project?
After listening to the Sudanese government's demands, after consultations, the Chinese side sent experts to Sudan to investigate and bring back a news that made Sudan excited, "capable," but this is also a huge challenge for China, but we still go ahead.
Overcoming difficulties
Despite previous experience with the Three Gorges Dam, which now cuts the world's longest river, four times the length of the Three Gorges Dam, previous experts are right to say that climate, material transportation, workers, safety, and budget are all issues.
But China has already taken this project, other countries say they can't do it, we want to take it, if it can't be done, it will definitely be laughed at by other countries, and this is not an impossible thing, China's infrastructure is not facing such challenges once or twice.
Sudan's transportation conditions are not good, materials can not be sent to Sudan by land and sea, we will by air, the materials from China to Sudan, the hot climate for the Chinese people, is a trivial matter, China in just a few decades, countless high-rise buildings rise, is relying on one construction worker after another, against the scorching sun, have hands to build.
The temperature in Sudan can reach 40 degrees during the day, and the temperature changes at night is relatively large, which is also a challenge for our workers, if it is not done well, it will suffer from heat stroke, and we can only pay as much attention as possible not to this situation, so the progress of the work is difficult to guarantee.
Experts from other countries saw China doing this, originally expected that according to China's strength, it would be good to build it in 20 years, but now this progress is probably longer.
But Chinese experts don't care what they think, and the environment in Sudan presents us with a big problem, their ground is not suitable for laying a foundation at all, because of perennial wind and sand erosion, if the foundation is laid on this weathered ground, it is difficult to ensure the stability of the foundation.
It is also necessary to treat the weathered stone and sand before continuing the construction, the Sudanese climate is also a great challenge for the technical problems of concrete, because the day is relatively dry, if you can not do a good job of moisturizing, it is likely to cause cracking of concrete, but fortunately there is a self-developed concrete moisturizing technology in China.
After solving these problems, all that remains is to build the dam body, the Chinese side is quite experienced, but in the face of this 9,000-meter project, as well as the rapid water of the Nile, it must also be carefully dealt with, but with the efforts of all the personnel in the entire project, more than 5,400 of our workers completed the casting of this 9,285-meter "big knife", directly "cutting off" the world's longest river.
For 5 and a half years, foreign experts are still waiting to see the joke, Chinese infrastructure once again used strength and hit them hard in the face, they simply can't believe how China is doing it, if they let them come, will they be able to complete the project at such a speed? China's infrastructure has done just that, once again letting the world see the strength of China's infrastructure.
Such works on the Nile are a good advertisement for Chinese infrastructure, so that other countries can choose China to undertake their infrastructure.
Meroway Dam
The dam is named the Merowe Dam, and it can provide 1 million acres of farmland for irrigation, allowing Sudanese farmers to cultivate on time, improve Sudan's food harvest, bring more agricultural income to the country, and improve the living conditions of the people in the country.
The electricity provided by the dam can also provide power for industrial development, so that they have enough energy supply to ensure the operation of the machine, which can attract foreign capital to invest in Sudan to build factories, which is a big help to Sudan's development, and China may also benefit from this, so as to cooperate with Sudan, which is not unprecedented in other African countries.
With this cooperation as a good start, the future cooperation will be smoother, the most beneficial to China's economic development, this dam can provide Sudan with a large amount of clean energy, so that their people's electricity is partially guaranteed, this dam has 5 dam types, is the longest dam in the world, and Sudan in order to print the Merlowe Dam on their new 100 denomination currency, which shows how important this dam is to Sudan.
With the rapid development of China, China's technology and standards must go abroad, seek cooperation internationally, and let more and more people trust China, which will not only enhance the image of the country, but also can truly feel the benefits of national strength for foreign travelers, and there will be more and more countries with "all-weather strategic partnership" such as Pakistan and Belarus.
China treats people with sincerity, will eventually be rewarded, China helps others today, when we need help, there will be friends to help, such a development relationship is a good, correct model, if every country can understand this truth, the world will achieve true peace, although this idea is a little too ideal, but it is precisely because of such a desire that it will be possible.
epilogue
The Merlowe Dam is not only another success in the history of China's infrastructure construction, but also a bridge between the hearts of the Chinese and Sudanese people, which cannot be measured by interests, and the friendly relations between the two countries have long-term and far-reaching significance for the development of both sides.
The 9,285-meter dam is not only a record, but also a good example, the assistance to African countries will be smoother, the cooperation and exchange relations between African people and China will become closer, China's efforts will definitely be rewarded, and China's great dream of rejuvenation will be realized.
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