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Which country in black Africa has the most beautiful women? There is no doubt that Ethiopia is not only home to beautiful women and handsome men, but also has a leading economy in the entire African region.
(Thriving market)
This is because after entering the 21st century, the country's leaders found that among all the countries, only China has come out of a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, actively introduced advanced Western technology after the reform and opening up, and has become a powerful country in the world today.
Ethiopian leaders have also followed the example, actively learning from China's development experience, and vigorously introducing Chinese technology and funds. This has played a positive role in the country's rapid development, and for a long time, its GDP growth rate has been the highest in the world.
Given the country's remarkable economic achievements, why is it now in the midst of war again, and what are the black hands behind it?
(Developed cities)
First, backward Ethiopia has set its sights on China
Africa has a primitive wildness, but behind this primitiveness is hunger everywhere, and even in South Africa, where the economy is slightly more developed, the situation of blacks is not easy.
As for Ethiopia, the situation remains dire. Many people don't know that from 1893~1895, the country had the worst famine in human history, resulting in millions of people in the country being starved to death, and in later statistics, the country lost nearly 8 million people.
However, after Ethiopia expelled the colonizers, it still insisted on following European and American imperialism in the country's major policies, especially after the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and even sent a large number of soldiers to the battlefield.
(Poor people)
Since he did not know much about China, he suffered a major failure in the process of first contact. However, it is precisely because of this war that Ethiopia has witnessed the strong combat effectiveness of New China, and it has also left a deep impression on their minds.
In the days that followed, China adhered to the path of independence. In particular, under the impetus of reform and opening up, the overall national strength has been greatly enhanced.
At this time, there were many internal problems in Ethiopia, and the people's lives were deteriorating day by day, and what was once called the pearl of East Africa is now sinking into the quagmire of poverty step by step.
(Hungry people)
Later, after carefully analyzing the root causes of the country's poverty and learning more about China's development process, he found the secret of the country's re-prosperity, that is, to look at China.
After becoming president, he visited China for the first time, and then visited many cities in China, such as Shanghai and Shenzhen, and learned from his experience to formulate a five-year plan based on China. In 2011, the country's GDP grew substantially, making it a shining jewel in Africa.
Second, GDP will increase tenfold in 20 years
In the 21st century, the Ethiopian government chose to learn from China. This is not only a wise move for the country, but also a significant boost to the country's rapid economic development, and has also been rated by the United Nations as a model for poverty alleviation in Africa.
(Meiles attended the forum)
Ethiopia has a large population, with more than 100 million people, making it the second most populous country in Africa, and to a large extent, it also provides an extremely broad market space for the country's economic development.
The country's economic development is not only imitating the economic policies of the mainland, but also attracting domestic investment and related technical personnel. Therefore, in terms of economic cooperation, Ethiopia has not only set up a large number of industrial parks, but also has practitioners from the domestic small commodity trade, which greatly meets the needs of people in the region for the means of production and living.
Since 2019, China has become Ethiopia's largest trading partner. While the two countries have strengthened economic exchanges, Ethiopia has become very interested in China's relevant policies and economic development plans.
(Affluent people)
Therefore, when many Chinese people travel to Ethiopia to engage in business and other related activities, they will find that the country has economic development planning and even investment promotion and other related measures.
As the two countries' foreign economic exchanges become more and more close, a large number of Chinese enterprises, whether private or state-owned, are now rapidly expanding their market share in Ethiopia.
It is precisely because of the large participation of Chinese companies that it has played an important role in promoting the country's infrastructure construction, and Ethiopia has not only built the first light rail in Africa, but also built the first electrified railway.
(Rapid Rail Link opened)
This will not only greatly promote the development of the country's transportation, as well as logistics and other related industries, but also meet the travel needs of the country's people. In addition, Ethiopia built the Asia-Rail Railway in 2016, and all the technical indicators of the project are manufactured in accordance with Chinese standards, which not only promotes the strategy of mainland related enterprises to go global, but also greatly improves the country's freight efficiency.
In the past, the road between Ethiopia and Djibouti was as long as a week, and it is obvious that in the context of globalization, such a slow railway cannot meet the trade and personnel exchanges between the two countries, and further restricts the export of Ethiopian related products.
The construction of the railway has significantly reduced the travel time from 7 days to 10 hours, which has played a pivotal role in promoting the country's economic development.
(Busy Industrial Park)
It is precisely because of the active learning from China that Ethiopia's GDP was only US$7.7 billion in 1999, but by 2019, the country's GDP had soared to US$96.1 billion, becoming a shining pearl of the African economy.
3. The black hand of the United States
There is no doubt that Ethiopia has made remarkable achievements since entering the 21st century, not only with a tenfold increase in the country's economy, but also a nearly 40 per cent reduction in child mortality, which has become a model for poverty alleviation recognized by the United Nations.
However, the problem lies in the fact that there are many ethnic groups in Ethiopia, and in the process of economic development, the demands of the relevant ethnic groups have been ignored, which has led to an increase in ethnic contradictions.
(Cities under construction)
Although Prime Minister Abiy has formulated many policies to alleviate domestic ethnic contradictions after taking office in 2018, due to the long-standing domestic ethnic issues, especially ethnic contradictions, have become a powder keg that ignites the country's civil war.
However, in order to achieve control over the African region, the United States, after seeing the contradictions in Ethiopia, intervened in internal affairs and supported relevant opposition parties through various NGOs.
So in 2021, the United States accused the Ethiopian government of carrying out an ethnic cleansing campaign. In the face of the accusations made by the United States, the government immediately denied it, but the United States found a major opportunity to intervene in the country and immediately imposed sanctions and provided economic, military and other related support to the opposition.
(Tigrayan Rebels)
In that year, the Tigray People's Front demanded autonomy in the region, but the government refused, and a civil war ensued. At the same time, the Oromo Liberation Army appeared in the south, trying to overthrow the rule of the country's government.
As Africa's former economic star, it is now mired in civil strife, but the root cause of the civil strife is that the country has weakened its internal ethnic problems, and after the contradictions intensify, it has become an opportunity for the United States to attack.
Although Ethiopia's economy has maintained rapid growth after the outbreak of the civil war, if the civil war expands, it will inevitably lead to the burning of all economic achievements.
I also hope that in the near future, both the government army and the rebel army can shake hands and make peace, after all, only when the country is good can the people have a happy and beautiful life
(Local forces)
Resources
China Foreign Exchange, 2007(05):36-38. [OL].2021.11.11.