Strategy is one thing; external posture is quite another.
In response to the issue of technological exchange, the only official response from within the country was four words—
"Sheer fabrication!"
The news about the technology exchange was intentionally released, but it definitely could not be publicly acknowledged; similar inquiries all received negative responses.
This response was interpreted as, "We are only interested in exchanging anti-gravity technology with friendly allies."
Other countries imdiately beca more anxious.
Z country is a nation with a peaceful ideology, whose rapid developnt is at most economic, while Country E has long been involved in various battlefields; letting Country E acquire such high-end technology would undoubtedly beco their nightmare.
Then, the questioning turned to Country E, and the summary of Country E’s response was also just four words—
"No comnt!"
International tensions suddenly escalated further; other countries were desperate to acquire anti-gravity technology, seeing that only hostile nations possessed it, and they beca incredibly anxious, with conflict seeming imminent.
This situation continued until the high-level international conference on scientific and technological developnt held in Hong Kong.
The high-level international conference on scientific and technological developnt is a very influential scientific conference, with topics including technology, information, energy, environntal protection, and more, aid at strengthening cooperation in the field of science and technology among countries.
Because the conference discusses the broader directions for developnt, but the content is vague, its actual significance is not significant, and it usually doesn’t attract much attention.
Not now, though.
Many countries sent high-profile figures to attend, as everyone knew that the anti-gravity technology issue would certainly be discussed.
The conference was not public, with so parts being confidential, but the stance of the ho country was leaked during the conference: Other countries were still technically blocking the ho country, so any advanced technology the ho country had could not possibly be made public.
This statent left representatives of other countries basically unable to refute.
At the sa ti, it also spelled out the precondition for disclosing anti-gravity technology: lift the technological embargo on Z country, or at the very least, et so of Z country’s import requirents.
Of course,
the latter was no different from the forr.
As long as certain import requirents were t, the technological blockade would fall apart on its own, because everything worth getting would be obtained, and continuing to block what wasn’t desired didn’t matter at all.
The conference on scientific developnt didn’t reveal much, but its impact was still significant. Less than a week after it ended, high-level representatives from many developed countries gathered to hold high-level etings and engage in targeted negotiations.
Actually, the dostic players who were taking a wait-and-see approach knew the big shot would co down. His demands were much lower than they had expected.
So countries were already opposed to the so-called technological blockade, which hard their interests and prevented their high-tech products from being sold to China.
Upon learning about the anti-gravity technology, they were even prepared to take a big hit, as the importance of anti-gravity technology far outweighed that of other technological fields.
However, technology exchange is not easy to realize.
For instance, the ownership of so high-end manufacturing technologies belongs to multinational corporations; governnts cannot simply use private companies’ technology as a bargaining chip for anti-gravity technology exchange.
If it were just a straightforward technology exchange, it would make things very complicated. If it turned into lifting technological restrictions, it would rely involve policy adjustnts, which is much simpler and would even garner support from so major companies, as they would definitely receive export orders.
Naturally, there was also strong opposition; the ho country’s developnt pace was too fast, and this worried the international community, as lifting the technological embargo would definitely accelerate the ho country’s scientific and technological developnt.
By then, it would implicate not just economic growth but nurous fields of high-end technology.
But there was no choice.
They had to obtain anti-gravity technology, or else they wouldn’t have the "key to a technological breakthrough."
Clearly,
on the basis of "short-term harmlessness," acquiring anti-gravity technology was the best option, and it could also secure support from so large corporations.
Moreover, there was a notion that "technological limitations" might actually spur dostic developnt; if all sectors pursued independent R&D without any restrictions, the developnt wouldn’t be constrained, and so related research might even surpass international levels.
Take for instance the J-40.
The J-40 fighter jet was beyond their comprehension, surpassing the level of the F-35 in terms of engine and external design.
The J-40 was Z country’s own independent developnt!
If Z country could produce such advanced fighter jets on its own, what was the point of a technology blockade?
It was hard to say.
At the conference, it was suggested, "If the blockade is lifted, maybe in the future we could get our hands on the J-40 and explore the technology within. So of the technology is sure to be astonishing!"
Although there was much support, lifting the technological embargo was a major issue, and no direct resolution was reached at the eting. However, it was clarified that there would be negotiations with the ho country without touching the embargo, to produce a specific import list.
In other words, once the import deals were negotiated, policies in the related product areas would be relaxed.
That was acceptable to everyone.
In fact, such an outco was equivalent to putting a fig leaf on "lifting the technological blockade." Stating it plainly would upset people in so sectors, resulting in much outcry and opposition.
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