Let's take a look at the location of the Golden Triangle. The golden triangle as we know it is actually divided into two concepts. One is the narrow golden triangle. Mekong River is the most important transnational water system in Asia, and there is no one. It is also the third longest river in Asia and the longest river in Southeast Asia, with a total length of 4,909 kilometers. Mekong River originates from Zaduo County, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, and flows through Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, and finally enters the South China Sea from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The fast-flowing Mekong River often carries a lot of sediment. As time goes on, a delta is formed between the Mekong River and the Yesay River. Because water resources are abundant and the soil is very nutritious, the soil in this delta is very fertile, rich in products and growing in area. Whenever the crops turn golden, the delta looks like a golden triangle, so it is named the Golden Triangle.
The narrow golden triangle area is limited, but the broad golden triangle area is relatively large. It includes not only the eastern plateau of Myanmar, but also Chiang Rai, Songfu, Ye Feng and Chiang Mai in the northwest of Thailand, as well as the northwest of Laos, with a total area of 15 to 200,000 square kilometers. As for the actual area of the generalized golden triangle, no one can say, but on the whole, when it is presented on the map. It is not difficult to find that the generalized golden triangle is in the three no-zones. The reason why drugs are rampant here is mainly because of its geography, except for some historical reasons.
As early as during the reign of the National Government, many national armies entered the Golden Triangle. Because the sky is high and the emperor is far away, coupled with some colonial reasons, the planting habits of the people in the Golden Triangle have changed. In the past, they planted grain twice a year, but influenced by the then National Government and British colonists, the people in the Golden Triangle chose to plant grain once a year as the basic ration, in addition to planting poppy once a year. At first, this situation was not common. It was not until the 1970s and 1980s that drugs in the Golden Triangle began to explode wildly. This situation is mainly caused by a man named Khun Sa.
At its peak, Khun Sa once controlled 65% of the world's drug smuggling. The Golden Triangle of that era was the most horrible and chaotic. Khun Sa and his clique are so powerful that sometimes even the government forces can't defeat them. In the golden triangle area, it is the real success of those who follow me and the death of those who oppose me. What is even more unexpected is that people in the Golden Triangle are very supportive of Khun Sa. Is it a little incomprehensible? Myanmar, Thailand and Laos just don't care. Why do ordinary people support a violent drug Lord? Here, everyone must understand a problem. Drugs are evil and absolutely intolerable, but for people in the Golden Triangle, they are an essential factor for survival. Medicine is both medicine and food. People's income is cut off, so it's strange not to make trouble.
Of course, after the fall of Khun Sa, the whole Golden Triangle region has undergone fundamental changes. The core reason is the entry of Chinese businessmen. Later, with the help of our country, Laos established the Golden Triangle Special Zone. The economic pillars of this special zone mainly include tourism, gambling and entertainment. According to the construction plan made in that year, the Golden Triangle Special Zone should be completed in 2020, so the calculation time should be about the same. With the help of our country, most poppy cultivation in the Golden Triangle has been replaced by other crops. Today, most fields are planted with hybrid rice, coffee, rubber and various tropical fruits from China.
Since 1990s, China has invested 500 million yuan to change the chaotic situation in the Golden Triangle. Although the investment is large, the effect is also remarkable. In 2006, the area planted with opium poppy in the Golden Triangle decreased greatly, even reaching the lowest level in a hundred years. For example, compared with eight years ago, the opium poppy planting area in Myanmar decreased by 654.38+0.08 million hectares, with a reduction rate of 83%, and that in Laos decreased by 24.300 hectares, with a reduction rate of 93%. Maybe many people will see this after reading these data. Are there any benefits?
There is a core reason here. At one time, drugs in our country mainly came from the Golden Triangle. In order to control these floods in our country, our country has formulated the policy of blocking the source and curing the problem. Only by blocking the source can we cure the problem. Therefore, our country will spare no effort to help the development of the Golden Triangle, and let them give up planting poppies and plant other cash crops instead. The key is to plant these cash crops in the Golden Triangle, and most of them will be sold back to China. What do you mean? We provide him with a one-stop service of production and marketing, making the people in the Golden Triangle feel that planting these things is more profitable than planting poppies, and fundamentally solving the problems in the Golden Triangle. I have to say, for the people to live and work in peace and contentment, and for the healthy life of the people, our country really spares no effort.