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LI’s revenue nearly doubled in the first quarter： the target of 30,000 vehicles delivered in June was not considered for price reduction.

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　　first quarterReach new heights.

　　May 10, (Nasdaq:LI；; 02015.HK) released the financial report for the first quarter of 2023. The financial report shows that the revenue in the first quarter was 18.79 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 96.5%, a record high, slightly higher than the market estimate of 18.68 billion yuan;It was 934 million yuan, and the net loss in the first quarter of 2022 was 10.9 million yuan, up 252% from 265 million yuan in the fourth quarter of 2022.

　　LI’s outstanding financial performance in the first quarter was supported by the substantial increase in sales. In terms of delivery volume, in the first quarter of this year, LI delivered a total of 52,600 vehicles, up 65.8% year-on-year, achieving the best single-season delivery result.

　　For the second quarter of this year, LI gave delivery guidelines of up to 76,000 to 81,000 vehicles, up 164.9% to 182.4% year-on-year; It is estimated that the revenue will reach 24.22 billion yuan to 25.86 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 177.4%-196.1%.

　　Annual grossThe target is 20%, and the sales of management fee rate will be reduced to 9.8%.

　　JiumaoOn the whole, LI’s gross profit margin and automobile gross profit margin both decreased year-on-year and increased month-on-month. The gross profit margin was 20.4% in the first quarter, 22.6% in the same period last year and 20.2% in the fourth quarter of 2022. The gross profit margin of automobiles was 19.8%, compared with 22.4% in the same period last year and 20% in the fourth quarter of 2022.

　　Li Tie, CFO of LI, said that in the first quarter of this year, the sales in Li ONE led to a decrease in the gross profit margin of the whole vehicle in the quarter, and it is expected that all the sales in Li ONE will be completed in the first half of this year. At the same time, there is still room for improvement in the profit margin of the ideal L7 and Air models. However, considering other potential factors, we still maintain the goal of 20% gross profit margin for the whole year.

　　Between LI CEO Li Xiang and a few days agoSpeaking at the meeting, LI’s expenses have further become.The focus of attention.

　　Recently, Li Xiang announced: "LI brand market expense rate is 0.6%, including all public relations, activities, advertisements, auto shows, press conferences, car owners’ operations, etc. I have to approve the expenses of tens of thousands of yuan to avoid spending money indiscriminately." At the same time, he also mentioned that the market expense ratio of mainstream brands is 2%-3%, which is 4-5 times that of LI.

　　The ideal, which has always been called "picking factories", has been evaluated by many analysts as properly controlling the expense ratio. The financial report for the first quarter shows that in the first quarter of 2023, LI’s sales, general and management expenses were RMB 1.65 billion, up 36.8% year-on-year and 0.9% quarter-on-quarter, accounting for 9.8% of revenue, further decreasing compared with 2022. In 2022, LI’s sales, general and management expenses were 5.665 billion yuan, accounting for 12.5% of the total revenue. In contrast, Tucki andThis figure is over 20%.

　　LI’s R&D expenditure is also rising. In the first quarter, it invested a total of 1.85 billion yuan in R&D, up 34.8% year-on-year, and the R&D expenditure rate remained at around 10%, which was in line with LI’s previous expectations. Li Tie said that the R&D expenditure will remain the original annual plan, at around 10 billion to 12 billion yuan. Sales management expenses depend on the profit level and will be further optimized.

　　In June, it hit 30,000 vehicles, and in the fourth quarter, it pushed pure electric vehicles.

　　In response to sales expectations, Li Xiang said that he should strive to achieve the goal of delivering 30,000 vehicles in a single month in June this year.

　　If this goal is achieved, then LI and the car,The new car-making forces will further widen the gap. At present, other new car-making forces have not touched the threshold of monthly sales of 20,000 vehicles. In the past April, only Nezha’s car sales reached 11,000 vehicles, and the sales of other new car-making forces did not exceed 10,000 vehicles.

　　Judging from the ideal sales volume in the first four months of this year, it is not difficult to achieve this goal. The delivery data of LI from January to April this year is constantly rising, with 15,100 vehicles delivered in January, up 23.4% year-on-year; 16,600 vehicles were delivered in February, a year-on-year increase of 97.5%; 20,800 vehicles were delivered in March, an increase of 88.7% year-on-year; In April, the delivery volume exceeded 25,000 vehicles for the first time, reaching 25,700 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 516.3%.

　　Since this year,The price of raw material lithium carbonate has dropped sharply. Some analysts asked LI if there was any plan to reduce the price. Li Xiang replied, "At present, there is no consideration of reducing the price, because when we make detailed long-term planning and pricing, we have already set the price at the most competitive price in the corresponding price range according to the grade and size of each vehicle, and both upward and downward fluctuations will be problematic. This is the fundamental reason why we have been very cautious in pricing and insist on long-term consideration. "

　　Li Xiang also said that ideally, the market share is still the first important factor, and the core goal in the second quarter is more than 200,000 yuan.In the automobile market, the market share of 11% in the first quarter was raised to 13%.

　　In the face of LI’s record financial data, many people shouted "Ideal is crazy", but some analysts expressed concern about the pure electric vehicles in LI. LI’s achievements are inseparable from the extended-range power model, and it has the first-Mover advantage. However, in the pure electric track where car companies gather, the ideal will face more intense challenges, and it is not easy to stand out.

　　During the recent Shanghai Auto Show, LI officially released the "Double Energy Strategy", saying that it will exert all efforts in "intelligence" and "electric energy". By 2025, it will form a product layout of "one super flagship model+five extended-range electric vehicles+five high-voltage pure electric vehicles", which will face more than 200,000 markets and fully meet the needs of home users. At the same time, ideally, it is estimated that more than 3,000 charging stations will be built by 2025.

　　Recently, there are market rumors that LI pure electric vehicles will be postponed until next year. At the earnings conference call, Li Xiang revealed that the pure electric vehicles in LI will be released in the fourth quarter of this year. After the release, they will start the test drive in the store and gradually start the delivery, which will keep the same release and delivery rhythm as the L9, L8 and L7 models.

　　In order to support the development of multi-vehicles, LI is also continuously expanding its network layout. As of April 30, 2023, LI has 302 retail centers nationwide, covering 123 cities; There are 318 after-sales maintenance centers and authorized car body panel spraying centers, covering 222 cities.

Football originated in China, why can’t it be played in modern times？ It has something to do with Zhu Yuanzhang’s prejudice against Cuju.

When it comes to football, I believe many students will think of ancient cuju in China. There is no doubt that football originated from ancient cuju in China. In 2004, FIFA confirmed that cuju in ancient China was the earliest prototype of football. # You don’t know the history of football #

So, when was Cuju invented in ancient China? The "Ju" in Cuju can be traced back to the stone balls in the cultural site of Ding Cun 100,000 years ago. At first, it should be a hunting tool. In the late primitive society, stone balls kicked by feet and hollowed-out pottery balls appeared.

However, it is not known from the development of stone balls to the inventor of Cuju. According to Liu Xiang’s "Bielu", it is said that Cuju was invented by the Yellow Emperor and began to be used in military training. The bow was made of leather and filled with hair.

The earliest accurate and credible written record of Cuju was in the Warring States Policy and Historical Records. In 285 BC, that is, during the Warring States Period, Cuju was recorded as an activity with both military and recreational nature.

When introducing the living conditions of people in Linzi, the capital of Qi State, Qice wrote: "There are 70,000 households in Linzi … which are very rich and real, and all of them are people who play the flute, drum instruments, percussion, playing the piano, fighting cocks, walking dogs, playing six blogs and squatting."

It can be seen that cuju has developed into a popular way of sports in Linzi, the capital of Qi during the Warring States Period.

During the Han Dynasty, Cuju ushered in a period of rapid development. Cuju can be used not only for entertainment and performance, but also for competition and training. It is estimated that many students can’t believe that Cuju will be used for training. This is because Cuju can not only train soldiers’ physical fitness, but also enrich military life.

If Han Dynasty was the first peak of Cuju’s development, then Tang and Song Dynasties was the second peak. After improvement, Cuju started with a solid ball stuffed with hair and became an inflatable ball. Because of the lower cost of football, more ordinary people could afford to play Cuju. With the increase of the number of Cuju, there were teams and norms dedicated to Cuju, and organizations specializing in Cuju competitions appeared in the Song Dynasty.

Having said that, everyone must first think of Gao Qiu, the first master of cuju in the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty, because Song Huizong liked cuju very much when he was the king of Duan, and when Gao Qiu sent something to the palace of Duan, he inadvertently showed a few hands, thus being left behind by Zhao Ji. After Zhao Ji became king, he began to promote Gao Qiu.

During the Tang and Song Dynasties, due to the gradual popularization of cuju, Japan often sent Tang envoys to China at that time, and brought the game of cuju back to Japan. Today, football is still called "cuqiu" in Japanese and Han Wenzhong, which is also influenced by China’s cuju.

Why did China Cuju, which was still at its peak in the Tang and Song Dynasties, fall out of fashion in the Ming and Qing Dynasties? Even after the mid-Qing Dynasty, football turned from export to domestic sales and reappeared in the eyes of China people.

All this stems from an imperial edict of Zhu Yuanzhang. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, it was different from the situation that the previous generation used cuju as a means of military training. Zhu Yuanzhang thought that cuju was a sign of being a plaything, because Zhu Yuanzhang had an old rival named Zhang Shicheng, and Zhang Shicheng’s troops liked cuju very much. However, when Zhang Shicheng was at war with Zhu Yuanzhang, it was simply vulnerable. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang thought that cuju would not help the improvement of soldiers’ military literacy. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered that the Ming army would not be allowed to cuju in the future, and offenders would be punished.

Because this order only prohibits soldiers from playing cuju, but not the people, it actually abandons the function of competition and training, while the people play cuju more for entertainment and viewing.

Therefore, in Ming Dynasty, cuju was still popular among the people, but most of them were women. At that time, cuju was a talent show, just like a brothel woman performing singing and dancing. Although there were several emperors who liked cuju in Ming Dynasty, it was even recorded that the emperor organized eunuchs and maids to play cuju in the palace, but at that time, cuju had developed into a very lightweight thing, and even developed into kicking shuttlecock, which completely deviated from the development of modern football.

During the Qing Dynasty, there were few records about cuju. When the Qing army entered the customs, cuju was banned in the Eight Banners during the Shunzhi period, and cuju was combined with skating, resulting in the movement form of "cuju on the ice".

While the development direction of football in China is crooked, western countries are keen on playing football, and Britain is the first country to popularize modern football.

According to legend, in the 11th century, there was a war between England and Denmark. After the war, when the British were cleaning up the ruins of the war, they found the skull of a Danish invader. They were in resentment, so they kicked the Danish skull with their feet to vent their dissatisfaction. Later, everyone felt that it was very difficult to kick the skull, so some smart people thought of replacing the skull with a cow’s bladder, so there was the origin of modern football.

It can be seen that the birth of modern football itself is full of bloodshed and killing. The initial football match is not just an entertainment, but more like a confrontation.

Generally, two cities take part in a football match. The host throws the football into the air. At the beginning of the game, both sides rush into it, not only shouting, but also running and kicking. Which side can kick the ball to the downtown area of the other side is the winner.

The strong desire to win or lose makes the participants on both sides crazy. In order to win, when the football rushes into the residents’ houses in the middle, the players will rush in and kick around, often leaving the houses in pieces. Therefore, when there is no football match, the people have to close their doors and wait until the end of the game before they dare to leave the house.

Under the strong opposition of the people, the British government had to make a ban, stipulating that football matches can only be played in open spaces, but not in downtown areas, so there was a special football venue.

By 1848, the first written rule of football, Cambridge Rules, was born, which was made between Oxford and Cambridge for a football match. The rule was that only 11 people played in each team, and this rule continued until recently.

In 1862, the world’s first football club was established in Nottinghamshire, England. On October 26th, 1863, the world’s first official football organization, the English Football Association, was established in London, England. This day was also regarded as the birth day of modern football. Since then, with the further improvement of the rules of the game, football has quickly spread around the world.

It can be said that while modern football is flourishing, the ancient cuju in China is evolving into a shuttlecock-kicking sport. Do you think that the decline of modern football in China is related to Zhu Yuanzhang’s ban on military cuju? Welcome to discuss in the comments section below!

The body of a 9-year-old girl who lost contact in Hangzhou was found wearing red clothes and white pants.

　　On July 4, Zhang Zixin, a 9-year-old girl from Chun ‘an County, Zhejiang Province, was taken away by the tenant and then lost contact.

　　On July 13th, Zhang Zixin’s suspected body was discovered. The Zhejiang Provincial Public Security Department issued a police report saying that the girl’s body found in Shipu sea area of Xiangshan County on the afternoon of 13th was confirmed to be Zhang Zixin, a lost girl in Chun ‘an County, Hangzhou.

　　The relevant situation is still under investigation.

　　Latest progress

　　Girl’s body found

　　Wear red clothes and white pants.

　　At about 12: 30 on July 13th, a corpse was found on the sea surface of Shipu, Xiangshan (121 degrees 59 minutes east longitude and 29 degrees 12 minutes north latitude). The body that was salvaged ashore, wearing clothes and physical features, was suspected to be a lost girl. Subsequently, Weibo, the official of Xiangshan County Public Security Bureau, announced that the girl’s body was salvaged and confirmed to be Zhang Zixin, a lost girl in Chun ‘an County, Hangzhou.

　　On the afternoon of the 13th, the reporter of Beiqing Daily learned from the insider that the girl’s body was found by a fishing boat, and the owner contacted the police, and the fishing boat took the body to the fishing port. The police waited on the shore and then took the body to the funeral home. It is understood that this is the fishing season in Ningbo, but fishing boats are allowed to go fishing in the sea. The fishing boat took advantage of the closed fishing season to receive sea fishermen, during which the remains were found and brought to Shipu Town, Xiangshan County.

　　The reason why it was not the remains found by the police and private rescue forces, the staff of local rescue organizations said that the main area they searched recently was the Guanri Pavilion in Songlan Mountain Scenic Area, the last missing place of the girl, and its nearby waters, while the Shipu sea area in Xiangshan is more than 30 kilometers away from here, which has exceeded the scope of the main search.

　　On the evening of 13th, the reporter of Beiqing Daily contacted Zhou Enlong, the boatman who found Zhang Zixin’s body. Zhou Enlong told reporters that his ship is engaged in sea travel. At about 12 noon on the 13th, when he took tourists out to sea, he found a child’s body floating about 10 meters away from the ship, and he immediately reported it to the local fishing police. Zhou Enlong introduced that the found body was wearing red clothes and white pants, not because the net had not worn clothes before. However, because the body is swollen, it is difficult to identify the face.

　　Incident

　　Two tenants took the 9-year-old girl.

　　The child disappeared after the seaside tour.

　　The tragedy happened in mid-June. Two Cantonese people came to Qingxi Village, Qiandaohu Town, Chun ‘an County, Hangzhou. The man’s surname was Liang and the woman’s surname was Xie. Local villagers reported that the two men lived in a hotel in the village and were playing nearby. Talking about Liang and Xie, the villagers only think that these two people are generous and like to show off their wealth.

　　Nine-year-old Zhang Zixin also has a good impression on these two tenants, because the other party often buys her food and play. "She is very attached to them," the villagers said. Zhang Zixin’s grandparents are selling fruit in the village. These two people come to buy some fruit almost every day. In the long run, the two sides become more and more familiar, so that Zhang Zixin was later lost by the two people. Grandma Zixin still can’t believe it. "They both look honest."

　　After living in a hotel for a period of time, Liang and Xie proposed that the hotel price was too high, and they wanted to rent it at Zhang Zixin’s grandparents’ home and give 500 yuan money every month. Feeling that the other person was nice, Grandma Zhang Zixin rented a house on the second floor of her home to the other person.

　　After staying for a few days, Liang Mouhua proposed to take Zhang Zixin to Shanghai for a wedding and let Zhang Zixin be flower girl. When Zhang Zixin’s grandparents told the news to his son Zhang Jun, who was still working in other places, he said he didn’t agree unless his grandfather went with him.

　　Liang and Xie repeatedly persuaded the two old people, saying that Zixin could go out to play during the summer vacation, and refused to go with her grandfather. On the morning of July 4th, 9-year-old Zhang Zixin left his home in Qiandao Lake with Liang Xie.

　　Zhang Jun told reporters that after his daughter was taken away, he immediately came to the other party’s phone and WeChat, and had contact with the other party on the 5 th and 6 th. At that time, Zhang Zixin also told his father that he had a good time and Zhang Jun’s hanging heart was gradually put down.

　　However, Zhang Jun did not expect that Liang and Xie did not take their daughters to Shanghai, but went south to Zhangzhou, Fujian. On the 4th, they arrived in Dongshan County of Zhangzhou and went to Maluan Bay in Dongshan. In a video sent by Liang Mouhua to Zhang Jun on the 5th, Zhang Zixin wore a white shirt, black trousers and a blue swimming ring to play on the beach. This beach is Maluan Bay.

　　On the 6th, three people left Zhangzhou. It is reported that they also went to Shantou, but in Liang Mouhua’s circle of friends, the positioning display is Wenzhou. What is certain is that on the evening of the 6th, three people checked into a hotel in downtown Ningbo.

　　The 7th was the last time the three men appeared. According to the network car driver who once took three people to visit the scenic spots, he took three people to three scenic spots near Xiangshan, Ningbo. "At that time, all three people were in good mood, much like a family." During the conversation, Liang Mouhua also showed off his wealth many times.

　　At 19: 18 pm on the 7th, the girl appeared in the surveillance screen for the last time. On the way from Songlanshan to Juexi Street in Xiangshan County, she was wearing the blue dress of Hanfu elements in the morning, holding a blue swimming ring, next to Xie Moufang carrying a bag of snacks. At 22: 20 that night, Liang and Xie appeared on the monitoring screen, but Zhang Zixin was not seen; At about 23: 01, Liang and Xie left by taxi at the intersection of East Gate of Juexi Street.

　　Looking for someone failed.

　　The child’s father called the police on the 8 th

　　Xiangshan dispatched more than 500 people.

　　On the evening of the 7th, Liang Mouhua didn’t send Zhang Zixin home as promised. When Zhang Jun contacted Liang Mouhua for the last time, the other party said that he was preparing to come back by high-speed train in Ningbo. Zhang Jun, who was in a hurry, reported the case to the local police early on the 8 th. At this time, he did not know that Liang Mouhua and Xie Moufang had committed suicide.

　　The police found that tenants Liang Mouhua and Xie Moufang committed suicide in Dongqian Lake, Ningbo, and Zhang Zixin’s whereabouts were still unknown. Zhang Jun, who heard the news, cried bitterly. He told reporters on the phone that he never thought such a thing would happen. When he contacted Liang Mouhua on the 7th, it was normal. "They agreed to send the children back on the evening of the 7th," Zhang Jun choked.

　　According to the last location of Zhang Zixin, the police locked her in the waters near Songshan Mountain in Xiangshan. More than 500 local police and civilian rescue teams started road and water rescue.

　　The search for several days was fruitless, and the search and rescue personnel kept expanding the scope of search and rescue, from five or six kilometers off the coastline, to 10 kilometers and then to 30 kilometers, hoping to find the whereabouts of Zhang Zixin. Captain Li of Xiangshan Wolf Rescue Team told the reporter that the rescue team has been repeatedly investigating the grass and bushes that have been investigated, and the scope of investigation is also expanding.

　　Zhang Jun has also been at the rescue site. He called his daughter’s name to the sea over and over again, hoping that she could hear her father’s voice.

　　Yesterday, after the news that the suspected child’s body was found came, Zi Xin’s uncle told the reporter of Beiqing Daily: "He (Zhang Jun) is shaking all over. We haven’t received a notice from the police confirming that (the remains) are Zixin, and we still have a glimmer of hope. "

　　Retrospection of the incident of Hangzhou girls being taken away.

　　June 29

　　Two tenants, Liang Mouhua and Xie Moufang, officially started renting the house of the girl grandparents.

　　On the evening of July 2,

　　The tenant said that she would take the girl to Shanghai to be a flower girl on July 4th and promised to bring her back on July 6th.

　　Early on July 4th.

　　The tenant took the girl out of Qingxi Village, Chun ‘an, Hangzhou.

　　At 16: 00 on July 4,

　　Three people appeared in Zhangzhou Station, Fujian Province, and then three people played in Maluan Bay Scenic Area in Zhangzhou.

　　At about 18 o’clock, three people checked into the hotel.

　　At 4 o’clock on July 6,

　　The three took a taxi in Dongshan County, Zhangzhou to Shantou, Guangdong Province.

　　At 22: 54 pm, the three arrived at Ningbo Station and checked into a nearby hotel.

　　At 15: 00 on July 7,

　　The three took a taxi to Fenghua, Ningbo, and played in the Great Wall Scenic Area on the water.

　　At 17: 23, three people appeared near the Gold Coast Hotel in Songlan Mountain Scenic Area, and the girl was holding a swimming ring.

　　At 19: 18, three people appeared near a construction site, which was the last time the girl appeared in the monitoring screen.

　　At 22: 20, the tenants appeared on the coastal highway in Xiangshan County, Ningbo, and they left by taxi soon after.

　　At 5 o’clock on July 8,

　　The bodies of two tenants were found on Dongqian Lake in Yinzhou District, Ningbo.

　　In the morning, the girl’s father called the police locally.

　　At 21: 00 on July 9

　　Ningbo Xiangshan public security began to search and rescue

　　On the evening of July 10th.

　　The girl citizen card was found near Guanri Pavilion in Xiangshan Songlanshan Tourism Resort.

　　At 12: 30 on July 13th.

　　The girl’s body was found in Shipu sea area.

　　News pursuit

　　Mysterious two tenants traveled more than 30 countries together.

　　On the 13th, it was suspected that Liang Mouhua’s social media account was exposed. On the short video account with the same name as WeChat, a total of 153 short videos were posted, almost all of which were about traveling all over the country.

　　The reporter of Beiqing Daily noticed that this account began to publish content in April this year. During this period, it has been to Dali, Kunming, Chongqing, Xi ‘an, Changsha, Hangzhou, Beijing and other countries for 30 times. Men visited major scenic spots and once appeared in the mirror, marveling at the beauty of the scenery.

　　A netizen named "Simple" once spent two days with Liang Mouhua and Xie Moufang in Lugu Lake, Yunnan. According to "Simplicity", Liang Mouhua and Xie Moufang claimed to be husband and wife. In the process of traveling with peers, Liang Mouhua showed off his wealth many times, saying that he sold Lamborghini by car at home and had real estate in Hong Kong and Shenzhen. After returning, he also sent a message to Simple that he wanted to buy a villa in Qiandao Lake.

　　"Simple" told the reporter of Beiqing Daily that Liang Mouhua often sent messages to himself after returning from Lugu Lake. On June 30th, Liang Mouhua sent a video in which Zhang Zixin also said hello to "simplicity". When "simple" asked whose child it was, Liang Mohua said "it’s a friend’s child".

　　On July 2, Liang Mouhua borrowed 3,000 yuan from "Simple" and said that his bank card was about to expire. After the failure, the contact between the two sides became less and less. Liang Mouhua’s account of "Safe Life" is suspected to be owned by Xie Moufang, including a collection of photos of Liang and Xie traveling in various places, which reads "I am most happy to travel with my husband".

　　The last status of "Safe Life" was released at 11: 58 on the 7th, located in the Great Wall Forest Park in Huang Xianhai. In the video, Zhang Zixin wearing a Hanfu dress appeared.

　　Text/reporter Fu Wei Zhang Yue Zhang Xi

　　Coordinator/Jiang Shuo

What is the United States fighting for with a history of 240 years and more than 200 wars？

　　From Vietnam to North Korea

　　From Afghanistan to Syria

　　The United States often hits

　　"Humanitarian intervention"

　　"Combating terrorism"

　　Wait for the banner to use force against foreign countries

　　For more than two centuries

　　War and force

　　The DNA that has been integrated into this country

　　Historically speaking,

　　The United States is the most combative country in the world.

　　Since the declaration of independence in 1776, in the history of more than 240 years, the United States has launched and participated in more than 200 wars, and has not participated in wars for less than 20 years.

　　For hundreds of years, in order to plunder land and resources, the United States has violently expelled and killed aborigines. From the end of the 15th century to the beginning of the 20th century, the population of Native Americans dropped sharply from 5 million to 250,000. The history of American development is the history of aboriginal blood and tears.

　　More than 170 years ago, the United States forced Mexico to sign an unequal treaty through the US-Mexico War and other means, and plundered large areas of territory that originally belonged to Mexico, including Texas, California and Arizona.

　　After the end of World War II, the United States intervened in or launched many wars overseas, which claimed a lot of lives, especially caused extremely serious civilian casualties and brought eye-catching humanitarian disasters. According to incomplete statistics, from the end of World War II in 1945 to 2001, there were 248 armed conflicts in 153 regions of the world, of which 201 were initiated by the United States, accounting for about 81%. From the Korean War to the Vietnam War, millions of civilians were killed in the war. However, the United States used "Agent Orange" on a large scale in the Vietnam War, and used depleted uranium bombs on a large scale in the Gulf War and the bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, causing local people to suffer from cancer or other diseases.

　　After 2001, under the banner of "anti-terrorism", the United States continued to fight militarily and launched wars and military operations in 85 countries around the world. The war claimed more than 900,000 lives, including 387,000 civilians. Tens of millions of refugees have been displaced in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria and other places most devastated by war.

　　The reasons why the United States launched these wars are high-sounding, often under the banner of so-called humanitarian intervention and combating terrorism. But in fact, what are the reasons behind the frequent use of force by the United States?

　　Plunder oil under the guise of human rights and democracy

　　US Vice President Harris:You know, in the past many years, generations have been fighting for oil.

　　Harris let slip that the so-called human rights and democracy are just a cover for waging war, and the real purpose is to rob oil and control other countries by controlling global oil resources. Syria, Iraq, Libya and other countries are victims of American oil ambitions.

　　American historian Peter Kuznik:As former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said, unfortunately, Americans are unwilling to admit that we invaded Iraq for oil.

　　Israeli political analyst Ariel Ben Solomon:The fact is that Libya has relatively large oil reserves, which is an important reason for western military intervention.

　　Venezuelan President Maduro:Our country has the richest oil reserves in the world, and American imperialist rulers are looking at it and trying to get their hands on our oil, just as they did in Iraq and Libya.

　　Syrian President Bashar al-Assad:The United States harms the interests of other people, undermines international law, destroys the foundation of humanity, and so on, all for the sake of oil.

　　The military-industrial complex issued a "war windfall"

　　American military enterprises are closely related to the US government and Congress, forming a powerful military industry interest group. According to the survey report released by the Institute of Security Policy Reform, an independent think tank in the United States, from October 2001 to August 2021,Lockheed — Martin, Raytheon, General Dynamics, Boeing and northrop — Grumman Corp.The five American military giants received a total of $2.02 trillion from Congress. These arms dealers have also spent huge sums of money lobbying Washington politicians. As a result, not only have the US military spending been rising year after year, but they have also taken advantage of the intensification of various foreign policies and regional situations to promote arms around the world.

　　Andrew Hunter, Director of the Defense Industry Initiative Group of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in the United States:For most defense industries, their biggest source of business is the Pentagon, so their fate follows the defense budget.

　　Control other countries and safeguard global hegemony

　　These interests, such as oil and arms, are only superficial reasons. What the United States has shown behind its years of belligerence is actually a hegemonic mentality of "giving priority to the United States and taking all the strong" and a unilateral thinking of "being the only one who cares about the world". Kurt Ritter, a former US Marine Corps intelligence officer, published an article on the website of Russian TV today on the 11th, saying, "The United States is trying to reshape the world according to its own ideas. The United States feels that it is the most important country, and other countries should act in the direction guided by the United States, otherwise it will be the enemy of the United States. "

　　International political expert Giger:Since 1945, the foreign policy of the United States has always been to maintain hegemony at all costs in areas they consider strategic.

　　Iranian political analyst Huszcza Shm:This is the embodiment of (American) hegemony. The United States doesn’t care about other countries at all, and it doesn’t care about the United Nations. It thinks it is superior to other countries, so it dares to bully, invade and plunder the people of other countries. The attitude and behavior of the United States in the past 20 years can explain the fact that the United States simply doesn’t care about the values it preaches, such as democracy, the rule of law, and counter-terrorism. The United States only uses these as tools.