Sugar is an indispensable food in our daily life. It can not only bring us sweet enjoyment, but also provide energy. Like weapons, food, medicine and clothing, it plays a vital role in every country, and it is also a material food that plays a key role in the national economy, people's livelihood and national defense.
Sugar is one of the common foods in daily life, and it is also essential to maintain life. There are many artificial foods related to sugar. But once the supply of sugar is insufficient, it is very dangerous for a country, which can ensure the safety of sugar supply and is of great benefit to the stable development of the national economy. Therefore, every country reserves sugar as an important strategic material.
In the history of sugar, it has been the fuse or influence factor of war for many times.
Sugar is a kind of strategic material, which has become the fuse or influencing factor of war many times in history. In Europe, sugar used to be a scarce and expensive luxury, and only the nobles and the rich could enjoy it. In order to compete for the origin and trade right of white sugar, European countries launched countless colonial wars and maritime wars.
In the United States, sugar is also an important cash crop, which promoted the development of slave trade and plantation system, and also triggered historical events such as the American Civil War and the Cuban War of Independence. In Asia, sugar used to be a scarce and precious commodity, which has profound cultural and social significance in China, Japanese, Korean and other countries.