With the topic of coffee as the starting point, Gao Yang finally intended to get to the main issue.
Although it was counterfeit, Gao Yang needed to begin from a standpoint fitting the identity, which required understanding the background of the issue to be discussed. Of course, Gao Yang was certainly informed about the background of the Yemeni chaos, otherwise, his presence there would serve no purpose.
Overall, the situation in Yemen was extremely complex, indeed extraordinarily complex.
First, in 1990, Yemen was formed by the merger of North Yemen and South Yemen into one country. However, despite the merger in name, the official government has never truly controlled the country.
Even at the government's most powerful phase, it never controlled more than forty percent of the territory. The various big and small tribes never really heeded the Yemeni government.
