China's Belt and Road initiative

[@dreammfyre]

Trade is power. That's why I build all my cities next to rivers.

[@mousemonkey6851]

water is life. You are going to pollute your resources.

[@isunlloaoll]

6th sense You're welcomed to go build cities in the middle of nowhere.

[@RJT80]

re hash People outside China think it is a well oiled socialist machine. It isn't. It's a regulatory nightmare and something that people only figure out once they partner with them on projects like this. The more China exposes itself to the world, the more their partners learn about how they do business and what their true intentions are. They are not necessarily evil, but certinaly not virtuous as far as everyone else is concerned. China wants control. Countries who have taken money from China in exchange for control are already schooled in the signficant drawbacks.

[@Maderr4]

Gotta have that housing

[@Shenzhou.]

Trade can still occur via overland trade routes such as the Silk Road.

[@OdinComposer]

I'm a simple man. I see a map with colored regions, I click. But of course Shirvan is the best at making these videos too, no doubt about that.

[@hencrazy]

China has always had a deep merchant history despite centuries of political structures trying to inhibit it, from Confucian social structures to Communism. Embracing this historic tendency is the correct move.

[@炎黃-v5p]

Rocket Propelled Mexican indeed china still has a confucian political

[@dayangmarikit6860]

China got rich by selling porcelain, silk, tea, paper and gunpowder... they kept the manufacturing of this products a secret for a long time especially silk and porcelain... which means they monopolized production, trade and income... porcelain and silk were very popular luxury products *(Romans and Greeks payed a lot of money just to acquire silk).* From Japan, to Southeast Asia, India, Central Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe... All of the old world was China's market and they monopolized it... on the other hand the world didn't really have anything that China truly wanted.

[@bobhan6395]

Confucius concept of international relationship is father and children, few neighboring countries are granted little brother relationship. Obey father then you will receive benevolence. This is why China has territorial conflicts with ALL of its' neighbors. Historically China had predatory trade and military behavior except during occupation by foreigners. Chinese usually twist history by calling foreign occupation as Chinese dynasties. Mongol empire is Chinese too, funny!

[@Shenzhou.]

Why you claim China has territorial conflicts with all our neighbors? China has settled boundary dispute approximately of 20,000 km with 12 countries out of the 22,000 km and is yet to settle about 2,000 km of boundary involving India and Bhutan. -In 1961, Nepal and China signed border agreement. -In 1962, Mongolia and China signed border agreement. -In 1963, Afghanistan and China signed border agreement. -In 1963, Pakistan and China signed border agreement. -In 1991, USSR and China signed Sino-Soviet border agreement. -In 1992, Laos and China signed border agreement. -In 1994, Kazakhstan and China signed border agreement. As for Bhutan and India, China has 21 talks with Bhutan and 19 talks with India but still fail to settle our countries borders.

[@hencrazy]

>predatory trade and military behavior except during occupation by foreigners >uses Mongol empire as an example lol

[@s4mur41RPG]

So much better than voxs video !

[@9and7]

Vox is vomit. Especially that one Dude.

[@dreammfyre]

No u Zionist Vox.

[@marcosvinicius-iq4lp]

Vox sucks it's leftist

[@johneli495]

Channels like vox, vice, etc are so extremely biased that they can only be seen as propaganda platforms, I unsubscribed from shitty channels like that long ago

[@scoutofthe107th]

and only 11k views.

[@LostPieceOfTheCol]

I’m African and I love China’s influence on Africa, they don’t do what Western nations do which is impose what they think is right, rather, they go to Africa learn about the people’s way and find a way to bring development with respect to local tradition.. thank you China ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@jay1970]

eugene mwika and get Africans risk their lives to get to the west.

[@meocean5499]

jay1970 the system never stoped stealing from Africa , do you think the west is happy with China overtaking? If they could they would stop China, so that Africans remains helpless and they can than suck all the resources they want without bettering local people lives, am not saying China only have good intentions but believe me, as an African even in the worst of the possibilities, let assume that China want to explore us just like the west, even if this was the case, I would pay the price just to see how Europeans would feel once they get to say what to do and how to act, since survival of the strongest ain’t it

[@mamba101]

Until they come looking for repayments on all those loans that fund infrastructure projects, that can't be repayed, giving China leverage. make no mistake; China's interest is China.

[@terminaltom1662]

Right, keep telling yourself that. The chinese are the "good guys," coming to africa to rescue the continent from western imperialism... now naive can you be?

[@ning09yi]

@koksal ceylan the moment you list Tibet/mogol/ugurs/Koreans against China exposed ur ignorant about Chinese history. All those parties were part of the greater "China" history. Different cultures fought/conquered/collaborated on east Asia land and modern China is a composition of many of those people living in the land. Never compare Chinese to the disgusting colonial westerners. It is disrespectful.

[@marcosvinicius-iq4lp]

Very good and very informative. I am personally very worried, and at the same time interested, about China expanding it's influence across the globe, and what the impact of their increasing confrontation with the US would be for both countries and the rest of the world. I thank you very much for this report and would appreciate if you kept bringing videos about this specifically. Again Thanks Shirvan you're the best reporter on geopolitics that I know.

[@subharthisarkar3522]

Finally,,,, The video everyone was waiting for.... especially from you.......

[@Infamous41]

Yor easy to please

[@mosesracal6758]

This is seriously one of the best ways to understand international relations. Thanks for opening up my eyes to the realities of the current geopolitical landscape of Asia!

[@DucaTech]

While China is building bridges, US just launched 71 missiles on Syria. Good job China.

[@alfariziislam3796]

Syria also launched missiles to syria

[@smileyes5007]

@@alfariziislam3796 Its none of American's business. Why can US invade Syria,Libya and Iraq?

[@tobiasneufeldt6597]

imagine being controlled by a superpower like china no media no knowledge no protest and they can do what they want with you (probably kidnap you and execute you if you protest them) they are a dictatorship not good man I don't agree with US foreign policy but i prefer them more powerful than china

[@alanbolton7803]

@@tobiasneufeldt6597 exactly my point. Us foreign is bad, China is a nightmare.

[@here_we_go_again2571]

China is providing missiles to several "unsavory" regimes in Asia, the ME and Africa; as well as other armaments (rather than pay the full amount for resources) China has loaned Venezuela at least 1 billion dollars in aid.

[@trivanannakkarage9893]

Very well explained!! Very comprehensive!! I am from Colombo and yes China has a major influence in Sri Lanka and as you mentioned the Colombo Port City Project is an alternative to the US dominated ports in the South China Sea. Keep up the good work!!!

[@siddislikesgoogle]

my mind is officially blown. There are so many subtleties to the world stage, thanks helping us laymen understand things better!

[@silverlining6824]

Yes; the Belt Road initiative has been a success - for China. For instance, China promises to send 1 million tourists to Italy which welcomes it. As some of the Chinese tourists were unruly, China asks whether the Italian police speaks Mandarin. Of course not - came the natural reply, to which China offers to send police to Rome free of charge to ensure that the Chinese tourists behave.

[@americanpatriot5671]

The long term process is not to access foreign markets but to develop it's own domestic market. It has 1.4 billion people which is more than the United States and Europe combined. Why do these so called experts not get this. Export driven growth was a short term solution to get China started and get access to foreign technology and investment. The Belt and Road initiative is an added bonus to reduce trade reliance with the United States while expanding China's influence.

[@mohsinaziz2000]

The illustrations are impeccable, amazing

[@pacldawson]

A brief, but very good explanation of the OBOR initiative. I particularly appreciated the explanation of the concerns of various countries that will be affected by this massive project.

[@dirtymustard928]

Thank you for these videos. You do a great job at educating your viewers in an easy to digest and fair way about important topics. Thats something youtube needs more of

[@juliansandes]

Just found your channel. Congrats on the high quality content! I'm gonna stay tuned, as a brazilian historian, specialized in south africa's history and fascinated about geopolitic. Thank you!

[@adamk6075]

Doesn’t this guy have one of the best channels on KZbin? Even his videos from a decade ago are on point.

[@wfiver1427]

Congratulations, yours is one of the best analysis of the Belt and Road Initiative on KZbin. It is detailed, accurate and unbiased. There will be many drawbacks, but they are not insurmountable. It definitely challenges US hegemony. The Americans are unhappy, but that's their problem.

[@othmanealaoui2805]

Great report Shirvan ! Greetings from Morocco .

[@adamk6075]

Shirvan you should host a podcast. Invite geostrategists and geopolitical writers and experts to discuss weekly. Thousands would subscribe

[@petergreen5337]

Yes .

[@alexchen4518]

The Belt and Road is a nonissue in the long term because land based trade route can never replace maritime trade based on cost effectiveness and speed. The US Navy controls the world sea lanes and thus have the option to shut off Chinese trade thousands of miles away from any land-based missile defenses.

[@jyashin]

That's up for debate. To date, we've never had interconnected rail networks on the scale of BRI. Maritime trade beats railways on cost effectiveness, but not on speed. A freight transport from Italy to China will be much faster than a shipping transport. Besides, BRI doesn't seek to replace the existing shipping lanes. It diversifies. Singapore is already seeing a reduction in traffic through the Strait of Malacca, and BRI is barely 10% through. If BRI actually works, the US Navy will lose all ability to shut off Chinese trade.

[@DocPetron]

The oceans are indeed important. Which is why China: 1. Is building up it's navy. 2. Developed carrier destroying missiles. 3. Claiming the South China Sea. 4. Never going to give up Taiwan. The US still controls the seas near China, but it's grip is slowly slipping.

[@golgarisoul]

The future belongs to China. I have been saying this for as long as I've been able to understand history and economics. It's only a matter of time and politics.

[@importantguycommenting8156]

Agreed

[@Jawshuah]

Depends if the West can consolidate around social democracy and gain viable alliances with South America and Africa. China is a juggernaut that West can learn alot from but I am scarred for a Chinese run world with their control on AI, and the direct control of gene editing on its people.

[@user-hm4cd8eh1i]

Disagree. It will continue to be USA geopolitics dictates this . USA has access to both Pacific and Atlantic ocean two relative weak neighbors almost unlimited natural resources and is uninvadable unlike China. Also if a severe economic collapse happens in China 1 billion suddenly impoverished Chinese would result in social unrest the likes of which is unimaginable. USA still hold all the card and will continue to no matter how hard China or Europe or any other region trust to trump them . I am not even American an Irish and I see this clearly

[@ex0duzz]

Declan Leigh china is invadable? By whom? USA couldn't even beat china in Korean War when all china had were bag of rice and rifle. But yet you think USA can invade china now? USA carrier will sink if it comes in first/second island chain. If USA soldier actually make it to Chinese mainland, good luck. USA can't even win Vietnam or Afghanistan or even North Korea but wants to invade china? Haha good joke. It will be a massacre if USA troop come to Chinese soil.

[@pavankumar-hk1ch]

This is the best information available on one belt one road👍

[@jackma1548]

This video is good enough for understanding geopolitics around the world, especially 21 century we appreciate your team for doing good job

[@fatalshore5068]

Dammit Shirvan I just wrote an my undergrad essay on this topic, would of loved to have heard your thoughts before I submitted it!

[@realtissaye]

Hahahaha

[@TheDecapitatedApple]

damn can i look at it lol i have to write a paper right now on the topic

[@horridohobbies]

"Observe calmly, secure our position, cope with affairs calmly, hide our capacities and bide our time, be good at maintaining a low profile, and never claim leadership." These are wise words. They applied when China was developing into a major world power. But once China became a major world power in the 2010s, it was necessary to take the next steps. Deng said "bide our time" but bide their time until when? Until what? Sooner or later, one must act. Xi determined that it was time to leverage China's advantage, lest they get trampled on by America. It was the right time to make such a move. And BRI is part of it.

[@muhammedomar7268]

Thanks for the great Work Shirvan watching From SOMALIA

[@muhammedomar7268]

Thero... Well, Somalia is coming out of da Mud of civil war Wich lasted about quarter a century. But the country is potentialy rich in Ressources like Oil Wich I Think is Our curse lol.. Somalia is the gateway of africa with the longest coastline in mainland africa with full of enterpreners ( somalis are creditted in making bissiness). All that, and more, makes somalia potentially huge economy. For the moment improving stability and making governement institutions to Work in all over the country is on da table...

[@asiftalpur3758]

@@muhammedomar7268 hello friend would you like updating again a year later?

[@duttaalt]

DAMN SOMALIA HAS INTERNET?

[@tongpoo8985]

Cool

[@nix-be9rj]

Those of you that say infrastructure debt is horrible for developing countries, I’d just like ask, is it worth it to not take the risk of debts and risk not having any infrastructural assets before automation due to poor political cohesion and intellectual ability (as in skilled workers)? Not denying your views, just debating about this myself too.

[@nix-be9rj]

Consider this. I respect a country denying such projects because they want to maintain their political independence, but for the benefits of their people, political leverage could be worth the exchange if their governments pursued morality over nationalism. Edit: spelling

[@vincenthitchin8740]

This may sound like a dumb question, but if developing countries accept Chinese investment with all the strings attached, couldn't these countries just nationalize or seize the assets later? I mean that's what Egypt did with British infrastructure in the Suez canal. Maybe developing countries could do the same thing, at least if China starts putting unbearable pressure on them.

[@nix-be9rj]

Vincent Hitchin I’m no expert but that’s definitely possible ! Seems like china must stay nice then.

[@saihanmohammad3921]

Nationalisation is theoretically possible. However, as you may recall in the case of suez canal it invited British and French forces to invade Egypt. Same would go for China, ranging from measures including trade embargoes to even direct military intervention.

[@vincenthitchin8740]

Saihan Mohammad Yes I suppose you're right. And unlike Egypt, developing countries today would not be able to claim that the seizure of Chinese assets is part of a national liberation struggle, since they are already independent. That would be a difficult argument to make, especially since Washington probably doesn't take the idea of neocolonialism seriously. The only way developing countries could get away with taking Chinese assets is if America were in a war with China. America might have an interest in China losing its assets overseas in that eventuality.

[@YM-vu7zd]

Better than US bomb!

[@miyatenmeiritsu1810]

...until you end up living in poverty while the people in Beijing are so filthy rich that they can afford private robot army that makes CCP impossible to topple through citizen revolts.

[@rollingthunder8630]

Miyaten Meiritsu China only engages in mutually-agreed upon trade, unlike the US which hogs all the wealth.

[@rollingthunder8630]

@Stephen Jenkins What are sanctions?

[@rollingthunder8630]

@Stephen Jenkins Correct, and do you know which country imposes the most sanctions in the world? The US. The US uses sanctions as a weapon to hog the wealth away from countries it doesn't like. China doesn't do this though and trades with everybody, including Taiwan. If the US doesn't like you it will forbid its allies from trading with you. Meanwhile China comes to mutually agreed upon deals with all countries.

[@billyhe2724]

@Onion Head ...you mean guarantee a safe passage by not attacking? Being able to exercise the freedom of navigation in anyone's backyard implies they can also shut you down at anytime. Proxy, sabotage, manufactured revolution...aren't every non-nucleared nations who are against the US subject to sanction over the past 60 years. This is tyrannical.

[@jparsit]

China more than 5,000 years old has been thru uncounted war and lost millions of lives, China learned that war do no good to anyone and never bring to its goal of winner takes all because always someone better and stronger. The west is young and elegant, selfish and inexperience with hardship, the growth of the nation accompany with violent, competition and materialistic, it is a different culture, value and believe, the winner take all attitude cannot be in peace, that is why the US and China should befriend and help the less developed nations reach its goals, clean up corruption leaders and clean up pollution are the main issues that need to be done. Leaders with wisdom, intelligent and mankind attitude will prevail and restore peace and prosperity. Someday we all will be the world citizen and one government.

[@moonsorrow77]

The giant dragon awakes,and is now conquering and carving out an empire..through economic not wars....

[@pierrekilgoretrout3143]

China is developing its military forces on sea at the same time, and perhaps preparing an invasion of Taiwan (the sheer threat is more effective and less costly than a real invasion, regarding geopolitics and soft power)

[@andrerothweiler9191]

Russia : he what's that?

[@milkaaymk]

Russia in the North, India in the south, japan in the east and iran/turkey in the west. Chinas influence is already limited from a geographical perspective.

[@holyiiileagueiii1530]

China most peacefull future superpower😍

[@zelongxiong5078]

Dark of the knight true

[@kshitijs6422]

talusha NMN You Wish

[@skim9917]

I dont think so. Bye

[@doogleticker5183]

LMAO!! You be like China or you go boom, bad boom, OK? You be like exactly what Xi wants or you and your family and friends lose social points and then you die, OK? You complain and you die, OK? Only most favored comrades can be capitalists, OK? China is a fucking shithole that is sucking the world into its future oblivion. USA is same same...

[@jaden3350]

I love this channel and all of its vids

[@billoho8261]

There is substantial benefits for global cooperation and communications.

[@andynz7]

Loving this channel!! Thank you so much for your videos!

[@hobog]

7:00 the trauma of two opium wars motivates a lot of current drug policy in china

[@limitlesssky3050]

The entirety of Asia hates drugs, only Westerners keep smuggling drugs into Asia.

[@alesh2275]

One school of thought that sought to explain the collapse of the USSR was that the USSR diverted economic resources better used in the high productivity European Russia to Siberia, thereby starving the economy of much needed resources. I see OBOR as China’s Siberia: Sinking money in unproductive places.

[@taesu8]

Another excellent analysis.

[@abdelkarimkaniz797]

Clear and concise analysis, thank you shirvan.

[@pakchinacpecbreakingnewsof1324]

Hopefully we will all work together to improve Gwadar

[@TheTariqibnziyad]

Caspian Reports channel is the real deal !!! gives you the important info.

[@Saadzahidkhan]

Can anyone tell me where to get this 3d geographic earth layout. thanks

[@chadfranklin47]

Bump

[@Alitahehe]

Its Google Earth, he edited it more.

[@ammarshaei3724]

Wow, i love your channel a lot, it gives me so much information about a topic within 15min, keep it up ❤

[@gebys4559]

So what percentage of total physical exports is expected not to come through the eastern Chinese ports when completed? Shipping being the cheapest option out there.

[@CaspianReport]

There are no estimates for it. However, like you said, shipping is far cheaper. So, it’s unrealistic to expect double digits in shift.

[@htin08]

Shipping is Cheaper, but Ships cant reach Kazakhstan or inner pars of Russia.

[@yanyannyaany]

You can build Vegas-like pit stops on land, you can't on the ocean. They can increase Central Asian land value along the route astronomically... the point is to channel hot international capital to this Real Estate project.

[@dxelson]

it takes about 15 days to ship something by land from china to Europe, it takes about 25 days by sea

[@Munchausenification]

Infrastructure will most likely also boost economic activity in the countries the initiative is going through. For more or less corrupt regions like the Balkans and Central Asia this seems really good. Also the way the Chinese is handling the task, by bringing their workers and materials minimize the risks of it being inefficient. As the other comments already said, it brings more alternatives and new opportunities for trade between countries as well.

[@swamykatragadda8661]

cheapest is water transportation. road is expensive. train is in between. this belt road is to provide demand for chinese - industry,businesses,and to workers& increase chinese influence.

[@malliksharma]

China always officially talks of a "win-win" situation for all partners and that sounds very good and ethical on the face and a welcome attitude to proceed with further.

[@nadiam.k2601]

The world knows nothing about the central asian countries such as Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan... they are such a beautiful countries with so much potential, but unfortunately they lack foreign investment. I hope their days of glory come back with this chinese initiative.

[@knowledgeiseverything2404]

China is moving slowly, but wisely and firmly.

[@sarahcollins190]

Finally...a balanced view of the belt and road. ☺️

[@jamsheeddevotee7588]

I hope that the Chinese people who have been disenfranchised for so long finally see an improvement in their quality of life over the course of this project.

[@petergreen5337]

Agreed.

[@blxvkpxndx]

THANK U FOR listening to us about the narrator you hired

[@colinmcom14]

Man this whole thing is so ambitious yet I honestly do not doubt for a second that China will be able to do it.

[@jenspyck]

Great video, thank you for being so thorough and concise. I've learned a lot!

[@eliasfrahat7074]

Ah you upload in the right time I was bored and wanted to sleep

[@荒井康彦]

Now China became the leader in the world.Chinese peple are amart,agressive and kind.Xi is a great leader in the world.Be successful new silk road 一帯一路 from Jpan.

[@MIncredible]

I walk up to my bank and ask for some toxic loans, please set up a debt trap for me. They say no.

[@martinlastname8548]

Hello from Ireland. Great video

[@Astorath_the_Grim]

What's going on in Syria dude!?

[@eliasfrahat7074]

Julian the Apostate America will invade syria for israel under the cover of humanitarianism

[@Astorath_the_Grim]

Elias Frahat I hope you're wrong. Assad is Syria's last hope for stability and prosperity.

[@Astorath_the_Grim]

Synerrox เ They wouldn't, obviously.

[@mikhailzavarov4958]

Julian the Apostate smoke & mirrors

[@sarad6627]

Synerrox. That's ridiculous. The US is trying to NOT destabilize the M.E.. It has no intentions of invading Syria.

[@fernandosagasta1395]

by far the best video about the Belt & road initiative

[@ecognitio9605]

The Silk Road relies on a Stable Middle East, without this stability this project is dead on arrival.

[@musaran2]

I am actually VERY curious of this. I does not look like the Middle East will ever become stable by itself, and pouring money is unlikely to change that, and most likely to worsen it. So... will it wreck the project ? Will China steamroll the thing out of exasperation ? Is it part of the plan ? Anyways I doubt the whole project. Does it make sense to start with ? Can they pull it off ? Will it ever pay off ? By the time it's done, will technology or world change have made it obsolete ?

[@kingirish1986]

Quite contrary, a destabilized middle east with this project completed gives China justification (legally) to send troops and generally interfere into Middle Eastern countries, and practically this will be applied in support of whichever faction they would support. Given Mr. Jiping's overt intention of becoming a global power I see a massive benefit to China whether stable or not. Imagine what happens to the poor residents of the Middle East when we have another Syria and the first country to place boots on the ground gets to set the course (see how Russia was more decisive in Syria as a case in point). Edit: He who controls the Middle East controls the flow of ________

[@SportZFan4L1fe]

China will Stabilize the Middle East. It is Already the Largest importer of Oil and Energy. The Middle East countries who supply Energy/Oil will have to adapt to China's demand Especially when countries along the Belt/Road start to Grow Economically. This will lead to population booms along the Belt/Road thus to More Oil/Energy demands.

[@cuddlemuffin.9545]

@@SportZFan4L1fe population booms wont happen in the middle east. The middle east is unlikely to be stable under China since terrorist groups are more powerful than ever

[@lucasyago3602]

They're building infraestructures, but their economy cant supplie the demands of the "belt" I dont see this as a plan for economical dominance but just as a diplomatic and commercial renovation

[@flyerzy]

The Belt and Road Initiative is actually bypassing the maritime trade channel controlled by the United States, and Americans are certainly afraid! Just like the oil China renminbi, China's global industrial division of labor competitiveness is gradually approaching the United States! Therefore, the United States began to comprehensively curb China’s development. US hegemony does not allow any country to compete with the United States! Look at the war launched by the United States. You will understand the reasons for all this! Although the United States is a highly democratized country, behind the democratic government are controlled by large interest groups, such as arms and oil finance. This will inevitably drive the United States to use war and other means to maintain its dominance. This is why U.S. spending has not been used to build the United States. After all, China has experienced a history of 5,000 years of civilization. Looking back at the history of China, the dynasty that used force to dominate was often dying, and the history of the world was also reviewed. Therefore, China will not take the old road of the United States. China's One Belt and One Road is to link the Eurasian African continent with railways, so that it can form the world's largest trade market. The advantage is that it can be separated from the US sea route control. Once the largest world trade market is formed, the United States will be marginalized. The United States will no longer be the central force of the world, and the center of the world will return to Europe, Asia and Africa! This is why the United States is so afraid of the Belt and Road. And China has begun to compete with the United States in high-end manufacturing, so the United States has to do everything to kill China! Including political diplomacy, financial warfare, media public opinion warfare, biological weapons warfare, arms competition, and finally military warfare.

[@XedGeneral]

Very nicely done video. Thanks!

[@kickof1]

Goodbye monopoly. Now we got 2 superpowers, let's see our economy growing!!

[@kingirish1986]

Last time their were two, well see many of Shirvans' videos

[@zer0cool1909]

Been waiting for this my friend

[@lianghao7128]

I am a Chinese. I have to say, you know China very well and respect your work. Please continue，China is a peaceful country. China will not invade other countries, unlike the US. Believe me, China will become the number one in the world, and the world will be much better.

[@user-bs1qk2ku7b]

These vids are extraordinary.

[@randomly_random_0]

as a Filipino, I applause the Chinese from doing it's best to trade with other countries.

[@hungerhaken9682]

like every other country

[@SaintJust1214]

you mean you applaud the Chinese for doing its best to put other countries in a debt trap

[@WuestDennis]

Where does it all end? To pay for this, you have to sell more and more. And someone has to owe more and more. It can't just be. The World Economy. It either grows or it dies in a nasty way. We're walking the plank.

[@electroskylightgaming4085]

So you've changed your opinion...In 2011 you made a video about why china cant become a superpower.Now, you see that China is making new plans of Asia domination and it is doing quite well (sort of).

[@NotYowBusiness]

@CaspianReport I was wondering if, in your opinion, it is in India's interests to shed its political affinity to the US and instead declare a much closer relationship with China?

[@MrPoornakumar]

It is PRC's own initiative. How far others accept it (they needn't) needs to be seen. PRC is in need of it as it wants to find an alternative to sea route as it is a geographical convenience & national interest . Second, PRC is flush with funds that need to be invested. Many countries that can't get funding from IMF&WB as well as many such global banks plump for the initiative . These countries are happy that they are getting funding from PRC, but the blue prints are to be drawn by PRC. It isn't without reason (of its own) that PRC is doing where other funding agencies refuse. The iron fist in velvet glove is discernible at some places, that are the military & political components. How the program is implemented is another story.

[@orkhanate6286]

Qardaş halal olsun sənə bu uğurlu kanala və məlmatlara görə

[@ElenaGeorge1]

More like the Yuan belt/road!

[@livewithapurpose5651]

Respect hardwork of Chinese people and grant vision of its leaders from India

[@soshelp4085]

2:36 Yo, WTF where is Taiwan GO???? dame bro, One China policy！

[@AbhijitZimare1]

Taiwan is separate country

[@jyashin]

@@AbhijitZimare1 No it isn't. A civil war, by definition, involves the same country. The PRC and ROC are different governments, but the same country, hence why they are in an ongoing civil war.

[@damsb.6078]

One crucial point should be to bring Pakistan and India into mutually beneficial agreement through the BRI, this would neutralize the growing US military cooperation with India which could threaten China's plans in the future, China should try as well to increase ties with Russia, a conflict between the 2 countries would be devastating not only for them for for the entire world since China is the economic powerhouse of the globe. A greater cooperation between Asian countries could stabilize the region just like the EU model did for more than 70 years now.

[@StrumVogel]

Hey, USA, we should do this and trade with our South American neighbors, too!

[@zhaoyurui7183]

They already did...USA,Canada and Mexico. I am in Canada and my Macro-economics teacher always talks about it lol

[@douglashenri5017]

And since when are Canada and Mexico in South America? South american here. I'd rather trade with China and South American neighbours. USA is trouble.

[@skim9917]

China never caches USA. Communists are very much limited because of ignore human right and people's well being.

[@Amidat]

@@douglashenri5017 More countries in South America actually now have China as their main trade partner...

[@jackchen5232]

They don’t have this capacity bro

[@Eelamtruth]

Lanka is not part of the 'Indian subcontinent.' It is part of Lemuria or if it was in Asia it would be part of South East Asia. Which is why it was offered ASEAN membership.

[@ShahabJadoon]

*Love **#China** From **#Pakistan* 🇵🇰❤🇨🇳

[@mohamedsuhail001]

Due to the reason which is said from 11:38, new Malaysian government review the projects. So that Malaysia will not fall on the debt trap set by the Chinese government and will obtain fare treat to Malaysian such as job opportunities, raw materials supplying and so on.

[@SachimKarekar93]

Finally!

[@LolimGennaro0o]

excellent video as per usual

[@SilvanaDil]

This is going to be just like the ghost cities. It creates employment to keep the people quiet, but provides little actual value.

[@SilvanaDil]

The "smarter" people who go to American universities and who steal intellectual property from American companies?

[@Shenzhou.]

Chinese 'ghost cities' have been slowly coming alive, as every year, millions of people from the rural countryside migrate to the urban centers to look for jobs. For example in 2011, London’s _Daily Mail_ reported that the Zhengzhou 郑州 New Area was China’s largest “Ghost City.” but today, Zhengzhou has a populationhas a population of *9,378,000* inhabitants. It takes time for the ghost cities to get filled up with people migrating from the rural countryside. Here are 5 Chinese Ghost Cities that came alive too. Source:5 Chinese Ghost Cities that Came Alive vagabondjourney.com/5-chinese-ghost-cities-came-alive/

[@SilvanaDil]

(I wish I were a kid.) The real world is the English language, U.S. military, Hollywood, Silicon Valley, an open internet and other freedoms -- not to mention air that isn't visible to the naked eye (like it is in Chinese cities). China is aging, which maybe isn't so bad given the need for quality land water to sustain people.

[@ShnoogleMan]

Employment and development ARE actual value.

[@ShnoogleMan]

VACIO I agree China's pretty great, but that's a bit of an arrogant take.

[@corrinetsang1478]

At two % interest the BRI will build your infrastructure.120 countries signed the OBI to build its infrastructure.

[@armanke13]

Belt and road.. just realized it's rhyme with Bretton-wood

[@pekingman3034]

one belt one road infrastructure project is just help the poor country build their own land and be rich,China have did many successful project in many country. In Sudan,Chinese build dams have stop the flood,and irrigation area doubled,the whole country's power production have jump the 3 times higher. In Pakistan,we build many road and power plant,electronic power production raise 30%,now Pakistan is very few to have power failures.And Pakistan G5 motor highway now is better than any of indian's. In Sri lanka we build the power plant,use coal replace oil,product 30% of the power in the country,reduce the electricity power fees from 40 Sri Lanka rupee to 10 rupees.. In Bangleash,we build bridge and tunnel across Genges River,connect the 2 separate part of the country divided by the river.promote economics raise 2%. In Uzbekistan，we build the tunnel connect 2 part of country which is divided by the very high mountain,the railway can pass the tunnel in 5 munites promote the unification.. In laos,Burma and Geogia,we build many dams and now they can export the power ,which is the biggest cash income of the country. In Ethiopia and kenya,we build the railway connect the inland and the seaport,largely promote the development. In Nigria we help them build the cement plant,help the big man Dangote become the cement king in Africa,and now he is No1 billionare in Africa. and so many,this is just a very small part..Anyhow this is win--win,,we are not the colonist to rob in there but we are not the god.We can not freely build that,they pay the price,and got the plant.Our building price is much cheaper than the west,much fast and high quality.

[@PotheadTheAnonymous]

Why did China not call this project ''The new Silk Road'' ? Since...you know, thats what it is in escence. Lot catchier and everyone knows what ur talking about right ?

[@cv4809]

Bolator Because those roads are ment to transport much more than just silk...

[@PotheadTheAnonymous]

You think the old silk road only transported silk? It embodies the fact that the old east has more to offer than just simple goods. Its a way of connecting the east and west.

[@PotheadTheAnonymous]

You mean like the silk road ?

[@Shenzhou.]

China plans to connect the entire world with railway lines, from Africa to Middle East to Europe and even to the Americas through an underground line in the narrow Bering Strait. Map of World Land Bridge: schillerinstitute.org/strategic/2016/0825-sandmark-yemen/world_land-bridge-map.jpg

[@lilithshopping7904]

Agree. Bad choice of coining new term. "One Belt One Road" derives direclty from long term abbreviation habit in Chinese language, which is not self explanatory and doesn't fit in English well.

[@Willy-nu3oc]

Are you a wizard? This is -as of now - the project of the century.

[@jesshu22]

Kashmir and Pakistan is not the only difference for India with BRI of China. China's Debt Diplomacy in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal is a serious worry for India which might make these countries mere subjects of China.

[@小龙的梦]

what

[@matthtrep5614]

He means that the debts that these countries contract might undermine their sovereignty. China will become more present around India which is not a good thing for the latter. It already happened in Sri Lanka. They had to cede a port to China for 99 years because they could not pay the debt.

[@Shenzhou.]

Matth Trep But after 99 years, the debt will be fully repaid and the port returned to them, so exactly how is their sovereignty being threatened by China?

[@bloodfiredrake7259]

40 years for Gawadar.99 for Sri Lanka.Also a lot can happen in 99 years so if they are smart they'll get their land back.

[@8000jk]

Alex Mercer I, why would India have to beg for funds when their economy is growing? Modi goes to different countries to probably form alliances and bilateral relationships with these countries (which is what all world leaders do).

[@Clam_pie]

Fantastic video, thanks

[@quqbalam5089]

-Mentions "conflict in Central Asia" -Doesn't say a single thing about the US war in Afghanistan that spread to Pakistan and is the cause of the region's volatility.

[@quqbalam5089]

Honestly, all this talk about the Belt Road Initiative replacing the US is ridiculous and overblown. Let's see the rise of the US and its consolidation of power in the late 40s: -Occupied and devastated Europe, killing millions. -Occupied and devastated China and Japan, dropping two atomic bombs on the latter, also killing millions. -Created a global suprastate and bank (the UN and the World Bank) that every country was forced to join. -Created NATO, the biggest military organisation in all of history. -Created the OAS, through which it consolidated its rule over the entirety of the Western Hemisphere All of this in a span of 5 years. Five years. That's the same time span of the BRI which started in 2013, and no significant advances of Chinese global hegemony have been done, with the BRI advancing at an extremely slow pace. China has not invaded and occupied even a single country in this time span, nor created anything comparable to the UN, the World Bank, NATO and the OAS. Of course, many are comparing China's rise to the US's rise, saying that the US replaced the British Empire as the world's leading superpower, and China is now going to replace the US. But this is an extremely inaccurate comparison. The US was already challenging British hegemony in the Western Hemisphere by conquering its Western frontier and half of Mexico and sending filibusters to Latin America. It also successfully challenged British hegemony in the Pacific and Africa, by invading Pacific islands, forcing Japan to sign a treaty with it and creating the African colony of Liberia. The US even managed to secure sea routes in the Mediterranean by bombing North African coasts. Communist China in its first 70 years has done nothing that comes close. It hasn't created a single colony, added a single territory except Hong Kong, and its only major war with other country has been the Korean War. So can we please stop with the comparisons?

[@jacquelineleiman250]

I very much enjoyed your video! I hope you can do a video on Nepalese political structure soon, especially as well as its geopolitical position as a possible vulnerability to India's sphere of influence.

[@YosshiSVK]

While Chinese peasant working for 1 cent / hour

[@importantguycommenting8156]

Indians eat poop for 1 cent an hour

[@importantguycommenting8156]

Rakshit Newalkar lol im not chinese but of course you give a typical Indian racist response

[@rick88261]

Important guy commenting , no, they just drink urine😂😂😂

[@lodewijktilanus5965]

dear Shirvan, I was wondering why some of the eastern parts of the coastline aren't included (around Yancheng and Shanghai), I couldn't find this on any other map.

[@cslyth]

when chinese is in a business, you must find something else to do.

[@zahlen_0092]

you mean manufacturing defective covid mitigation equipments? hell yes

[@saurabhpardeshi8435]

What effect u use for video

[@kshitijs6422]

China : we will rule the world India: you wish