China's trillion dollar plan to dominate global trade

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China's Belt and Road Initiative is the most ambitious infrastructure project in modern history. It spans over 60 countries and will cost over a trillion dollars. The plan is to make it easier for the world to trade with China, by funding roads, railways, pipelines, and other infrastructure projects in Asia and Africa. China is loaning trillions of dollars to any country that's willing to participate and it's been a big hit with the less democratic countries in the region. This makes the BRI a risky plan as well. But China is pushing forward because its goals are not strictly economic, they're also geopolitical.
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First comment and like on your comment

[@user-zx6os1fy6w]

There is a mistake in the map used in this video. Taiwan is a part of China, so it should also be stained with red in the map.

[@user-zx6os1fy6w]

If you think there is a controversy over the possession of Tainwan, then please use specific color to indicate this controversy. If you think Taiwan is not a part of China, then please state your reason, for this position goes against mainland Chinese and many Taiwanese as well.

[@stefanfleck4732]

Vox9

[@INF_.]

could you please make for about East Asian and MIKTA ??

[@alipirzada9964]

The US is playing Call of Duty, while China is playing CIVILIZATION

[@ahsanalizardari5671]

Chinese government Trapped Pakistan under debt. Imran Khan should stop begging money from china. China someday will control whole Pakistan and convert all Pakistani into atheist like they are doing to uigher muslims there. Don't let china control on Pakistan

[@worldtv5165]

Us Still alive but China is growing fast

[@aberamasilver8275]

That's one way to sum it all up.. 😁

[@Nothing-yg5vn]

@@ahsanalizardari5671 actually imran ohan didn't begged

[@MissTrinidad]

Comment thief.

[@phantomKE]

China is playing the long game pretty well.

[@JavierCR25]

Totally. They go in and play as a team with other countries, unlike western superpowers which only profit and dry their “partners”.

[@LucasKsh]

JavierCR25 dude see their earlier investments in countries like sri lanka. These are of same infrastructure development of railways ports both air and water. They profit like no other with conditions of importing only chinese men to work in their projects, and when they are unable to pay the "loans", they end up in a debt trap like sri lanka with 95percent of GDP going to repay loans. Thus completely dependent on china. Best of luck to all countries participating in this. 😂😂but check their track record of countries invested.

[@willchu]

Ashutosh Kumar You're making alot of stuff up. Is it because China isn't invested in India due to your close alliance with the US?

[@mikemorgan7283]

WC haha who needs China? America don't

[@willchu]

Mike Morgan Your country will collapse without China. You ignorant fool.

[@Oropher420]

The Chinese are achieving what the Soviets couldn't economically speaking.

[@littlefinger4509]

Because the Chinese, thanks to Xiaoping understood that following socialism will lead them to a certain death.

[@levelazn]

@@littlefinger4509 simply put, china takes in what works and rejects what doesn't that is the correct way to govern. can't say the same for the u.s and the rest of the world though, aside from singapore .

[@littlefinger4509]

@@levelazn I kind of agree, they understood that blindly following teachings that don't work is bad. While the west especially the Us right now is too occupied being destroyed by hypocrisy and social "issues".

[@geoeconomics5629]

@@littlefinger4509 USA : IT IS IMPERATIVE that no Eurasian challenger emerges capable of dominating EurasiA and thus of also challenging America - Spykman Brzezinski Wolfowitz etc ...

[@JonROlsen]

And what the US and Europe refused to do.

[@AbhishekKumar-de2dj]

Tbh they are playing it so well and in a very straightforward manner unlike america who just sends troops to any country with oil and create chaos there.

[@jagdishprabhu3969]

Yes China is playing so well they have sent Corona Virus and created Chaos in Whole world. Very smart right?

[@NaViAgain-ts9lj]

China is so good at this game

[@samalsalman8997]

Did we just forget about the fact that China is committing genocide against the Uyghurs?

[@nmmuslim8313]

@@jagdishprabhu3969 Wasn't the Coronavirus created in a US lab in China?

[@nmmuslim8313]

@@samalsalman8997 I think the US is killing Muslims in Afghanistan too no?

[@leowu4813]

I m a Chinese living china. Reading through the comments, I observed: 1, the grass seems greener on the other side. You guys in a democratic country envy our efficiency while we in authoritarian regime envy your civil rights 2, you win some you lose some, you cannot have everything. There are strength/weakness in all systems. We all need to learn from each other, and one day hopefully assimilate and integrate in the best way possible if God willing

[@fortnitefocus1374]

Isnt youtube censored?

[@haochuanchen6108]

​@@fortnitefocus1374​We all use VPNs these days. They are illegal though, but who cares. Please don't freak out if you see a comment from China.

[@fortnitefocus1374]

@@haochuanchen6108 I wish you all the best, Hope you dont get caught.

[@Sdog014912]

Leo Wu Very well said

[@alexnaish5863]

Efficiency???? lol

[@JCB576]

reminds me of what Napoleon once said:" China is a sleeping giant. Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will move the world

[@narf0339]

The world misunderstood, he was asking his guests to keep the volume down. Napoleon named his very grumpy pet elephant 'China' and it was sleeping.

[@georgerodriguez1365]

False! China was a very fat women Napoleon use to have sex with..Thhat quote was specifically about her and was a joke about her weight

[@takecarebpk]

Doubt a elephant can move the world

[@francismendy1398]

George Rodriguez, but in a way, that quote kind of applies to the topic.

[@takecarebpk]

More like ur mom

[@dianarodriguez7480]

My whole life struggling to learn english, and now I have to start to learn mandarin, haha

[@akarshansuryavanshi7256]

Do you really believe it is that much easy, America will let its power to be taken away that easily, India will let China control the Indian ocean and many other global powers will let China grow. I know Trump was a fool but don't forget American secret services, they are not known for just sitting around. Who do you think stop Japan's economic growth and split USSR, its not just that much easy.

[@pancakes6119]

@@akarshansuryavanshi7256 america is not afraid of China. They would call for war any moment and nuke them. It is Russia, a close ally of China who they fear the most.

[@Surya-jz6te]

@@akarshansuryavanshi7256 its a joke dude, chill

[@jqueryadvocate2405]

@@pancakes6119 Yes, the middle east, a powerless region where the US can do anything without consequences. Try the same thing with CCP and it would be the end of the world

[@omomeidontaya3143]

@@pancakes6119 China is no Middle East. China has nukes too.

[@JohnnyJPatt]

“China 🇨🇳 is a sleeping giant. Let her sleep! For when she awakens she will move the world.” -Napoleon Bonaparte

[@user-vh1gc1ct6z]

Its good that it sleeps Noone wants communism

[@sourabhgupta1577]

Corona alerts!!!!! - Nepolian bonapart

[@user-vh1gc1ct6z]

Nuke china otherwise CCP will consume you, I was wrong before - Napolean Bonaparte

[@uahatoxicboi9801]

@@user-vh1gc1ct6z dang what did the people do again?

[@ifyourespondyourmad.2409]

@@ShmokeNaPancake we? You wont be doing anything bruh

[@musicalsanctuary9678]

Although I am an American and love democracy, there is one thing I must admit. The key to China's continued success over the past few decades was its lack of democracy. In my opinion, the key problem of democracy is that it forces politicians to focus on short term issues that can be completely solved, or shown to be solving withing a presidential term in order to get reelected or in order for their party to get reelected. Think about it. In US presidential elections, we almost always hear about job growth or fighting terrorism. Why? Because people can see the results of presidential actions on those factors relatively quickly. Your average unemployed voter will be happy if he gets a job within the next four years. However, because of this focus on short term growth, long term issues are largely ignored. Take green energy as a perfect example. It is a great idea in the long run; it will provide lots of high paying jobs in the future while simultaneously helping combat climate change. The only expense is the loss of obsolete trades. Even ignoring the fact that the workers in such obsolete industries can be trained, a transition to green energy would be a large boon overall for America. But people didn't vote for Clinton who said that she would take away coal jobs and support green energy. She was attacked viciously by Trump for this and Trump got support from coal country by vowing to protect coal jobs. American manufacturing is another great example. Trump got the support from the Rust Belt by vowing to protect American manufacturing and he was able to win that region and win the general election due to this key support. But in the long run, allowing for more efficient manufacturing processes such as automation, even at the price of American jobs, will be a boon overall. It would decrease production costs, make American goods far more competitive on international markets, and decrease prices for American consumers. The people would save more money, companies would reap greater profits and America's trade deficit could be drastically mitigated. But since the voters want their jobs now, anyone who voices such plans is sure to lose the support of the Rust Belt. Contrast this with China. The communist party has utter control and as a result, they can focus on long term growth and change without worrying about how the citizens would react. They will invest in Africa to get a foothold on the continent for generations to come. They will go ahead with OBOR in order to establish trade relations with much of Asia and even parts of Europe and exert influence over them. They will put plans into motion that will yield fruit decades later in their quest for global dominance. This is why China is so brutally efficient. The truth is that a dictatorship that truly works with the goal of promoting the well-being of the country will always be far more efficient than a democracy composed of uneducated masses. In a democracy, victory goes not to the best candidate, but to he who can best read the electorate and connect with it. Edit: Some people seem to be confused and I may not have made it clear enough. I do still believe democracy is better at protecting the rights of the people especially since in order to get elected, the candidates have to connect with the people and actively campaign for their votes. Because of this, they are responsive to the voices of the people and their rights are secured. However, what I was trying to argue was that a dictatorship like China's allows for its government to pursue drastic change in order to increase the power of the country as a whole on the international stage.

[@musicalsanctuary9678]

The only way a democracy can be more efficient than a dictatorship that truly wants to promote the interests of the country is for the overwhelming majority of the electorate to be highly educated and focused on long term change.

[@musicalsanctuary9678]

Honestly, part of the problem is that young people, especially those in college don't vote. I hope that more people in my generation will realize this and vote in elections once we turn 18. Not just the general election, but midterm, state, and local elections too.

[@cswess7256]

+Musical Sanctuary I understand your point of view and even somewhat agree, but theres a big part your missing. Like you said, people are more focused on relatively short term change, which mainly consists of domestic issues like job growth, healthcare, and education (and its price), but why? Because these are things that actually improve the quality of life of a person. People dont care about having a heavy world influence if their own lives suck, only once they and their family are okay and their futures protected will they be interested in more long term things, and of course, a democracy's job is to protect its people's interests, so the government responds to these people's demands. China on the other hand doesnt have to do this as you mentioned, but as a result, living conditions there are awful for the average person and the jobs they have are mostly sweat shop jobs.

[@cswess7256]

This is a very common trend, as when the US was first rising to super power status in the late 1800s in the industrial revolution, although the economy was booming and the US' power expanding, the people were unhappy as work conditions sucked, everyone lived in slums, and the quality of life was pathetic.

[@SgtKaneGunlock]

The thing about china is while yes things get done they often get done a very shoddy manner and while they are great at a lot of things your average guy with an engineering degree in china is about as skilled as an auto mechanic in the us don't get me wrong a global force to be reckoned with but like America not with out its flaws

[@mahirorigami]

Guess it's time to learn some Chinese

[@shuttereff3ct593]

Well they can't dominate the world with Chinese lang

[@Sxdious]

Shutter Eff3ct Mandarin is the most spoken language in the world...

[@MissHeathen]

English was supposed to be a trading language, but that surely changed.

[@PROvsNOOBHdx]

Tyrion Lannister Engrish

[@Victrix_45e]

KanadianKid cause there's a billion of them

[@semimoceciri157]

When I was younger ..a rumor I heard said that the world's next global language is going to be Chinese mandarin and no more English.

[@sigismundgames7928]

This is cout from that film :"looper". But the only Said that because China explícit demand that LINE, só the movie could bê exibitaed in CHIN

[@levelazn]

we build chinatowns everywhere, don't you see?!

[@jackikr6708]

Kiet sien kuotagga

[@kj6597]

@@levelazn Chinese will definitely move to other countries I think if that were to happen

[@ziqianzijun228]

我们在好莱坞的电影里看到了这一幕,是不是很讽刺?

[@gurunanakdanaukar9643]

My skin is oily Meanwhile : us army is knocking my door

[@chetansanghera2948]

USA has never stolen any oil during any invasion

[@youab1000]

@@chetansanghera2948 Iraq vu

[@pinklasagna8328]

@@chetansanghera2948 sure...

[@bilaal969]

Us army knocking to give your skin freedom.

[@carlorjustcarl3675]

@@chetansanghera2948 that county need freedom USA be like

[@sanujinuwanga4576]

As a Sri Lankan.. I can confirm that all of us going to learn Chinese soon

[@Diego-ll6ne]

You already know english 🤔🤔

[@sanujinuwanga4576]

brits looted us for nearly 2 centuries and nothing to wonder about our English knowledge

[@dannelleabajar4703]

SaNu Edits not really its just so you can easily speak to your neighbor

[@24385]

This is an Indian disguised as Sri Lankan

[@abhinav_tea7598]

@@24385 most Sri lankans roam around Indian internet if you're guessing it that way then maybe you're wrong

[@pewdiepaulmarkdobrik5216]

I like how none of it touches INDIA

[@pewdiepaulmarkdobrik5216]

@@sara1012s oh didn't know that, thanks for the information

[@HotGammiris]

Us already

[@SA-ov6mb]

It goes through India. The CPEC(China Pakistan economic corridor) road goes through POK (that is Pakistan occupied Kashmir) region. This region legally belongs to India. And this has been occupied by Pakistan by illegal means. This is not being told by western media to the public because of vested interests. I suggest you guys research on internet you will get the entire story of POK how it was occupied by Pakistan by illegal means with the help of Britishers. Now Indian leadership is not like how it used to be. We will take back our region and our people living there soon!! And this one belt initiative plan of Cunning China will go to trash.

[@Deepak__Mehta]

@Mustafa Syed do you watch the infographic show youtube channel?? Let me assume u don't. Check out one video where this channel guy elaborate the whole situation "what would happen if china and russia(country which is way powerful than pakistan) would wage war against india and america". CONCLUSION - talked about the VARIOUS probabilities of war without taking sides. And still said that china and russia(AGAIN WAY POWERFUL THAN PAKISTAN) would suffer from a much greater loss in comparison to india and america altogether.

[@richardmayger2716]

China however controls much of India’s water

[@taksun2567]

"America's trillion-dollar plan to dominate global oil" By lunch some missiles and send some troop to where oil is

[@TripleAce1]

Lol... so true

[@msohrabalminhaj862]

@CaptDeaDpooL us trying to destroy world peace

[@wodemoshou]

Since no one can fight back or say no to it, this brutal way might be the most efficient way honestly.

[@taksun2567]

@@wodemoshou well, Russia also has a lot of oil and gas but I don't see any U.S troops on its soil. The U.S only pick country smaller than it's size to fight with.

[@bengreen8054]

@@taksun2567 just because the US is imperialist doesn’t mean China isn’t. Both are bad and should stop.

[@frederickoftheartic2209]

People: Time to learn Chinese Duolingo: *Yes.*

[@sebys1414]

“99 year lease in Sri Lanka” i wonder where they picked that up from 🤨

[@vedantagrawal3341]

Hong Kong??!!

[@docjaji5071]

Vedant Agrawal bruh no

[@vatsal9005]

Those brits

[@alvinlyu3650]

From the English and Portuguese

[@gamingthe81]

Kolkata, India Trust me, it's true.

[@ethanium9280]

Now everyone in the comment section has became professional economist. Read at your own risk.

[@FirstLast-gk6lg]

right?! lol

[@GmBoi]

Win-Win huh? China wins both

[@rajrajesh2137]

Some are professional trolls

[@sj-237]

*become

[@gigiemma3192]

Best comment

[@okokok1178]

In Australia almost everyone already learns Chinese in primary school…

[@boop_po]

why

[@masterofcoin1217]

Prepare for drafted

[@user-uu5ql6ob6e]

@@boop_po there are a lot of chinese immigrants in Australia right now

[@boop_po]

@@user-uu5ql6ob6e Oh thanks

[@mcuisntcinema5868]

You think China is the only parasite, what about the Aboriginal people whose land is taken?

[@suryapratapsingh477]

Le India behaving like a villian for China: Bans 100+ apps

[@suryapratapsingh477]

@Abhijit Pathak You may just go and check the loss they got after tik tok got banned in India

[@suryapratapsingh477]

@Abhijit Pathak And there is nothing impossible for me and our country it's just impossible for you not for others

[@suryapratapsingh477]

@Abhijit Pathak toh kya Congress ko phir se baitha de

[@kumailhaider8814]

LoL banning app is the most easiest way for government to make any nation fool It does not mean that india took revenge from china xD Even the most weakest country can do that

[@JJ-Lubna]

Yaar banning app seriously 😂😂 jitne apps ban hua uthna products unhone naya banaliye honge aur usse india ko trade bhi kar raha honge

[@kurthamel2012]

Imagine if America took half it's military budget and spent it on projects like this at home and with our allies.

[@TyKOmain]

Stop looking at our discretionary budget and look at the whole pie. We need to make cuts across the board.

[@ZLL668]

I am totally with you on that, mate. $700B/year is more than the next 10 nations combined, including China.

[@DireAvenger001]

We do. Our massive military is basically there to preserve the global trade order

[@St1kyFinguz]

Kurt Hamel When these people can't pay they're just going to blame the Jews. F**k that! Let the Chinese babysit those dictators.

[@hexadecimal5236]

Kurt Hamel Holy...SOMEONE SEND THIS MAN TO WASHINGTON!!!

[@Anonymous-pq8ys]

“Let China Sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world,” -(Napoleon Bonaparte).

[@user-fr2jy3fu4h]

Very Well!!

[@carnyx_.]

Invasion incoming china be ready WW3

[@Ooyatsutime]

CarnyX OP you are playing a Chinese game while trying to start a war against China lol

[@drinkebeer]

COVID ALERT -(Napoleon Bonaparte). !!

[@Ooyatsutime]

The Sun is your family killed by the virus cause it sounds pretty specific

[@elianboyz3179]

its so true, in my country indonesia, most of product that we consume and use mostly are from china, they can produce everything on basic things for our daily live with low cost

[@trihermawan9553]

Not really, the only kind of Chinese product which we often use is electronic Gadgets such as, mini drones, smartphones etc,

[@akane8615]

indonesia could take china as an example but too bad there are too much corruption in that country. hu

[@swarnadwipa9816]

@@trihermawan9553 +plastic goods and some furniture as well as some clothes, most of which are still controlled by domestic products

[@elianacastillo5962]

Haha. In philippines too, 'made in china' is a very overused joke here.

[@yoeltogarmikael3278]

@yitzhak shekkelsteingoldmanberg emang nyatanya begitu, handphone dan mainan elektronik kan banyakan dari china.

[@afif_meine5095]

I'm as Indonesian feel uncomfortable with our government policy that sell his own country to China

[@felipemelo8146]

Here in Brazil they're selling the country to the US and calling it "nationalism"

[@taksun2567]

Indonesia already sold itself to America back in the 60s. So it's not Indonesia government anymore

[@afif_meine5095]

@@taksun2567 hmmm as far as I know that in my history book said that in the 60s Soekarno had become china and Soviet ally but after Soeharto comes to power he reestablish the foreign policy with west country. Soekarno are still in my heart cz in his era Indonesia becoming Asian tiger :) CMIIW and also im are Modern Monetary Theory Fans that didn't support foreign direct investment cz I know Indonesia is rich country with natural resources

[@taksun2567]

@@afif_meine5095 I guess in ur history book nothing happened in Timor-Leste from 1975 to 1999. Ur history book is a joke, it even portrayed Dutch colonization as pushing the country into modernization.

[@afif_meine5095]

@@taksun2567 lol in the 1965 there is a communism rebellion against the government, they killed our general and said that has saved our country from West I think if you didn't know about other countries history please stop it

[@jatinchauhan1880]

"When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity"- John F Kennedy

[@benitasanjana5388]

THIS IS MY FAVORITE COMMENT.

[@Paynefull]

Benita Sanjana Same

[@vietgamer7538]

The part were u said jfk I like

[@zhizesim]

Yeah it’s true. It’s called 危机 with 危 being the danger and 机 being the opportunity

[@voxsolaris5963]

The last character mean's more like "moment"

[@grandmaster137]

Chinese are very cunning. They really planned well and very thoroughly..

[@justlife7375]

Exactly...once those poor countries can't pay up the debts. China takes over th country economy. Is tragic plans..never trust china

[@furyroad028]

there's no active cases in Beijing and Shanghai . How come market fall in china is just 7% while rest of the countries it's 24-30% . This is bio weapon . How come they built a hospital in just 10 days . Did they already had the labours , sewage plans and "pre fabricated materials "? And that too , those much quantity in stock ??? This is pure biological attack conducted on countries to occupy world leader status. Coincidentally how come jack ma became the Asia's richest man overtaking our Mukesh Ambani ??? World need to conduct war on china or ban china completely .

[@evaseifert5671]

@Win Feng don't you talk like a fool. As always...if we all stick together, we will destroy the enemy. Greatings from wonderful and healthy Germany.

[@furyroad028]

@Win Feng lol you are not afraid of made in china things 😂😂😂. Redmi , realme , oppo , vivo, poco are all 💩. I am working in samsung. Soon samsung will take advantage 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣.

[@kimberliechaw5195]

@Win Feng thanks to your ccp virus we all in this mess.

[@arthursoo4587]

We have to remember that Japan, South Korea and Taiwan are all American allies, and the US has stationed military bases over there to keep China in check, allowing the US to be top dog. The USA wants to continue dominance in the world as the sole superpower, while China merely aims at creating a multipolar world in which America will have to deal with an equal rival. China's history is marked by self-sufficiency, and depending too much on foreign nations can be a risky deal. If the relationship goes sour, the trade partner may back out and starve your country. So, as a national security, China needs to find new trade routes, and FAST!

[@user-rn5ou7dn4p]

It’s almost like we’re keeping them in check because China is threatening them.

[@kiwifruitkl]

@@user-rn5ou7dn4p Nah... I don’t think the USA really cares much about Taiwan. But the US doesn’t want to upset them either and lose an ally. The US is using Taiwan as a strategic location to counter China rather than protecting Taiwan for the sake of Taiwanese nationalism.

[@adampalmer5399]

@ArthurSoo You’re exactly right. All of the people also don’t see that China has to keep spending money hand over foot because if they stop the bubble will pop. That’s why they build these ghost cities & why they have to cut the power off to cities during the day, But they’re a world power!🤣🤯

[@MrSupernova111]

A clueless American who thinks the USA is the center of the universe. Nothing new.

[@salahabdalla368]

@@kiwifruitkl Taiwan is nothing more than an Outpost to the US, kind of like Israel

[@pshrising2016]

Biden and Boris now wants their own Belt & Road Initiative. lol

[@levelazn]

while disparaging chinese BRI as debt traps. western hypocrisy at its finest

[@That_GuyYouTube]

@@levelazn yeah it’s hypocritical but at least it’s better than bombing and and funding “pro democracy” rebel groups, even though the west will never stop doing that

[@bircruz555]

Do not be so sure. President Obama traveled to Africa, made a speech at AU, then arranged for financing for a geothermal power plant worth 4 billion dollars. Even though it was not the best deal, the host country agreed on the terms. Seven years later, that project has yet to get off the ground. In the meantime, China conquered continents, fast.

[@bharatmatakapati7071]

@@That_GuyKZbin true

[@394pjo]

Its all the more remarkable that China is achieving these things without bombing anyone.

[@mikebather6688]

What about 20th century or 19th

[@royk7712]

@@mikebather6688 china is colonize by japanese. china haven't bomb anyone yet(except domestically)

[@rinharter7758]

They wont bomb any countries at least for now.Just wait when China replace US as a new superpower,then the countries that got into China's BRI trap will getting hard pressure(especially poor countries)

[@levelazn]

​@@rinharter7758 they will become prosperous so china can sell them goods. and vice versa. there is no need to bomb when people are improving their quality of life.

[@hmm7458]

yeah even Brits didn't bomb anyone before colonizing them

[@melvin5818]

Can't hate China for playing the game so well.

[@christine_1608]

melvin5818 if they do then they’re just jealous

[@timothymcgoldrick2222]

Sure the world's worst totalitarian tyrant becomes a global economic and Military superpower. What could go wrong? Don't forget when all roads lead to Rome they were built for Conquest.

[@lunafringe10]

yeah, espionage IP theft, breaking all the rules, grabbing foreign land,

[@christine_1608]

@@lunafringe10 its not grabbing lol china just playing the game real well, while doing so china also gave those mall country a hope but they couldn't give back thats their part

[@subfix100]

Yup there's to much supermarket taking by Chinese people in Aruba.

[@indigo_editzz]

I am from India, I hope both countries can co-operate together and make Asia great. Again.

[@KDH-br6hy]

Mmm great again lol

[@shzd.pk-gazi]

Love you m8 Jai Hind

[@kanezhang6678]

yep, Asian countries are supposed to trust each other and try our utmost to build up a better Asia

[@mrrandom347]

@@kanezhang6678 I have no problem that China is doing development in the world The only problem is China is trying to capture other countries land and assets China has almost land and island issues with all the countries which shares land border or water boundaries India : J&K and Arunachal pradesh Philippines : islands Taiwan : whole issue Vietnam : islands and land issue Brunei : islands issue Japan : islands issue Indonesia : islands issue See so much issue with other countries And the major issue china is not democracy

[@pacman7959]

Not a chance. India is a little baby but it tries to behave like a big boy.

[@pongsakmaneesri176]

I still agree and believe what China did will be benefits for many countries.

[@rossthomson1958]

They are debt trapping them

[@sudhansukhuntia2389]

go and study dont be a diplomat here buddy :>

[@pianoenthusiast]

I don't think you see the whole picture. The so called "benefits for both" is more like deadly traps set by China for economically weaker countries. China with its abundant resources promise to "help" them build infrastructure in order to boost the economy. But the deal simply doesn't end there, you're supposed to pay the chinese the loans with interest rate back. Of course the econmy in those countries doesn't improve fast enough (as planned) so the governement there has to depend on China both politically and economically. Technically you just handcup yourself and give the only key to China *Good luck escaping debt!*

[@shivam_nagar69]

@@pianoenthusiast yup these are fools, if they don't have the money to invest in infra then how could these countries even think of paying these loans back while their govt. haven't told what's the interest rate set by china or in other words NOT TRANSPARENT, china is playing well they know that in democratic countries most leaders are corrupt and fall for money just like they did in CPEC, HUGE CORRUPTION.

[@bealaly229]

Since they don't believe in China, let US help them with bombs ~

[@zuko1569]

I like this narrator's voice. He sounds so chill

[@notaugustus2076]

But everything changed, when the fire nation attacked.

[@aussieboy4090]

As high as a kite.

[@denniswang2332]

U r omnipotent aren’t u

[@uss_04]

I kno rite. Production values ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@popodon6907]

His only problem was his pronunciation of Laos.

[@silvervixen007]

Well China ain't sleeping.

[@teethgrinder83]

silvervixen007 your damn right there-China is playing the long game and if it pays off she will reap a lot of rewards. I’m from the U.K. and we did something vaguely similar (although not anywhere near as stealthy-no need to back in the industrial revolution I guess), by making sure we controlled trade routes-we did it by force but China is doing it with money but if it works China will be in a very favourable position. And we in the West have had a large hand in making this happen due to our greed and desire for cheap manufacturing. Which I’ll readily admit I’ve been part of-I think the best way to try and keep China in check even a little bit is for the West to focus more on India, I can’t see it happening though. To me it’s a foregone conclusion that China will control many trade routes in 10-20yrs time and she will have a tremendous amount of “soft” power influence as well as the military hardware to back it up

[@MsCMC3]

Teethgrinder 83 I wouldn't say it's stealthy As they literally moving communities of Chinese all over And I love the fact you compared it to the UK during industrial revolution because it is basically the same concept

[@skylaraustin2304]

Cj Concepcion The game never changes, only the tactics.

[@Dr_Evil_Mc-Bad]

you're not wrong. although, while Vox is at it, I'd also appreciate a video on how they've been bribing foreign politicians into supporting Chinese positions, atrocious human rights records, the fact China has an emperor again in all but name (once his new 12 point plan goes ahead -next few months.) China has also been ramping up their military and has also gotten several of the countries here, economically indebted to them, which they then take in return for favors, not just ports. they may be going about world domination 'peacefully'. once this project is completed, America could seriously have its world dominance threatened by China, and China might take the place of the world hegemony. depending on how America reacts, it could go cold war 2.0, or a new version of the start of the 20th century, with both competing against each other like the French and the German empires. if America loses in either situations, then we could very well be looking at china replacing america within a century or two (at most). which is no doubt their plan. it'll be intresting to see how a communist government will finally deal with the reality of having the world in its hands. As an Australian, things are looking a little scary here as well. in the last year, we've had one of our politicians bribed by state-owned Chinese businessmen into supporting the Chinese position in the south china sea and our mere suggestion of Chinese bribery threw them into a fit. when our government put in new anti-foreign interference laws, China threw a big tantrum and things were looking pretty nasty in the Chinese embassy. the Chinese own the agricultural sector and are encroaching on a few others. they've bought out most Australian businesses and investors in Papua new guinea, and they've got a port on lease down here too. on the top of that, they've also massively contributed to the housing market crisis we're going through at the moment. lot's of Chinese businessmen would launder money from China into Australia and the west, using housing as a piggy bank / black money cleanser. (though thankfully that's toned down a lot in the last year.) on top of that, they also own all of the mandarin media down here too, and they've used to suggest Chinese Australians to vote for particular politicians, and have used it to recite stories of Australian racism on Chinese, and myths of Chinese students getting beaten up commonly on university campuses. propaganda, basically. on top of that, they was this korean pop girl down in China who was waving a Taiwanese flag after one of her performances, and china forced her to do a public apology to the chinese government for supporting the existence of Taiwan. (which China doesn't considor legitimate.

[@bayareajokester9456]

yatagarasuable wrong. China's economy is state capitalist, the Chinese Communist party is ideologically communist.

[@Deb.L.]

As America creates war and battlefields, China creates trade and marketplaces. Each country is exerting their influence differently.

[@luziverhood4403]

Nato can f this trillion dollar plan when every they like cuaseing a economic crash remember the real worl is not friendly USA invaded Middle East and took the oil and nobody could do anything about it

[@Daniel-hc6hr]

Uyghur genocide, Tiananmen square, etc.

[@guillex7x466]

⁠@@Daniel-hc6hrTell em

[@user-lc2uw5vd6u]

​​@@Daniel-hc6hr2 atomic bombs on Japan, wars in middle east and Vietnam

[@user-vq1pt7yw9l]

@@Daniel-hc6hrIraq , Syria, Vietnam, Libya, Yugoslavia , Japan , Afghanistan,

[@alimurtaza6318]

Meanwhile usa is busy bragging about how big their military is😂 And china is focusing on growing only

[@balashibuyeeter2704]

Because usa is a super power they're already the most powerful nation in the world and has soldiers and allies in all the continents. While china is still just a world power and not a super power so they're more focused on growing and gaining power.

[@misko693]

@@balashibuyeeter2704 china is better

[@Jay-pq7nf]

@@misko693 Yup dictator is definitely better👍

[@asahel980]

“China is a sleeping giant. Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will move the world.” ― Napoléon Bonaparte

[@903IDFOLEY]

Yeah... Funny the French and everyone else decided to basically draw on her face while she was sleeping.. Can't help but worry she might be a little bit pissed when she wakes up.

[@cheapogamer8920]

Its not a Giant, it's a Dragon

[@nrverinder]

I distinctly remember a bigger sleeping giant. His name is *America*

[@cheapogamer8920]

Antares not for long though, all empires fall sooner or later. The only exception is China, with tculture about 4000 years

[@suumcuique4530]

Cheapo Gamer it was not the same empire those 4000 years. Greece has also a culture of 4000 years if you see it that way

[@xtxpxhx]

Ok, time to take those Chinese lessons seriously now

[@222222225574]

LOl, you were fooling around in your classes?

[@kingtysonsworld]

Thomas Cusack Definitely. Also, the homework workload is dreadful.

[@kkori2828]

come on?

[@TheBullcrown]

I was thinking the exact same thing. 赶快!

[@etow8034]

What do you think Trump's granddaughter and Jim Roger's daughter has learnt from birth ? ...LoL

[@namoi45]

China is the future for the world. China is busy in development and progress, whilst the USA and Europe are bent on wars and destruction. My absolute respect for China 🇨🇳 from Australia.

[@El_Matin]

Belt and Road initiative is a Debt Trap. - Sun Tzu (544 BC - 496 BC)

[@repcryptosrus4541]

you are even luckier to know what automated trading systems are... have you heard about the automated trading system yet?

[@repcryptosrus4541]

f you need to talk to an expert, here are are the telegram contact information to hitup

[@repcryptosrus4541]

[phone]

[@levelazn]

All debts are traps

[@johndough1284]

*Yet in the US, we are retracting global trade agreements and tagging on trade tariffs.*

[@hexadecimal5236]

John Dough China already has a 50% Import Tax!

[@tuele4302]

Global trade agreements are not necessarily in the best interest of the American people. Investing in things like healthcare, education, and infrastructure, on the other hand, are.

[@yumyum366]

I mean, I remember a large part of the internet being against the TPP because of increased copyright law regulation, until it became a Trump thing. This video barely touched upon the fact that the reason china is doing this, is because economically they have to. China has been building infrastructure like crazy these past few years and its economy would suffer if it didn't continue to put these construction industries to work. You think they're going to get a military port in serbia or the UK? Like I feel the video is somewhat trying to mislead people, because it starts building up towards a conclusion, but then doesn't state anything. I don't think it's intentional, but it's part of the bias I've seen on Vox videos in particular.

[@tuele4302]

yumyum366 Britain stands with Europe, but not a part of it. I hope the British government is smart enough not to allow the Chinese to "invest" in their country like this.

[@Max-zq4dx]

The British government isn't even pro british.

[@Zactroller]

as im watching this video, some chinese company is building a highway right behind my house

[@Dinty51]

They're building lots of highways here in Jamaica too

[@Kyle-kh2sf]

Dinsdale Drummond your welcome 😊

[@MareoYapp]

Hey the new buses were awesome

[@OHYS]

Coincidentally, another company is building a highway right Benind my house. (But german, not chinese)

[@williamlau2065]

hahhahaha omg laughed so hard for your comment

[@ahauckify]

I guess I'm just wondering why this is an issue? Other than the Renminbi overtaking the dollar as the global reserve currency, that is.

[@timestampz]

"Yall gon learn chinese." -Jin (circa 2004)

[@spencer7404]

China just builds, builds, builds. The USA just bombs, bombs, bombs.

[@manaf67]

it is very sad by it is true so US can lick my dark brown balls

[@TroutPlayzGamingandMore]

Now just bombs we are literally building countries up and helping people from starving while china is doing the exact opposite as well as they have millions of people in concentration camps and building islands to control most of the china sea also America has a huge military for a very good reason we protect most of Europe so we need a big military but yeah I guess you can say china is building building and building just they're building things to cause ww3

[@theimmortalemperor3605]

@@TroutPlayzGamingandMore lolololol American

[@hussainf88]

@@TroutPlayzGamingandMore dont watch your news channels its all fake.

[@stanleylim4458]

@@TroutPlayzGamingandMore you're brainwashed bro

[@frankperez6325]

Who else on Quarentine watching this?

[@zilverman2]

blame Chinese for the virus

[@prasoonchandraprakas]

Me😢

[@highermath1507]

Home quarantine is more disgusting than i thought.

[@BhikiPathak]

I'm 😂

[@simhachalkumar6713]

Me. 21 days lockdown in our country, starting today. India

[@oceandragon4324]

There are so many people jealous of China. You should learn Chinese and know more about China. You should not speak ill of each other behind your back.

[@noorawilhelm2877]

We are not afraid of anything and we believe although if we start from nothing,through hard work we can acchive everything ~ Xi Jing ping

[@nickymaz05]

This video takes on a different light in the age of Corona virus.

[@mdfaijakhtar432]

Vague is becoming clean in the Quarantine days.

[@rudycenaronaldo5476]

@Win Feng lol

[@wuqinghui8199]

rudycenaronaldo I like how the comment of the dude you pinned disappeared

[@thanhvinhnguyento7069]

@@wuqinghui8199 yeah I see that too

[@ursutapan2098]

the lab made ccp virus is just another way to weaken us and world economy and make it accesible for chinese firms (which are all goverment controled) to buy them at a very low price

[@JackBoii]

I like the atlas series.

[@4realGTFOH]

Lil Jack i like turtles

[@joetheperformer]

I love the atlas series. Oooooo!

[@bok..]

weird seeing you here

[@jcjameschang]

same

[@mitchplays9295]

Same

[@lukasandy7207]

Dominating the world without intimidated and war.

[@frank8250]

No one thinks that the one belt one road Initiative will succeed. Many people call it a debt trap. But last year there were already 12,400 China-Europe express trains linking the economies between Europe and Asia through the Belt and Road Initiative.

[@gladyswambui8281]

As a Kenyan ...having huge debts with China ...this all makes sense

[@ning09yi]

Debt for infra. Better than debt for nothing. Make use of the eastern capital wisely and looking forward for a prosperous africa!

[@Aasthaface]

I hope you guys cone out of it. But they have a plan for 'debt trap'

[@BondySoapy]

Or no money to built infrastructure? by building infrastructure give your country lots of opportunities and jobs . Which increase your economy/ education / society . Or would you rather stay poor/ hungry . if the people / government work hard together this infrastructure is an gold mine for the country .

[@BeaverChainsaw]

@@ning09yi yeah but debt traps are scary, sri lanka had to cough up a port for 100 years because of the bri(belt and road inititiative)

[@ning09yi]

@@BeaverChainsaw if I was a governor, someone would offer loan to help me build a port I would accept as long as they share some interests back with me. 99 years or right to operate is just the current term, as long as I got some business running on my land stably, it should always be better than keep having the unconstructed land for 100 years? Not to mention that over time if financial situation improved, terms can be re-negotiated. The important part about China is that, they don't just send warships to bomb you or raise tariffs to threaten you for their interests. They always negotiate patiently and piecefully. Isn't it a better choice than the rigid terms come with IMF loans

[@sremax4125]

I love America but I am scared for our country. I am constantly hearing about how other countries are looking towards the future. Here, we are trying to bring back "clean coal." America has lost its identity. We don't know who we are or where we are going as a nation. That's why people talk about "Make America Great Again" and talk about the 1950s. American needs to innovate again as a nation. Forward thinking.

[@Calikid331]

Trump basically showed the world that America has a lot of idiots. If the US wasn't the economical powerhouse it is today, countries would have abandoned us long ago.

[@sremax4125]

Our time is limited if we keep fighting like this. How could we leave the Paris Agreement? We have the top scientists in the world and every country except two, at the time, signed the agreement. American could have generated jobs for scientists and engineers. We could have been the leaders for new companies and export that new technology of energy to other countries! We have the infrastructure for it better than anyone! What did we do about the future? We left it...

[@josedelapaz522]

s remax dont be worried America will always be the number one power because we have a free country and civil rights free countries always lead to success

[@abarlunera]

U.S is a country built on the genocide of the Native Americans and enslavement of Africans. “God Bless America”? I think NOT.

[@nickhuitt12]

Every major historical power has some element of exploitation that's directly associated to their amount of current wealth.

[@vinceezikieldumancas873]

No wonder that our country (Philippines) add Chinese language as part of our curriculum this all make sense now.

[@pz2818]

You are also Asian like them and should also remove English from your official language and those Spanish names. Only then will you have a stronger identity and nation. Stop following the Americans it has not helped your country.

[@jellyfesh7517]

prc gonna take philipines by 2050

[@iuaq1542]

America>>>>>>>>Covid-19 🇨🇳

[@howimade14kin4monthsaicoin6]

Superb! Your content is amazing! following you

[@394pjo]

"The Chinese put their money on the table, the Americans just talk" - Hun Sen. Prime Minister of Cambodia

[@XuanNguyen-op4qs]

Have you ever heard term "debt trap"?

[@iscream6516]

@@XuanNguyen-op4qs yeah，from USA

[@CharDhue]

@@XuanNguyen-op4qs like marshall plan and look how europe was Nb:at least germany try to take control now

[@metalfoto]

Exactly

[@YoYo-di9fx]

Xuân Nguyễn heard of student loan? U have a mortgage? Nothing is free bro

[@MrDtknight]

I understand China has its own issues, but this doesn't change the fact that China grow from a very poor country to the second largest economy in 60 years. Trading with China definitely will create opportunities and wealths for the people. Comparing to what the US did of building military bases in other counties, building ports for trade is far better.

[@rockerfeller1235]

Still, U cant trust china, China built a secret base in the dubai port and the americans cracked them down.

[@eighth7878]

@@rockerfeller1235 proff

[@iche9373]

China just need to become a liberal democracy.

[@Jenvlogs404]

Not with communism lol.

[@iche9373]

@FixBreeze "democracy will fail in china" Failing or not, the first German Republic failed, and yet Germany survived as a liberal democracy.

[@josequinones603]

Great video, I would love to see updated videos on this topic. I understand that a lot of the information is not disclosed by the BRI partners

[@joeandrew1300]

West left the developing countries with what their lives paid for, while China left the dveloping countries with what their money worth for.

[@Abdulkalam-xv3mj]

Yes

[@emersonherrera4939]

While the U.S is building walls the Chinese are building roads.😔

[@leeroyjenkins7475]

no one's building walls harambe, get ur mind straight

[@lunafringe10]

they arent building roads to europe, europe woke up.

[@emersonherrera4939]

@@lunafringe10 4:30am woke

[@emersonherrera4939]

@@leeroyjenkins7475 I'm currently at the border put in the first brick so yeah 😌

[@shamrock141]

@@lunafringe10 no Europe's just too far away right now

[@jethroarnaiz2216]

In the year 2050 the black man and the white man will finally live in peace and harmony, working side by side in Chinese work camps. hehehehehehehe - Frankie Boyle

[@chocolateamv917]

LMFAO THIS COMMENT!

[@gablo1089]

I hard the laugh in his voice. Spooky

[@desmondyuan269]

China already launch artificial intelligence robot to gradually repalce human workers

[@ittihatveterakki2449]

Hahaha :-)

[@Blackfire970]

Jethro Arnaiz ha ha ha epic

[@harshanchellamal6688]

There's also another key point to be noted here, China lent loans to a lot of the countries that are neighboring India. Highly debatle topic and Vox video content.

[@gonzolonzo1383]

They're definitely smarter than us, and anything we have been doing for the past 4 year

[@repcryptosrus4541]

its very definite now ... have you heard about automated trading systems? thats an example of how china would rise even faster and easier....i have lived in china and have studied them so well and believe me if a chinees man says something he will do it for sure...

[@repcryptosrus4541]

have you heard about the automated trading system yet?

[@repcryptosrus4541]

[phone]

[@chaitanyaparab1494]

You didn’t cover why and how these routes exclude India. It tries to cover India from all sides.

[@kskmohanty5559]

Yet our government increased chinese imports rapidly since 2015. Smh

[@KikogamerJ2]

The plan is probably to eliminate any possible thereat by embargo For what I can see China plans on resolving is conflicts with money and influence and less violence China is in a new era of warfare where pressure is better than guns

[@hullopillow4853]

China did invite India to join way back in 2015. But India refused, so be it.

[@hullopillow4853]

@tension relief king Can you provide substatiation instead of merely making baseless assertions? 120 nations join BRI and the door is also open to India.

[@bluuforyuu8488]

@@hullopillow4853 indians hate communism and everything related to communism get that in your head forst

[@zeissiez]

I’m from Malaysia. China has traded with Malaysia for 2000 years. In those years, they have been world’s biggest power many times. Never once they sent troops to this region. In 16th, 17th, 18th centuries, the Portuguese, Dutch and British came, we were colonized by each. The presence of China’s power is welcomed in this region. It provides economic benefits. It also enrich cultural experience in the region. We are not afraid of China being powerful in the region, we welcome the rise of China. China don't export ideology, they don't export chaos.

[@salmanrafique4699]

Bur china evil genius.

[@rahmanalwi4234]

Its new way of colonising... That's what the Chinese want you to feel...

[@linhe6729]

@@rahmanalwi4234 a new way that's not enslaving and killing people, but rather bring economic improvements. I don't get what you are saying. How is it bad?

[@unknow7686]

@@rahmanalwi4234 KONTOL

[@febilal5892]

Yea that's true🇮🇳

[@LesMiserables999]

Why is the tone of the video so negative when China is investing in global infrastructure? This looks like a good thing to me

[@AngryF4ce]

Have you seen Chinese infrastructure? They can build decent structures when they want to, but much of the Belt and Road is a both a quick cash-grab and a way to gain influence in other nations. They don't really need to build high quality structures if that's all they want, and you better believe that subpar ports and rails and pipelines are what you're going to get. That is unless China will stand to lose as a result of shoddy infrastructure, so the pipelines might be alright.

[@yunahnam]

The whole point of the vid is that they are using the financing as leverage against the countries to get their way.

[@LesMiserables999]

@@yunahnam true, but it is still investing in the country and bettering the lives of those who live there. Much more productive than pillaging and conquering wars

[@yunahnam]

@@LesMiserables999 They aren't doing it for free. They are indebting the receiving countries. So while it may look as if its bettering the lives of locals, we'd have to wait and see its implications. Some countries even opted to cancel projects being wary of the potential trap the deal may entail (i think one was malaysia). But some countries may not have the option or its leaders too corrupt to refuse.

[@levelazn]

@@yunahnam who invest for free?

[@arglc2731]

China has also leased a port in Darwin, Australia for the next 99 years.

[@yaminimishra431]

Wow suddenly it all makes sense now.

[@thesky6495]

Yes

[@Savenoone123]

Don't put to much power into this.

[@elabuelodelbarrio2611]

@@Savenoone123 what power you talking about

[@Savenoone123]

What I meant is don't believe in this to much.

[@hena4328]

@@Savenoone123 lol

[@MrRocketRider]

US - war and loot initiative China - Belt and road initiative

[@kamilshah8966]

How is going CPEC?? Hope your debt isn't trying to bury your country under the land

[@rahathasan92]

I follow this channel Vox for learning English perfectly I am Rahat Hasan from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

[@qihangli9575]

1:54 The legend "Yiwu" is a city that falls south of Shanghai and not the pin in the map

[@SoAS26]

Damn...even though I am not a fan of China. That's some amazing diplomatic skills and planning.

[@v1rusAnon]

me too, even if I hate them.. that plan to dominate is great

[@talhahabdullah8980]

They the Chinese used their wealth to generate more wealth. They keep some they share some. The west used their bullets to create more bullets. They sell some bullets to keep people fighting for more bullets and plundering local resources so they can produce even more bullets.

[@rahulradhakrishnan5619]

China is playing monopoly

[@aloy2922]

Yeah I know right

[@easter-nmgr4086]

How?

[@apei281]

Which the west already did

[@aeternavictrix7861]

A Pei what’s your point?

[@ChristianYoga]

@@apei281 All monopoly is bad. Both of China and US must be stopped.

[@adnanali1648]

marvlous development with the BRI. And BRI bringing about different and new choices for developing countries

[@aimtiaz_]

Marco Polo would have loved this belt road initiative.

[@Money-talking]

2 ways to conquer a nation. #1. Sword #2. Debt

[@shineon808]

Money Mark plata o plomo?

[@jasonleetaiwan]

Japan tried to use the sword to conquer China. This led to the US controlling China through debt. Then China internally switched sides and founded a new country that did not owe debt to the US known as the People's Republic of China. The US reaps what it sows.

[@xjys215102]

amoroso586 u r right. Just be prepared coz u will owe us someday.

[@sirkeg1]

No one forced anyone to take on the debt and there is no way for China to collect the debt by force if a country defaults.

[@Money-talking]

Jason Lee Corporate name changes go so far!

[@supermonkeyyyyyy]

I much prefer building than destroying. This is the legitimate way to gain power unlike the US.

[@Lucky8s]

Joshua Zabala US is the lesser evil? Go read the news buddy. You'll be surprised.

[@MehmetlerMehmedi]

Unless you're building to destroy, think about that.

[@sayto_00]

"I much prefer building than destroying" Watch it, your ignorance is showing (marshall plan).

[@damnalltoall3399]

Joshua Zabala buwahhaah your joking right ,US the lesser evil?come on are you not reading the news

[@deeughfolte5770]

Eric Xu Compare both nations and their wars, these past 50yrs... The global human cost and how many nations each has destroyed... Nazis literally marched the streets of America and we were all introduced to their supremacist habits, with their sitting leader defending them. So the argument about them having a hand in defeating Hitler falls apart. You should also follow their politics and learn just how much they hate The UN. America is nothing it was 100 yrs ago. It's become a very real global threat.

[@daniabraha9190]

God bless u Chania 💯💯

[@azamrahman9945]

It’s been two years since this and Pakistan has paid 50-60%. Of our loans to China

[@s9ka972]

No Check your own statistics and say. Pakistan hasn't even started paying loans to China . But again Pakistan has less to worry compared to Sri Lanka because at least Pakistan have strategic location to sell compared to Sri Lanka .

[@repcryptosrus4541]

hello everyone...you should be expecting a reply from me soon

[@azamrahman9945]

@@s9ka972 ur not rly right

[@toolovely6744]

meanwhile america giving democracy to other countries *_you know what i mean_*

[@TheZombiesAreComing]

Democrats like to preach that America is a Democracy, but, it is a Constitutional Republic. The only thing American citizens vote on directly is government positions, and an occasional Referendum. True/pure/direct Democracy is nothing more than mob rule. In the words of John Adams: "Remember Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes exhausts and murders itself. There never was a Democracy Yet, that did not commit suicide. It is in vain to Say that Democracy is less vain, less proud, less selfish, less ambitious or less avaricious than Aristocracy or Monarchy."

[@blasttrash]

only if there is oil in those said countries :P

[@juans6639]

Sad but true! America has been spreading "DEMOCRACY" at the point of a gun for over 100 years. The proof is that the USA maintains a military presence in over 162 countries around the world......MORE DEMOCRACY....YEAH!

[@danthomas6587]

Best comment ever

[@papabeanny]

democracy is just a fancy way of telling not to work hard.

[@teluguSripad]

Notice how India is not part of this, yet being the center of this

[@ritwikreddy5670]

India is also building it's military base in Seychelles and Myanmar.

[@AnaGonzalez-le7eg]

China is isolating India. there can only be one Asian superpower.

[@rishi1951]

Sri Lanka is ours now boyyy

[@tushar4evr776]

Lol.. After the loan, they will ask for Aksai Chin and Arunachal to be handed over to them.. Then maybe 20 years later, all of North East..

[@muhammadswalih8923]

India is busy sleeping with the dying superpower America.

[@huyhong3375]

China's Belt and Road Initiative have been the most ambitious infrastructure project in modern history, that's designed to reroute global trade.

[@user-nn5lh9dy6w]

Now is the time for her wake up. The fourth superpower after UK, US and USSR

[@jca_]

Lol UK?

[@thatdude9091]

@@jca_ British empire, I mean there’s no way denying that wasn’t a superpower- I mean the UK clearly isn’t a superpower, but I’m sure we all know what he meant

[@jca_]

@Your Majesty, no actually it was funny because UK isn’t the correct term there. He might as well say Russia instead of ussr too

[@abdillahfamilychannel8418]

China build road, bridge, and port America build huge beautiful WALL

[@sahil47]

Those roads will in debt your country one day

[@mirzahamzabaig5667]

@@sahil47 Well it's either China and debt or USA and bombs and debt..can't really do much here.

[@sahil47]

@@mirzahamzabaig5667 Well here's a thought. What if Pakistan started working on its natural resources on its own? You know this would've made Pakistan direct profit but some of the projects started by China won't be able to return even the principal amount by hundreds of years. In that Pakistan had to lease their land and port to China. Pakistan's public should also know that rate of interest charged by China is double to what world bank charges.

[@mirzahamzabaig5667]

@@sahil47 And where will we get funds for all of that.. the corruption has destroyed our economy. It's not as easy as to just set up industries and start working mate.

[@zedantXiang]

Did they tho? Werent they so unorganize it didnt happen?

[@joshuaperkings5155]

Why are my fellow Americans complaining about China's influence? On the positive side, at least China is dominating by building up other countries versus starting wars like the US has always done...

[@zafirahkhan5791]

Joshua Perkings PREACH IT

[@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath]

LOL ever heard of Tibet? China does some pretty terrible things.

[@fahadzafar6242]

Yeah but in comparison to what the US has done and has been doing since the Cold War to countries around the world, Tibet is a small terrible thing on a scale of atrocities conducted by both US and China.

[@franzibe5620]

China may have invaded Tibet but America has bombed like 50 countries since the end of WW2

[@thianbenglim9234]

Joshua Perkings you are one in a million not blind in your country.

[@sherlockholmes882]

China executes game theory really well. They always use dominant strategy (no chance of losing). If the countries pay back the loan, it's a win. If they don't, Chinese gets something strategic. Again a win.

[@repcryptosrus4541]

hello everyone...who is familiar with automated trading system?

[@joeylee8527]

In the West it is called game theory, in China this is a traditional Chinese tradition.

[@XimenaZhao415]

Long term investment.

[@kritikaverma8215]

Honestly as an American I feel that china becoming a super power will benefit America so much. Americans need to see that they are lacking and falling behind and the only way to do so will be for them to be challenged. Having competition will force America to innovate and look towards the future rather than still arguing for coal energy or making goods in America. When the us and the ussr were the two superpowers America started investing to have better education and economy in order to prove itself. America needs to get off its high horse and develop itself rather than becoming comfortable with where it is. In the long run isolationism never works and until Americans see that they will continue losing their importance globally

[@scotchrobbins]

Kritika Verma As a fellow American, while I think your theory is a bit simplistic, I hope very strongly that a rise in Chinese global influence spurs a change in American governing. If nothing else, the oligarchs must fall.

[@easternstrategist5276]

China is the opposite of America. America has freedom of religion but suffers a countless number of cults and Christian schools brainwash nationwide with the 100 million pop who believe in the existence of angels. America has freedom of speech but then fake news produced by certain interest groups are manipulating the nation on everything. America has deregulation from the government but then infrastructure can barely be built and jobs are moving out of the nation. America has rule of law but then millions of gangsters can get away with the punishment as long as they don't get caught obviously. These typical American problems, however, don't exist in China simply because China just do the opposite on these issues, regulating religions, restricting mediums and internet, banning firearm, stated regulated economy, the official crackdown and witch hunt on organized gangs. Of course, China has its own problems, but they are caused by the flaw of the Chinese system rather than the American one.

[@108nighthawk]

I don't think you have a clue what you are talking about. Companies in the US are always developing and investing in new technology; as a company you cannot survive without it. Not sure where you have been, but for the past century and still to this day the US is the most powerful economy. Sure the US government is not financing projects like the CCP, but many of those projects being funded by China will fail, and I do not believe that the US government is supposed to make large state run companies that gamble with tax money. I prefer development of the private sector and I absolutely do not want the type of omnipresent and totalitarian government that goes along with the Chinese model of growth.

[@luaustin627]

I agree

[@luke5306]

Well said! Furthermore, it's an absurd assumption that America have never been one the most technological and innovative nation for the last decades and have to be challenged by an adversary to boost up their investment in technology and education sectors. I wonder where OP get his internet, phone, computer, and virtually every essential stuffs that we need in order to function properly on the daily basis from? China. And if America's education is so shitty, then why there are thousand of students from all over the world come here to get a better "shitty" education. And if you look up for all of the Nobel Prize' winner from all over the world, most of them are from mainland China. Yes! I am being extremely sarcastic here when i say that.

[@MisterXdotcom]

I'm from Serbia and I can confirm that China already invested and built serval important infrastructure from highways, bridges, railways and energy and what they are doing exactly? They give to the country loan with low interest rates and grace periods up to 20-30 years, but only condition is that has to build Chinese company with Chinese workers and when they finish one project they are moving on to the other and so on and so on. They are returning big amounts of money right away because their government ruled companies are making profits. More stable country is they give greater period of delayed payment, and if they not return they will take control of the project for long time. Why Serbia? They bought ports in Athens and Thessaloniki and if they have stable infrastructure to the Budapest they have win the jackpot. As I understood they are building big warehouse close to the Belgrade where highways for Budapest, Zagreb, Sofia and Thessaloniki intersect and railway passing true plus there is two rivers Danube and Sava.

[@anoopmishra172]

It is risk to take money with china as a loan ... Your country have to pay for this..🤣🤣

[@pengren8460]

The Chinese company I am working for is building expressway in your country now, finished the whole project 1week ago. Your president attended the ceremony hah

[@MisterXdotcom]

@@pengren8460 and you are moving on to the next project? I have nothing against China's investments, our country have to be build and every finished infrastructure project is good for the economy no matter what and I'm really happy to see China chose Serbia for partnership and for what I can see it's going to be for looooooong time. Both countries are benefit big time from that partnership for sure.

[@MisterXdotcom]

@@pengren8460 plus I believe that we are very interesting country for tourism, as our countries are politically and historically close that put Serbia on the map in China tourist organisations and guests from China really enjoy and surprisingly well leave Serbia and everyone wish to come back.

[@pengren8460]

@@MisterXdotcom I was not in Serbia branch company, I belonged to other Department, somewhere in Dubai. I wish nothing but the best to your country.

[@kanani717]

If it can transport goods...it can transport troops. Remember that.

[@xcutioner5411]

China building , america bombing . Remember that

[@xcutioner5411]

China building 🏢🏙 , american b0mbing🔫🌋🔥 remember that

[@ishraqshamskhanmojlish5911]

can anyone help me by telling what is the sound effect name in 8 sec(When the train passes) I would be very thankful if you could help me.

[@ad-sartorius9926]

At least they're trading and not invading, destabilizing and then selling weapons.

[@dannyarcher438]

china is the Third biggest arms exporter in the world. so yeah... also heard of Tibet? the US is a girl scout compared to Chinese human rights abuse

[@Udontkno7]

Tibet would disagree.

[@teethgrinder83]

Ad-Sartorius : did you not pay attention to the vid? Yeah China is trading BUT she knows that certain countries can’t pay back the loans China gives and so China asks for control of their ports militarily and so creating an empire by stealth. We in the U.K. did something vaguely similar in the industrial revolution except it wasn’t exactly stealthy but we used trade and the control of the seas to build an empire-this isn’t exactly the same for sure (it’s not possible to be the same in this day and age) but don’t be lured into thinking this is a trade only situation

[@intellectualgravy9796]

There is much more to this then trade. The United States maintains such an influence due to their ability to launch a big attack anywhere around the world with the least discomfort, look at the number of military bases they have around the world. Britain did something similar during its days. Don't think those ports are just for trade. The one in Djibouti is a Naval Base. China wants to control the trade channel and the military might. If you see those locations you will see. Its not that hard to decode.

[@BongSalvador]

Teethgrinder 83 here in Phl they gave us a loan package with 15% interest while Japan is only .5 % but our president is so enamored with China..

[@itziaramos5964]

After six years, I finally dominate english... just to realize I should've learnt chinese instead!

[@222222225574]

We are all learning Mandarin in Europe nowadays and people are learning it around China too. English is useless in China.

[@222222225574]

carl1223 If you want to do business with Chinese people , English is not useful, they prefer to deal with foreigners who know how to speak mandarin, English is not that useful as you think it is when you do business with non English countries.

[@222222225574]

For example , Japan and Chinese do business , contracts are written in Japanese and Mandarin. Japanese companies need to find someone who can speak mandarin to speak to companies in China in order to get the deals. Unless your company is big enough to ignore the Chinese company.

[@222222225574]

carl1223 When I am talking about English that means you need to speak and write very well, not just the daily conversations. Those countries you have mentioned that only few percentage of people can actually speak and Write in English very well.

[@222222225574]

Thailand, Malaysia...not really. It means you have never been to those countries. Even only around 4% Indians can speak English fluently in India.

[@kmtb2011]

Didnt america use the same tactic by lending money to south america fully knowing they cant repay back and now in internal debt?

[@arthur.0liveira_]

China is building things and controlling them, not landing money.

[@Sodierof4tuneBabi]

Xinnie The Pooh is watching you

[@Strategistdating]

I feel like China is doing what we should be doing.

[@slatealan7082]

more like what everyone should do.

[@Strategistdating]

Yes

[@jililin2078]

Darryl Jackson the western countries just look down to those who isn’t as developed as them and just push their own agendas and ideas one others when others don’t listen, WAR.

[@lunafringe10]

building roads is fine, we welcome it, so we dont have to spend money doing it. And once China starves, we ll tell them to buzz off,

[@BLUDDYknucklez]

Juju Rellama lol u r dumb.

[@fhdxbjfhhdd6187]

If you hate China, go to China. If you love China, go to China. Don't listen other people saying, just look what you see.

[@vexcarius7100]

China's doing good but I wouldn't want to go back to Beijing. That city sucks. It's a city built on smoke.

[@xingzongmu5913]

@@vexcarius7100 I definitely agree. However I believe that This is something that any developing country must pass just like london during industrial revolutionary

[@znrctrnn]

How will all these countries afford the road?

[@henonaga9879]

There are so many factories and people driving cars. Of course there's gonna be smog.

[@davidhynes]

If you hate China move west for democracy and fresh air.

[@curtiscarpenter9881]

This video needs updating VOX. Aka covid and its effects on it, trust.