Why China Has 3,000 Miles of Secret Tunnels

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[@killianholm2283]

Frist

[@killianholm2283]

So

[@killianholm2283]

What to do

[@killianholm2283]

Try stealing information from companies that move to your studio for ideas . Definitely not copying a certain Asian country.

[@killianholm2283]

Norway is better than Sweden by the way nit real related but still.

[@benardo01]

*"We, a moderately sized KZbin channel, are not a secret Chinese military agency"* that's what a secret Chinese government agency would want you to believe

[@RADICALFLOAT95]

Yes but actually no

[@danp.4824]

Next Wendover Productions video: The Logistics of Secret Tunnels in China

[@zsdfasdfas]

The INSANE Logistics of Secret Tunnels in China - don't forget the most important part!

[@Matt02341]

Can they hide an airplane in it? See Eisenhower rated highway

[@SylviaRustyFae]

@@zsdfasdfas I mean, id love it if he cud forget the ableist word there and just title it without that word... Cud even call it ridiculous or absurd or bizarre or extreme instd.

[@fiery1377]

@@SylviaRustyFae no

[@SylviaRustyFae]

@@fiery1377 Look back on this comment ten yrs from now and keep doin that til you finally change

[@coreytaylor447]

"why would you be enemies with something thats not sentient" me, whos been pissed off at my cactus plant for years because that one time it fell off the table onto my leg: observe

[@alicehargest]

This resonates with me because my cactus is also a prick

[@theviniso]

Aren't plants sentient though?

[@coreytaylor447]

@@theviniso no, they dont have the neuron networks to feel or experience emotions or thought, though they do feel "pain" in the sense that they know when they are damaged

[@speedy01247]

@@theviniso if plants are sentient, we are monsters. (I mean we probably still are but that is beside the point)

[@theviniso]

@@speedy01247 Well, we gotta eat something.

[@fyang1429]

Fun fact, Beijing's first subway line was one of the first of such tunnels.

[@abi1521]

wow mind blowing, surely they save much money from that

[@yesidohaveplacestobe]

Why be regular boring when you can be boring *with slides* 😂

[@deviationblue]

Is Sam implying that a video about tunnels would be a boring video?

[@therealdave06]

@@deviationblue no, but tunnels have to be bored

[@deviationblue]

@@therealdave06 they must be bored it's not much fun staying secret.

[@craigcarter400]

It was a play on words. Tunnels are made by being bored out.

[@deviationblue]

@@craigcarter400 you don't say

[@alexangelis9502]

SECRET TUNNEL, secret tunnel, through the mountains, secret tunnel...

[@Kamitsurugi]

Just in case, we never know what could happen...

[@shale6422]

I literally just came here from your community post, the two sides of my yt recommendations have finally collided.

[@hetakusoda2977]

You??

[@warren5037]

Oh hey, fancy seeing you here

[@ΤΗΞΙηΣΑζΤΞΚδ]

In case of what?

[@agent7861]

What? Didn’t realize you were in this corner of the internet

[@aducharme01]

That Cheney joke is I think the first time I've ever had a burn make me feel nostalgic. That was not something I expected to happen to me today

[@AndrewPonti]

Legit same.... I lol-ed and then thought... wow, i'm getting old.

[@raptorfromthe6ix833]

im lazy can u explain

[@aducharme01]

@@raptorfromthe6ix833 Former US Vice President Dick Cheney once accidentally shot someone he was out hunting with. Was a big source of jokes for a good long while, but has rather fallen off the radar given that it happened once well over a decade ago. I'm old enough to remember when the joke was fresh, hence the nostalgic reaction

[@Nerevarine420]

@@aducharme01 the dude apologized to cheney too and said it was his fault If that doesn't scream true power idk what does.

[@jasonli3341]

The name for the great wall in chinese is 长城, which means long city. So the underground great wall (地下长城）means something closer to "the underground city"

[@HenryLoenwind]

But does the meaning of the words really influence what people picture in their minds when they think about the Great Wall? The German word for "peace" literally means "walled", and the word for "cemetery" means "walled courtyard", yet nobody would think about those meanings when using the words. (Yes, it is somewhat hilarious that "building a wall" and "making peace" are the same verb, just with a different directional prefix in German, considering Germany's history with walling off half the country.)

[@David-vx4bj]

This feels like a misreading: 城 in 长城 historically means the earth walls surrounding cities and states, more in line with the meaning of 城墙 (defensive wall, city wall). The currently more used meaning of “city” (in line with the meaning of 城市, city) derived from that as a later development in the language. The name 长城 first appeared in Records of the Great Historian, written when the character still commonly referred to walls. As such, both as an etymological matter and as a matter of current usage, 城 in 长城 is always understood as meaning “wall” instead of “city”.

[@thekwoka4707]

Some of these jokes have me convinced you're trying to make sure you get arrested if you ever visit Hong Kong.

[@Bacopa68]

He should really have used the brick distraction that keeps him from being arrested in the US.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

@@Bacopa68 Yeah, it clearly works, seeing as he hasn't been arrested so far.

[@99999bomb]

I’m from Hong Kong, I’m probably getting arrested soon (free hk)

[@Wafermarkhk]

Yes Ah I know I live in HK

[@internetexplorer7143]

I’m watching this video in Hong Kong so wish me luck

[@m_srnw]

3:55 that joke just summed up HAI's humor in a nutshell.

[@christopherconti3228]

Inviting the OIC, EU, and the US to visit those vocational centers is a weird way to try to keep them secret

[@aprilknight6971]

Thank you. Makes propaganda cheap when so many in the west like to repeat it for free

[@yikes8932]

Just popping in to say *secret tunnel, secret tunnel, through the mountain, secret* secret *secret tunnel!*

[@aotoda486]

Twoooo loverss, forbidden from one anotherr, waarr diviides, their peopllee, and a mountain divides them apaart. Buiilt a path to, be toogetherr, and I forget the next few lines, but then it goes... *_SE-_*

[@generichomosapien4666]

一努今也不一吧，因为这原就这而已不所人。不要自有问可看我的人你喜次 It translates to nonsense btw

[@dantelove4606]

Secret secret secret secret secret TUUUNNNELLL YEAH

[@SOCOM955555]

I went into the comments looking for this exact thing. You did not disappoint, thank you

[@youraftermyrobotbee]

This video would not be complete without this comment

[@pilotlewis1578]

It’s more interesting that someone counted

[@MaximNightFury]

Imagine sitting in your Shenzhen home and suddenly a government official pops up though your floor

[@leonleon2021]

why through floor? they can always use door, rite?

[@MaximNightFury]

@@leonleon2021 that's not the joke though, is it?

[@ΤΗΞΙηΣΑζΤΞΚδ]

@@MaximNightFury your joke wasn’t very funny unfortunately

[@MaximNightFury]

@@ΤΗΞΙηΣΑζΤΞΚδ So far 25 people disagree

[@oliversmalley7771]

That would be... awkward

[@NathanASanchez]

You can look up "Underground Project 131 " in Xianning, Hubei Province, China. I've been there, it's been open to tourists since the mid-2000's.

[@nirajankhadka0123]

Sam usually references Avatar: The Last Airbender a lot! But, this video was begging for a 'Secret Tunnel!!' mention! Come on now, HAI! You can do better!😂

[@hydrasaurandre]

When's he referenced Avatar?

[@nirajankhadka0123]

@@hydrasaurandre he mentions fire nation and other stuffs quite a lot on past videos! Don't remember the exact ones though!

[@SylviaRustyFae]

I feel underground great wall is a grt name for their secret tunnel as one of the uses of the great wall was for speedier transport (primarily of messages using signal fire, but even troops cud be moved along the wall much faster than thru the mountain paths). Which is exactly what a secret tunnel thru the mountains and urban centers wud do. And then theres the obvious defensive implications as they intend the tunnels to be used to protect against attack ofc by putting a wall of earth between them and any attackers... Ergo, the secret secret secret tunnel is an underground great wall.

[@hydrasaurandre]

Secret tunnel! Secret tunnel! Through the mountain! Secret, secret, secret, secret tunnel!

[@BrodieEaton]

Bruh i was about to go to bed how dare you upload 12:48am my time

[@kaivonfintel1627]

Judging by your name being Brodie, you must be Australian

[@lewismassie]

"take a kicking and keep on licking" what kind of saying is that and why do I like it so much

[@Vlasov45]

If used to the be the tag line for a series of Timex watch advertisements in the 50s and 60s. "Take a licking and keep on ticking". Licking being an old fashioned term for a beating, and ticking referring the watch.

[@gamechip06]

Guys I know where the tunnels are located! They're in [REDACTED] and goes through [REMOVED] no need to thank me

[@bransen1235]

It seems this video is unavailable in your country.

[@toozydude2]

The Great Wall is the western name, direct translation is actually "long/great city". So actual, underground city is fine.

[@Illusion97_]

I watched the video: it’s to transport bricks to HAI unfinished airport

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

They must have used bricks to build it, right? So really, this _is_ a video about bricks.

[@francisluglio6611]

What's with the trend of people forgetting the -'s- lately?

[@Sophiebryson510]

Was watching the video about bullfrog county when this came up

[@99xs]

Wtf same

[@kindandrespectfulcommenter3292]

Hey Sam, good job on this!! Even if a few details were a bit off, you clearly put in a lot of effort to understand a complicated topic, and I appreciate you.

[@gunnerysgthartman9263]

Sam is gonna keep getting this comment for the rest of time 😆

[@killianholm2283]

Paperclips!!!!!!!!

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

I appreciate your dedication to the profile.

[@silliussoddus8751]

Last time I was this early HAI was on good terms with Wendover

[@BHuang92]

"Vietnamese used tunnels to defeat Americans" China: *May I copy your homework?*

[@qifuhyue3568]

*vietnam war flashbacks*

[@cassiopesysg5423]

The fun fact is that the Chinese government was actually teaching the Vietnamese how to dug tunnels to fight America. (As we used it in WW2 against Japanese) When the Sino-vietnam border war broke out in late 1970s, both side uses tunnel tactics and several tunneling encounter happened underground

[@EvilBurp]

This reminds me of Moscow's nuke-safe metro system. It's doors are a metre thick blast doors, so that the entire subway system could be turned in a nuke shelter

[@hydrasaurandre]

Ok, I can't be the only one with that song stuck in my head now... SECRET TUNNEL, SECRET TUNNEL! THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS! SECRET TUNNEL!

[@williamgordon5708]

The tunnel projects are called "Third Line (of defense) Construction," basically intended to be Mao's Alamo. Funny cuz when they started construction during the early 60s, China was expecting the Soviets, not the US to nuke us. It's quite similar to Albania's bunker frenzy, but a lot more complex. The tunnels were basically finished before the 60s ended, as millions of engineers and billions of RMBs were thrown into a rather senseless building spree. After the 80s, most further construction involves upgrading and modernizing the tunnels to allow trains and missile vehicles to drive in. Fun fact: bright orange signs are relatively common in Chinese residential districts, denoting public bomb shelters. The massive underground parking garages have huge blast doors, and can probably house tens of thousands during war time (gosh we sure do like to think about war). They say that beneath Beijing, the ground was completely hollowed out, but everything is more secretive in Beijing so who knows for sure?

[@Koala1203]

Albania: I have the most bunkers in the world! China: Challenge accepted.

[@Pompomatic]

1:11 gives rough estimate in metric 1:14 gives precise estimate in imperial what.

[@tonymonk8718]

I actually went to Beijing in the the 1980s. At that time we were invited to go into the underground city of Beijing as we were special guests of the Chinese government. What I saw was almost unbelievable like something out of a James Bond film. The channels that we saw then were complete which completely debunks some of the statements made in this film which I regard as insulting Tosh. The tunnels were last with shops universities cinemas et cetera. I’m not saying that this is fake news it’s just that it’s content is Illinformed and therefore unreliable. The tunnels in Beijing did and maybe still do exist.

[@hajfksdl]

I like the stock footage :)

[@Hobbes4ever]

They even made a movie in 1965 called Tunnel War

[@zainmudassir2964]

The are miles of tunnels and underground railroads in the US from the civil war era. Do a video on that too

[@olentangyriver1191]

I actually live near some of them

[@clarkeysam]

China actually has 3,001 miles of secret tunnels, but that last mile is super secret!

[@miloPRcohen]

The Boring with slides was your best ever joke Sam!

[@speedy01247]

you can't tell Sam a secret without him making a video about it.

[@b0chen]

you missed the opportunity to use the "secret tunnel" song

[@ryanfoss3894]

There's a song about this. I forget a lot of the words but it goes something like this. "Secret tunnellll, Secret tunnelll. Through the mountains, Secret Secret Secret Secret Secret tunnellllll!"

[@nolastnametysonchu2137]

As a Chinese, I should like to clarofy that the secret tunnel's loca-

[@raspberrypie3826]

Off to the gulag

[@jeffreypierson2064]

@@raspberrypie3826 The Soviets had gulags. The CCP has reeducation camps. You can meet Uighurs there.

[@adrielsebastian5216]

Fun fact: the only country that can protect its entire population and then some from nuclear fallout is Switzerland

[@morbid747]

Nuclear winter that can last for decades would make the living envy the dead.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

The number of countries that could wipe out their entire population and then some from nuclear fallout is much higher.

[@181Days]

I LOVE the shade at the beginning of this video

[@kisaragi-hiu]

1:52 It's actually not that absurd before translation as the word for a wall in "great wall" ("城" in 長城) is usually used to mean a city. Doesn't make it any more creative though.

[@TheMrFabian1]

That joke about Szechuan was kinda saucy.

[@joelnormal4876]

HaI: Exposes secret tunnels Xi Jinping: Oh bother

[@MalaysiaIsProChannel]

"Whether it big wall or big dam" Xin Jin Ping: intresting i wont censor this "Or this boy with his bi-" *This video was censored by the Chinese goverment*

[@penguinpingu3807]

Well either way KZbin is censored by the Chinese government, so they don't need to lift a finger to censor this video.

[@MalaysiaIsProChannel]

@@penguinpingu3807 *VPN:allow us to introduce ourself* Xin Jin Ping on Chinese VPN: *allow me to introduce myself*

[@penguinpingu3807]

@@MalaysiaIsProChannel fair play

[@TheGrinningViking]

Secret tunnel, through the mountain - secret secret secret secret tunnel!

[@LonelyRacoon]

Writer: How edgy do you want it to be? HAI: Yes

[@abqmalenurse]

Russia also has no first strike policy.

[@coolnotcool-wq7nx]

should uhh we tell him

[@aH00man]

Bricks

[@owenpapsdorf29]

Were they built with cinderblocks? Just trying to figure out how this relates to the upcoming cinderblock video. Thank you

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

I mean, if nuclear war _actually_ broke off, who would be left to reprimand any country for violating their "no first use" policy?

[@kingarthurthe5th]

“SECRET TUNNEL! SECRET TUNNEL! THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN!”

[@nicktlkj]

*Chinese government wants to know your location*

[@colonelgraff9198]

Secret tunnel!!! Secret tunnel!!! Through the mountains!!! Secret secret secret secret tunnel!!!

[@ObligedUniform]

"Including the voter suppression" Texas: challenge accepted.

[@clmdcc]

Can you also do a video on the russian sub subway tunnels? Or some of the US bunkers?

[@samuel28858]

The map at 0:27 is tilted slightly, so it showing the wrong areas as belonging to China

[@timalexander1811]

Sam wanted to free a little bit of Tibet

[@Cherb123456]

Damn would love how extensive and massive their Tunnel-system has become

[@koharumi1]

"China is like the world's Texas. Everything is bigger there." Err no. That is not true. The people are definitely not bigger.

[@harsh3624]

When your reccomendations is faster than the notifications.

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[@andrewmaperson]

China basically has Among Us vents. "Xi JingPing is venting! super sus"

[@jarjarbinks2105]

Did he say that Clippy isn’t sentient

[@6z0]

I was just thinking of you, this couldnt of been better timing

[@CriticalRider]

It could *have* been better grammar, though.

[@RYRY1002]

Why isn't this available on Nebula?

[@shruti2122]

What I learned today *Why be regular boring when you can be boring with slides*

[@ComicSads]

Honestly these videos would be a least 5 times more interesting if there weren't any jokes and we were just left with the good educational content

[@GarethDaviesNZ]

That's why it's Half as Interesting and not Five Times as Interesting

[@aaryamangupta]

I can imagine HAI using stock footage of neuclear bombs after Russia vs USA...

[@ohyeah5806]

Saying voter id laws among with other legal obligations states have to fulfill (like requiring certain common-place paperwork in order to rejoin voter rolls) is racist, is pretty condescending and can be interpreted in and of itself, racist to us minorities. Just sayin

[@krzys7007]

5:15 "If you know anything about anything..." then you can tie your shoes.

[@sesmeltz1965]

The opening joke about Texas voter suppression hurt. A lot. *sigh* Nicely done…

[@Hopalong99]

“Everything’s bigger in China” Apart from the people

[@theviniso]

And salaries

[@deliciouschicken]

"Artillerary core"

[@aayushshirodkar]

Notification Gang Here!

[@SamTahbou]

To be fair, if you had accidentally shot Dick Chaney I wouldn't hate you for it, and Chaney could hardly complain as he'd done it himself, happily everyone survived the hunting expedition.

[@DyslexicMitochondria]

Well I went to the government of China's website and found their email ( Public info ) - "[e-mail]" . Let us all email chinese government reminding them of the uighur concentration camps

[@sterlingarcher8041]

lol

[@epicstuff7522]

damn

[@fyang1429]

If they read these things even in Chinese then all the people who got bullied by the local governments would have gotten some better settlements.

[@StookyDoo22]

Clippy is a being of infinite possibilities

[@gelgamath_9903]

Ok I filed my official complaint with the Chinese government. I put links to this video and all your social media accounts in my complaint so hopefully they will contact you soon.

[@hallowizer440]

But I wanted another video about bricks.

[@johnvanerick5091]

I thought this was a polymatter video for a sec lol

[@yashasparekh6031]

This video's jokes were better-ish than the other jokes

[@alcazar123456]

“Voter suppression” aka asking people to show ID lol

[@fermat2112]

How come I see these videos on KZbin before I see them on nebula? What am I missing?

[@raznatalia141]

LMAO @ The Voice Sync on 0:31

[@2Links]

That China map in the beginning though Edit: 0:28

[@bakarana455]

0:26 My eyes are bleeding.

[@60secondfinance81]

This was supposed to be on Polymatter...

[@ShorDagon]

0:53 Dude has a VGA cable connected to his monitor, how old is that stock footage???

[@DanielLCarrier]

Why would they keep the existence of the tunnels secret? Second strike capabilities are worthless if the other countries don't know you have them.

[@odstelitehunter]

Why aren't we talking about the guy digging with crocs?

[@AnonymousFreakYT]

0:28 - Well, this video's block in China for sure - red flag coloration excludes Hong Kong, Hainan, Tibet, and Taiwan.

[@jms5538]

Dick Cheney hunting joke. Classic comedy.

[@DoctorX17]

"key map squiggles", lol

[@jacobschweiger5897]

requring people show who they are with a free id is not voter supression

[@anthonyniemiec9409]

0:56 How to get out on a list 101