New Silk Road: Laos border town of Boten becomes Chinese enclave • FRANCE 24 English

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@foosimon7537 4 ай бұрын

Hey, remember who colonized Laos before WW2? it is the great France! Now the French come back to blame China build railway for this poorest nation in world!

@TheHammer70 3 ай бұрын

Laos wouldn’t be poor if it weren’t for the French

@kevinishott1 19 күн бұрын

@@TheHammer70and Americans

@walhdamaskus2408 4 ай бұрын

France got kicked out of south asia and now got jelous on china. 😂 What a ridiculous media.

@sportszone9159 4 ай бұрын

Without a single gold mine France have 2000+ tons of gold reserve😂😂😂

@error-mc5xw 4 ай бұрын

Everyone can buy gold, even i own gold.

@walhdamaskus2408 4 ай бұрын

Stolen gold that what france has.

@stephendmccormickjr8200 4 ай бұрын

Samething with the Chinese they have the worlds largest refined cobalt reserves in the world without having any themselves

@curiousnomadic 4 ай бұрын

wtf that have to do with Laos?

@curiousnomadic 4 ай бұрын

@@error-mc5xw If you don't have a goldmine I'm going to throw up some emojis at you and think I have a good bead on things because I read conspiracy websites 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

@amunra5330 4 ай бұрын

But at what cost? This question brought to you by the National Endowment for Democracy.

@anyarbach 4 ай бұрын

What democracy. You mean War mongering democracy

@ankpms830 4 ай бұрын

Laos people and government welcome all nations to invest in Laos but so far only China is actively doing the investment....you can't blame them

@Nobody-Nowhere 4 ай бұрын

US did invest 4 billions bombs in Laos, this got Laos in record books. Dont be so ungrateful.

@milesinnz 4 ай бұрын

and how will Laos pay all the loans from China back.. in case you never knew it, Laos has a huge debt crisis.. but I guess that upsets the cheap propaganda,,,

@smosabi7415 4 ай бұрын

No favor from China here. Projects such as the 6 billion dollars high speed rail helped China to export in over capacity construction material to over sea, provide jobs for Chinese within the economic zones and buy influences from Laos government. Laos, a landlock country, has no interest in South China Sea, but it supports for China in ASEAN region is invaluable to the Chinese government. Sadly, these projects don't help many Laotians, like the Laos construction worker mentioned, he hasn't been pay for a year and Laotians women got harassed by Chinese men without much help from local police.... Just sad.

@milesinnz 4 ай бұрын

@@smosabi7415 exactly... a Google search "laos economic problems with china debt" will bring up any number of references.. and who will end up paying in the end.. = the poor.. and all these people on here saying how wonderful it is.. the Titanic was considered wonderful until....... these things happen slowly, then all at once.. there are a good number of cases where the "all at once" is getting closer.

@milesinnz 4 ай бұрын

@@smosabi7415 it is also noteworthy, that many of the praisers have nothing on their channel - fake CCP profiles ??? got to keep the propaganda going..

@boycharles9166 4 ай бұрын

The europeans always finds a way to report things upside down lmao

@curiousnomadic 4 ай бұрын

How so? This colonization 101. Teaching Chinese values in Laos? wtf for?

@remix-yy1hs 4 ай бұрын

@@curiousnomadiccomong from a europeans thats rich

@curiousnomadic 4 ай бұрын

@@remix-yy1hs It's colonization 101. Why would Laotians need to know Chinese values? Just because it is bad to drink gasoline doesn't mean it isn't bad to drink acid

@jokeychin 4 ай бұрын

@@curiousnomadic You're just a one-way acceptance of what you're being told because you don't have the ability to discern truth from fiction, and that's the problem.

@curiousnomadic 4 ай бұрын

@@jokeychin Well the problem is, you never get out. You've never seen the world like I have. You didn't grow up close to nature, you didn't garden, bake bread, keep track of the daily temperatures, change your own oil, fix your own struts, brakes, valve cover gaskets, you didn't make electric motors when you were a kid, let alone intercoms, magnets, walkie talkies. You didn't raise end numbers of animals and you know very little about science so it is obvious you know very little of the nature of reality so you don't even KNOW what fiction or truth is because you've never been exposed to it. Do you even have a passport? You've only remained shutin playing video games, the internet, let me guess have you ever even used a copper landline phone? That's the problem.

@curiousnomadic 4 ай бұрын

"Tiny" landlocked country? Narrator needs to do his homework. Laos is 91,000sq miles whereas England is 51,325 sq mi.

@milesinnz 4 ай бұрын

cheap BS.. Great Britain is 243,000 sq kms.. get an education as you clearly have none .. great dense dumbo

@ronnaritts2822 4 ай бұрын

UK population 67mil, Laos population 7 mil

@curiousnomadic 4 ай бұрын

@@ronnaritts2822 Size is not population.

@asrenharon8841 3 ай бұрын

England are not landlocked country.@@curiousnomadic

@curiousnomadic 3 ай бұрын

@@asrenharon8841 is* Do you have reading comprehension issues? I wrote "tiny". I was addressing his suggesting Laos is small.

@abdishakur9103 4 ай бұрын

Please do a documentary on how Europeans exploited this countries and left them with nothing. Economic developments must always come with some minor negative developments, however, unlike how most western media like to portray china, we have seen significant improvement in our quality of lives in places like Africa, better infrastructure, cheap technology items like TV, fridge, smartphones. This has really helped in business development in the developing world. China is the future for the developing world without any doubts

@Itriedtobe-wq9lj 4 ай бұрын

Indians still ride on the same rail lines the British built. The army was built by the British and handed over to the Indian government. I could go on......

@Gerry-t1w 4 ай бұрын

China is not as smart as France. France doesn't need to build railways, hospitals, schools, power stations, anything, but it has enclaves all over Africa and around the world. Speaking of prostitution, how many African children have been raped by French soldiers on the glorious UN peacekeeping missions? Did any of these criminals pay the price they deserve? Or be punished?

@hervemews2325 4 ай бұрын

No. They didn't leave with nothing. They left behind countless landmines, which the Laotians are still unable to clear.

@user-jt3dw6vv4x 4 ай бұрын

@@Itriedtobe-wq9lj The modern Indian army is not a direct product of British rule. They built that army on their own accord. Those railway lines that the Indians ride on were laid out by poor Indian labourers under the commandment of the British. Europeans love to claim the positives of colonisation but will NEVER accept the negatives European colonisation brought. They will get upset when people speak about Chinese influence in the Global South and call it "neocolonialism". The sheer irony. Just accept it, China is the leader of the Global South and they're contributing more without the need to colonise and rule an entire nation for their own benefit. BTW, the British wanted those railway networks so they could transport their soldiers and other people around the nation, they did not gaf about the Indians.

@user-jt3dw6vv4x 4 ай бұрын

@@Itriedtobe-wq9lj Those railway lines that the Indians ride on were laid down by Indian labourers under the commandment of the British.

@袁大陸 4 ай бұрын

French colonized Lao before didn’t built a railroad for Lao, making a short film mocks China.

@milesinnz 4 ай бұрын

French did not leave a big loan in the hands of the Laos people that they cannot possibly pay back.. leaving them impoverished for ever... I am sure the Laos people will be grateful for a high speed train most will not have the money to travel on.. sorry to upset your cheap BS propaganda...

@leoliu5017 4 ай бұрын

@@milesinnz French leaves nothing but poverty to Laos people. If you still have tiny piece of shame you will not able to say Laos people will have worse life with those high speed trains. From what is worth, anyone would be happy to have someone lend money and help build advance infrastructure in their hometown. Or maybe I just wast my time reasoning with a mindless bot.

@Npc-AA 4 ай бұрын

@@milesinnz is this the reason that west didn't invest in poor countries? are the west worried about Lao ppl cannot pay back the loan?? at least we are investing in Laos and providing jobs for Laos ppl. we also refurbished a school in Sepon Savannakhet.

@fajarcahyono3693 4 ай бұрын

If Laos is tiny, what is England? An atom? Laos is almost 2x size of England and 40% size of France

@iandmetick07 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for China, but how about France? What have you done for us? Although we had been your colony for century?

@geniusboy2022 4 ай бұрын

Its far better than west colonial strategy to capture land and minerals

@milesinnz 4 ай бұрын

great.. just don't cry about the consequences of Laos not being able to pay it's Chinese loans back... don't come crying for loans from the west when the cupboards are bare in Laos.. you should ask yourself why the Chinese who can, get out of China to western countries.. guess that really upsets your cheap propaganda.. we never see people queuing up to get into China... now you will wet yourself and run for the exit...

@milesinnz 4 ай бұрын

oh, and if you are from India, why are Indians desperate to get to western countries you great hypocrite.. talk about sick BS

@justinzou7865 4 ай бұрын

@@milesinnzUs 1.6B is working?

@milesinnz 4 ай бұрын

@@justinzou7865 not sure what your point is ?

@bolu7971 4 ай бұрын

@@milesinnz美国准备了16亿美元在舆论战场攻击中国😂

@alko_xo 4 ай бұрын

It is quite clear to everyone that these people would be much better off without the railway, but with democracy, freedom and values (as Ursula teaches us)!

@curiousnomadic 4 ай бұрын

Why not just autonomy without anyone's outside system and the BS of urbanity?

@alko_xo 4 ай бұрын

@@curiousnomadic is that you, Greta?

@curiousnomadic 4 ай бұрын

@@alko_xo Are you talking about Greta Thunberg? So you must understand the lunacy of building ugly buildings that are trashing the environment only to be abandoned in a few years. Check out videos on "China's Ghost cities" and SerpentZA's videos on how everything the Chinese build is not meant to last more than a decade. It will look new for 4 or 5 years but after 10 it is crumbling and is a dump. It happened to the apartment building he lived in. Now why change a pristine wilderness where beautiful rice terraces and other valuable food crops can be grown for a post Soviet wasteland? You can have your communist dystopia boy, I'll take Greta's perfection any say over that crap.

@joyceching6487 4 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣... 🤣🤣🤣... Live And Eat "democracy, freedom and values". 😊

@creativemindplay 4 ай бұрын

You're cute.

@gunsumwong3948 4 ай бұрын

The European France 24 prefers Laos to be permanently poor! France has HSR so it can help Laos to build more HSR too and create more jobs if the French cares about the people in Laos.

@milesinnz 4 ай бұрын

well they didn't mention the debt crisis Laos is in thanks to loans Laos cannot possibly pay back to China.. I guess this is your idea of wealth.. now I guess you have run for the exit...

@ken-fy1ty 4 ай бұрын

@@milesinnzbetter loans than not having infrastructure, better to have railways that bring business than colonialists that steal from us, you should be ashamed of yourself you colonizer

@noboliNo 4 ай бұрын

France actually colonized Laos this is just projection

@RochellOfalla 3 ай бұрын

From the Philippines... Jia you Zhong Guo 🇨🇳💪💐

@sunnytneoh3126 4 ай бұрын

50% of Laos national debt is with China but this 50% has something in return; a life giving railway out of the landlocked country.

@Richard-s7m 4 ай бұрын

French documentary narrated by the British accented narrator,the godfather of all the past colonialists.

@curiousnomadic 4 ай бұрын

Notice he called it a tiny country when it is bigger than England?

@milesinnz 4 ай бұрын

guess Laos prefers to be colonized by China... and now forgiving will China be with the loans Laos cannot possibly pay back...?

@armunro 4 ай бұрын

And the new Chinese colonialists are better? lol

@curiousnomadic 4 ай бұрын

@@armunro Seems like that's what they are implying. Or their saying the whales are getting hunted so why should we be concerned Laotians are getting hunted.

@rodrigoe.gordillo2617 4 ай бұрын

France being France 🐸whay did they do during colonial period?

@boknows8263 3 ай бұрын

All roads leads to beijing, nice. China is rejuvenating towards the most powerful country which it used to be for thousand of years.

@sreenathsurendran853 4 ай бұрын

What is French Polynesia? Why British🇬🇧 on Australia flag on the big island south of Indonesia?

@minchen5187 4 ай бұрын

Wow, using paid actors and blurry images, c’mon it’s 2024， ffs do something right france

@maftab3818 4 ай бұрын

Full support China ❤

@dwchen1 4 ай бұрын

What are you talking about France 24...? You said Laos is a tiny land locked country...? Did you know that Laos landmass is larger than Great Britain...? That's not tiny by any means.

@dtsh4451 3 ай бұрын

Can French provide an example of post French colonial country in decent shape😬🤡?

@junbaosu8031 4 ай бұрын

just jealous, it's better to develop with cooperation between neighbors

@huanghermann5207 4 ай бұрын

People in both sides of the border are closely related in family blood lines.

@user-jt3dw6vv4x 4 ай бұрын

People often speak about Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar or maybe Malaysia when it comes to China's influence in modern Asia but there is no country in Asia that has been so greatly influenced by China in the modern era than Laos. Laos is representative of modern Chinese influence in Asia. Boten is one place where the Laotian kip and Chinese yuan are both accepted but even more interesting is the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone (GTSEZ), while not tied specifically to the Chinese government, it's being run by a Chinese kingpin. Chinese cultural influence is widespread in the zone as Chinese people, including traders and investors have contributed to the development of the zone. The GTSEZ is inhabited by Laotians, Chinese, Thais, Burmese, Indians and Vietnamese who are engaged in business in the area. Like it or not, China is the dominant power in Asia today.

@milesinnz 4 ай бұрын

no country in SE Asia in greater debt to China than Laos.. how does that sit with your propaganda ?

@milesinnz 4 ай бұрын

Chinese cultural influence.. dumbo, you mean the Chinese mafia... what a dumb thing to say... more CCP propagandists desperate to earn enough money for a bowl of rice...

@dunkninddonuts 4 ай бұрын

the french neither entirety of Europe could do what china did

@kitcarpo4745 4 ай бұрын

People in another world making choices. Good for them.

@milesinnz 4 ай бұрын

great.. just don't start crying when Laos cannot pay it's Chinese loans back.. do you not know of the debt crisis in Laos ???

@tedwong7037 4 ай бұрын

@@milesinnzsorry i dont know about debt crisis in Laos, but we know to be alert when white people start to pay attention to you.

@onepiece-gb3yt 4 ай бұрын

Better than western military camp.

@AceChina 4 ай бұрын

I've been there. Some locals actually use bomb shells as ornaments because that's how heavily bombed they were by the US. I saw a crater in someone's garden, was because a bomb went off two decades after the war had ended. Beautiful country but there isn't many touristy things to do there.

@oceanwave4502 4 ай бұрын

Trade between China and ASEAN (912b) is now larger than China-EU (739b) and China-US (575b). Beside China is improving Dual-Circulation to ensure resilience of production engine with support from domestic market. Trade with Russia (240b), South America (483b), Africa (282b), Middle East (431b) can only further increase going forward.

@uncois 4 ай бұрын

But at what cost?

@alko_xo 4 ай бұрын

😂 Exactly 👍🏽

@yunshenghe932 4 ай бұрын

At the cost that can be justified. Just like you buying a car, buying a house, and paying tuitions and so on, all for your better future.

@yunshenghe932 4 ай бұрын

@@milesinnz You don't have the eyes to see the big picture. Chinese public transportation run by government, like city bus, metro, and HSR, don't have a goal to be profitabe by themselves. The goal is provide convenience with acceptable ticket price so that it will encourage economic activities, like tourism, property values, product logistics and other related business to create millions of jobs, At the end of day it will increase government tax to compensate the cost in public transportation. For example, city bus in Shanghai costS 30 cents for a ride with seat available and air conditioning. No way the city makes money, but qutie necessary.

@milesinnz 4 ай бұрын

@@yunshenghe932 oh.. you mean like the USSR.. central planning.. what a model for success... why are Chinese people desperate to get to western countries and no western people are desperate to get to China.. about now you will wet yourself and run for the exit. Or surprise me and explain more...

@milesinnz 4 ай бұрын

@@yunshenghe932 or like the successful property market in China.. or how the USA stock market goes up and the Chinese stock market goes down.. I guess you are really running now.. correct ?

@Brightly1122 4 ай бұрын

Democracy 😂😂😂 Look at what France & west been doing in Africa ... Only pay little for their massive wealths. And left africa nations poor for decades

@fffuu4444 4 ай бұрын

Laos was once a colony under France IndoChina control, now it is gone. 🤣

@rinkadink66 4 ай бұрын

"the whole world is becoming more Chinese".. what a depressing statement 😪

@jasonqian 19 күн бұрын

This vital raiway link to China definitely pulls Laos into the Chinese sphare of influence and the economic dependence on China.

@jokeychin 4 ай бұрын

France could invest $100 billion in Laos and compete with China for influence. I don't think the Lao people would mind.

@joyceching6487 4 ай бұрын

TO THE FRENCH & EU🇪🇺, USA🇺🇸, AUSTRALIA🇦🇺, JAPAN 🇯🇵, et Al, PUT YOUR €€€, $$$, ¥¥¥ Where Your BIG EMPTY MOUTHS Are OR SHUT THE f UP!!!

@noefvon 4 ай бұрын

When i heard high speed rail its already bad journalist.. that thing is SEMI high speed

@AntiWar_dude 4 ай бұрын

😂 USA propaganda network

@SaadFaisal-m1h 4 ай бұрын

Noted

@seanluke2 4 ай бұрын

Laos is richer than China, and that’s why they come to Laos.

@fasillead3766 4 ай бұрын

China🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳😍😍

@kolapyellow7631 4 ай бұрын

Free labor from the locals.

@22ndCenturyBasterd 4 ай бұрын

a Chinese enclave... but the French will keep New Caledonia, island close to Australia

@WilliamsObayangbon 4 ай бұрын

Chinese population is coming there to take that land

@MupChoi 4 ай бұрын

This film was similar to the initiation of the Khmer Rouge rise to power. Laos and Cambodia had a similar history. Just remember Khieu Samphan, Ieng Sary, Pol Pot, Thiounn Prasith would not gain control of Cambodia if it's not for their relative was part of the Vietnamese Nguyen Dynastic government in Cambodia before the French. I am pretty sure; Laos has similar group to the Khmer Rouge ready to strike in Laos when time come. After all, Ben Kiernan used Laotian's Prince as an example of Cambodia education backwardness.