Saudis Deny $500 Billion Megaproject Being Scaled Back As It Courts China For Investment

It was hailed by Saudi Arabia as the future of urban living. A city, in the middle of the desert, would stretch for more than a 100 kilometers, and it wouldn't need cars or roads for the expected nine million residents. Dubbed the Line, it was part of a bigger development plan, worth five-hundred billion dollars. While construction has started, the project is facing some setbacks. And the Saudis are hoping to woo some new investors, including from China.
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[@LLee0]

A vanity project if you ask me!!! Totally wasteful. 😂

[@AndrewLambert-wi8et]

500 BILLION FOR A CITY. I JUST DONT GET IT! IS IT ME THAT DOESNT GET IT OR IS THE SAUDIs.

[@-KaiserSoze]

It’s just you poor fella 😂😂😂 See the Dubai Nothing there to see or eat but trillions of dollars running around the that concrete dead sand Holes Heavens to outlaws to live out of prisons and keep their stolen moneys in their pockets I hope this helps to your wandering mind 😂😂😂😂😂

[@flimosnl7817]

it's like a BIG CAGE!.. who wants to live there???

[@Rockstar_1996]

More like an unwanted glass building no short of a cage !

[@AnmarCrazyFacts-fw7rn]

Your mind is criminal, so it imagines you to be a cage

[@AnmarCrazyFacts-fw7rn]

@@Rockstar_1996 A wonderful project and your opinion does not matter to us

[@Rockstar_1996]

@@AnmarCrazyFacts-fw7rn I don't like my own comment to start with Saudi talking about human rights lol a joke

[@AnmarCrazyFacts-fw7rn]

@@Rockstar_1996 We don't need human rights from the West. We have the best. We have the money. Free education. Free medicine. Free scholarships. You dream of living like me. We don't need your rights. Leave them to you. Hahaha

[@tancolvis5240]

with no raw materis of steels the cost is huge for china to build

[@thedeceit-qh6mf]

It is dumb project

[@AnmarCrazyFacts-fw7rn]

A wonderful project that will change the concept of building modern cities. Saudi Arabia creates wonderful technology cities

[@lyeseng]

The Line is a losing proposition from the start. Who wants to live there? I don't! It may work if the project included building a bridge to Sharm El-Sheikh, a major resort in Egypt, where the Saudis could chill out. Currently,, they flock to Bahrain but that is only convenient for those in the Northeast. Those in the Northwest need somewhere to chill out and Sharm El-Sheikh is the go-to place.

[@ViolentCabbage-ym7ko]

Just because you don't want to live there doesn't mean others share your sentiment

[@PradyumnaGarnayak-vx8zl]

Speed of light bulet train running ma

[@PradyumnaGarnayak-vx8zl]

Only space mission trip house needs like 🤔

[@kamranahoora7670]

Nothing but a propaganda advertisement of line😂😂😂 FUTURISTIC ? A LONG LINE IN MIDDLE OF DESERT? 24/7 surveillance of government and many many Problems that many experts are saying this is just dystopia city

[@jesselivermore2291]

its like being walled in the desert lol

[@salman4088]

Wall City

[@almightyuniverse9431]

Saudi must also join japan and Singapore also 🙏❤

[@aurelius5961]

😎

[@moriumakhter2424]

Only chainese can pull up it

[@Kuppasy]

Chinese is not fool to invest in an useless project

[@-KaiserSoze]

@@Kuppasy Wrong comment The Chinese bought trillions of dollars worth property in Canada cost the Canadian housing market jumped to 5 times including Rents 2013 was 600$ a month 2 bedrooms basement suits Now 2600$ The Chinese or Russian or any other countries outlaws investing their unlawful money to out of country to save it If you remember an Chinese business woman robbed Chinese government 90 million euros and got caught and hanged by judge lady’s order If she had an chance she could invest her money this kinds of places to save it Trust me lots of and millions of people’s must already bought mostly of the unites and store on this project You me poor over 8 billion people only talk nonsense over here and watch them

[@agod4779]

@@Kuppasy it's a debt trap to control saudi forever

[@gbaili]

They say money can't buy happiness, Habibi Come to Dubai 🇧🇻🇸🇪🇨🇮🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇭🇰🇷🇧🇷

[@kamranahoora7670]

To desert and skyscrapers that use modern $[@very and just sand and P00 partying ? Only facade of happiness and nothing more

[@gbaili]

@@kamranahoora7670 A person who has a genuine connection with Allah will find happiness anywhere. Some say Dubai is the new New York. I disagree. New York is new York. New York has its own style and culture. Dubai is unique and is the future.

[@gbaili]

God has blessed Saudi Arabia in many ways. Mecca will always be influential. I read an article about Saudi Arabia investing heavily in Artificial Intelligence. The blessing the khaleej has Is the Arab Muslim way of life. It is a family friendly tourist destination. Of course abu Dhabi and Dubai is not Mecca. Mecca is unmatched and unique because it's sacred.

[@ViolentCabbage-ym7ko]

@@kamranahoora7670 The West literally used slavery to build up their economies, the hypocrisy to accuse others of "modern slavery" is a joke!

[@-KaiserSoze]

Why is there No Turkish flags among those Christian nations that you post a Hole ???😂😂😂

[@paulgifis1908]

if the king said hes going to build it then it must be built! Anything less will make him look like a clown!🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@Kuppasy]

He is already a clown

[@Tankey100]

Pea size brain idea.