The New Silk Road, Part 2: From Kyrgyzstan to Duisburg | DW Documentary
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- The New Silk Road is a mammoth project meant to connect China with the West. It’s a gigantic infrastructure project that Beijing says will benefit all. But this two-part documentary shows another side: of China’s self-interest and geopolitical ambitions.
China's path to global power leads through the legendary trade road. Our authors travel west on two separate paths: One team follows the sea route, along which China is expanding its support bases, while the other follows the ancient Silk Road through Central Asia. Their journey takes them through stunning landscapes and to magical places with ancient caravanserais, where the lore of the old Silk Road lives on. At the same time, they observe China’s overwhelming new influence in immense construction sites and shipping hubs. People everywhere are hoping the new trade will bring them and their children work and prosperity, just as the old Silk Road did hundreds of years ago. But others fear that a future dominated by China will bring them no good at all. "Clean water, the mountains and nature are much more important than the money they give us," the filmmakers learn in Kyrgyzstan. Chinese investment has not only bestowed the country with better roads, power lines and railway lines, but also with environmental pollution, corruption and crippling debt. Oman is another stop on the line, where Beijing has taken over large parts of a new Special Economic Zone in the desert city of Duqm. You can still see traditional Arab dhows in the old harbor at Sur, but they no longer have a place in today’s international trade. Instead, the horizon is dotted with huge container ships, many of them flying the Chinese flag. Meanwhile, the French port city of Marseille is aiming to become the New Silk Road’s European bridgehead. A small container village in the hills above the city is the first step. Cheap textiles from the Far East are delivered here to the "Marseille International Fashion Center”. MIF 68 for short - 68 is considered a lucky number in China - is geared towards distributing China’s products throughout Europe. The two-part documentary shows the breathtaking dimensions of this gigantic project - one where, it would seem, no stone will be left unturned.
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"We don't need gold. We need clean water". No truer words have been spoken.
Yes this true by nature is bless with clean water ,purity of air ,glimps of mountains .
There are some part of world,water dilutes with flouride its difficult fit human consumption.
but some people make it more complicated, like "we need gold to buy clean water".
Capitalists only think about profits.... they will not live there...they will go back to China and Europe...leaving died earth.
I need gold
That statement caught my attention also as true
DW has some of the most insightful documentaries available. I personally am really grateful that this type of content is available at no charge, we all should be. Keep up the great work guys.
Is that a joke? DW documentaries are very much biased against China.
This one was very poor and biased, though.
You should look else where for unbiased opinion. This program purposely seek out unfavorably affected locals to smear the project.
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Indian has been experiencing direct clashes with china due to its expansionist policies for many decades now, all these years when we said this about china to the western countries nobody listened. Now since its starting to affect their economy and disrupting their local cultures, they decide to make documentaries, make a big news off it etc. After all we're the direct neighbor of china and follow democracy, instead of listening to what we have to say, the western nations listened to Pakistan and china. And who doesn't want to make money , literally every single country invited china's huge investments with wide open arms, coz that's all they care about, more and more money pouring in. Now when they realize that they're actually becoming more and more dependent on Chinese, its already too late..
Dw always deliver high quality content, hats of to all involved on this. Excellent documentary
Even after all those lessons from history about power and conquest and destruction of local cultures, no one learns. Greed wins. Thanks for these documentaries DW.
it's fake propaganda..
What do you mean by destruction of local culture? Do you mean that people in developing countries are supposed to ride horses, instead of to use a car like you do? Everybody has the right to pursue better living standards, no matter what culture they are from.
this entire ‘documentary’ is biased af. Part of the new western anti China campaign. In the intro it says brings many opportunities but for others means misery, but both part one and two only talks about misery. If it’s all miserable miseries, why are all these countries agree on it? All of them. It’s fake af.
@@chima6291 Modern life does not equate better living. Living in some high rise and working a job in someone else's company is not necessarily a better life than living in a yurt and riding horses on the plains. It takes more and more money to live a good life in a modern country, real estate prices are becoming too expensive and more people wind up poor rather than in the middle class. It is pretty clear that these developments have winners and losers. Being poor in a modern city is a lot harsher than being poor in the country. Some people might be wiser than just looking for material conveniences, local cultures and lifestyles can provide more freedom, a better family life and a better community life. You assume all people just want stuff, some people want to hold on to their property and enjoy the freedom of being independent.
@@chima6291 Both The West and China doesn't care about any of the local culture they destroyed. They only care about profit. They are all the same. Giving money to corrupt politicians to kill and destroyed the local life instead of helping them develop.
There's no Martyr here. The only people who got rich are not the locals. It's the business owner and the politicians.
I love the story of the falconer. His falcon is amazing.
Although in fact it is an eagle, not a falcon.
@@Putukusi a golden eagle actually
I've watched a lot of your documentaries. Thanks DW for broadening my understanding of the world
Thanks a lot for watching. We appreciate you taking the time to comment and are glad you like our content! 🙂
I love DW. These documentaries don't demonize China, but takes arguments from both side and let's you decide what's good/bad.
Your documentaries are a blessing. Greetings from the Philippines.
I really appreciated this documentary. I have heard a lot about the belt and road initiative, but seeing it in person and the effects it has on people in it's path was a new take on it I had not considered.
Can't help noticing the 2 camels hitching a ride on the truck...talk about progress....
LOL
@larry I have no idea what you're trying to say but somehow I think I should feel offended
Surprised no bandits robbing the 2 camels...!!!!
😂
Fascinating journey with all its pros and cons of a modern silk road
Thank you so much DW Documentary team for such awesome episodes. Gratitude from Central India.
China's move on the West is definitely an outstanding documentary! I truly did appreciate it so much. Thanks a lot for sharing! Keep it up!
GERMANY U DON'T HAVE BALL
Move on the West...lol is that what it is...
U have a laymen approach dude. :D
try to get over it.
That's just how it's worded.. lots of western media think it's a move on them
China does not give a crap about how the west manages their countries.. they just want inward improvements from within. America can bash china all they want. Chinese people in china don't even know or care and they are happier not knowing.. Why should chinese people bother listening to hate from jealous failing america or any other country for that matter? They accomplished what they set out to do.. America can't understand how.
@@1ohno11 America perfectly understands, since this is a version of what we did for decades, like much of what the Chinese government is doing. China is grabbing the low-hanging fruit of rampant capitalism, which has given great rewards for the people. Now their overlords are at the part of the dose-response curve that gives lesser results. When, for instance, the Hungarian government changes, and the citizens find they have to pay US$ billions, part of which went into the pockets of their own overlords, China will be as resented as the IMF and American banks are resented in other places.
Yes, the Chinese people just need to be ruled, no need for concern about the government. The people just need to understand that they are genetically, culturally, and intellectually superior, and everything will be fine. You bet. Good plan. Have fun with that. We white Americans have that down already, thank you very much, and it is working out great :^/
“Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.” -SunTzu
How true... as long as the west look to USA to lead them they are on a path of decay and one they need to silence their conscience with fake propaganda and crowd hysteria... need examples?.. what about killing 250,000 children in the middle east and call it collateral damage (source - Madeline Albright interview on youtube) whilst the bases of the war was based on a lie propagated by the UK (Tony Blair and his gov).. and my country (Australia) happily participated and never issued an apology to the survivors and mom and dads... as I said, silencing their conscience with an "alternative truth" And does it seems anyone has learned anything... even after 20+ years of killing in Afghanistan? It is painful to see how the west is just doing the same disaster after the other killing and destroying peoples lives and then assume the high ground on Human Rights and want to lecture others who has taken 900,000 people out of poverty. (China since the 1990's - source BBC fact check )
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@@hendrikroux4596 There is a lot of truth in what you say to this US citizen. However, until China has a representative government, those of us who do (however flawed it may be) will be concerned for the future. I note here that nobody has brought up the long and glorious history of the (late) USSR and its various peaceful efforts around the world. It's a matter of lesser evils, comrade.
A very insightful documentary! Neutral journalism. Really liked it.
Informative and beautiful documentary ✨.
Very thank you DW.
Very good journalism. Keep up the good work.
Today I added up something significant to my knowledge. Thanks
It’s obvious this was done before Covid.....I’d love for DW to re-doing this documentary. It was very insightful.
A very informative documentary. I never get to see this information on the UK news channels!
Hows the Chinese debt scheme different than the World Bank of IMF?
China’s debt plan does not attach any political speculation “trap theory” and is itself a trap. For a long time, the infrastructure of developing countries can only be borrowed from financial institutions controlled by developed countries such as ADB and the World Bank, and debts owed by the Paris Club and the IMF. ADB is a Japanese president, the World Bank is an American president, and the United States has the veto power of the IMF. The Paris Club is made up of the 22 richest countries in the world, providing debt arrangements for debtor countries and creditor countries. Under such an international economic order, the fate of developing countries is completely controlled by developed countries. In the 1980s, with the Reagan-Thatcherism as the symbol, the Washington Consensus as the banner, the United States and Britain further launched the so-called "neo-liberal globalization", advocating financial liberalization, political democratization, and making many new The economy is fl
What the documentary
i sense a lot of negativity towards china in this documentary. Atleast they are employing people
@@princeofpersia3575 employing or no , every country like china or any other country comes with strings attached!!! there is no good or evil country!! each country has to fight for her own people or they will purich and overrun
For Thailand rapid railway case, Chinese loan mostly specified Chinese construction company , Chinese materials and even Chinese consultants. IMF loan or ADB loan are more open specification for all company and referred to international standards.
This is the type of content I would definitely pay for. Informative and really not bias in any way. I love The dw docus!
Thanks for the positive feedback. We appreciate it.
Amazing documentary and perspectives. Thank you!
Thanks for the info BLESS THE WORK
Wow, after watching this I feel like there is so much of the world to explore. I love all the different cultures, architecture, food, etc. I think traversing the new silk road will become a thing for adventure seekers once all the infrastructure is in place.
the new silk road will have destroyed what’s left of places to seek adventure. example: eastern Myanmar
you think without thinking.
sorry, honey. I’ve been to these places and seen firsthand. and, that includes all the former Soviet Republics, and Africa - east, west, and Madagascar.
The Anglophone literature is also often criticized for being hypocritical since many of the claims it makes are based on simplistic moral binaries and that there is little or no difference between Chinese policy and those policies followed by the other external powers in the region (Chen, 2001, pg. 603). The Chinese perspective is unified into a coherent narrative by several common themes. While the Anglophone literature is unified by its negative depiction of Chinese policies in Africa, the Chinese view paints a more positive depiction of China’s policy. These typically emphasize China as a potential role model for the economic development of the developing world in the light of the perceived failure of the dominant economic paradigms rather than simply being a facilitator of authoritarian norms as the Anglophone literature claims it is (Kim and Li, 2013, pg.28).
@Pete Cuomo: can you really take seriously all that noise and claptrap about authoritarianism vs democracy/socialism vs capitalism? or positive vs negative influence in Africa? stroll through any market (or increasingly - malls, chinese-built, stocked and staffed) in Africa, behold the mountains of unsold chinese plastic junk and come to your own conclusions first-hand.
one of the best and great documentaries ! hats off DW
What hats off!!! See 13.5 showing indian Kashmir as pakistan part!!no common sense to this fools!! It is in India's possession! Somebody may take visa of Pakistan to visit it!!!den big comedy!!!!! Atleast little common sense hope from DW news!
Amazing documentaries Thank you DW 🥰
China bravo ! Going the way of trade instead of war and sanctions . Best regards from South East Asia, and best wishes to all the countries along the trade route. May you prosper and have peace.
True bro
DW is my favorite channel. Not only great information but also beautiful places.
Hi @Jack Talk 讲东西, we are glad you think so, thank you for commenting :)
Holy goat , what a documentary ! Thanks DW.
Part 2 is a lot more objective than Part 1. Appreciate your hard work.
Very beautiful crafted dw, keep it up
Fantastic documentary much appreciated for doing a interesting job, congratulations to all involved. Dont let the negative comments put you off watching this quality video.
Cheers Clint
Beautiful Kyrgyzstan🇰🇬
Beautiful vid. :D
from part 1 to part 2 of this documentary, its remind me of the day ive play Silkroad Online Game more then 10yrs ago.what a game .
LOL! "The Chinese have a warm heart." 38:23
Why is it so funny, tell us your story, or you are just leveraged by western media.
no the americans + nato who have raged bombs and destroyed billions of peoples lives from asia to africa have a warm heart.
Thank you for the ducomentary, it is very important to notice those disturbing developments.
China trade. USA and UK take by force
@@derekkearns3377 You are stuck in the 19th century. That's when China used to bind women's feet and cut off the balls of its civil servants.
Brilliant! Worth the watch!
Wonderful and enjoyable documentary
Really enjoyed the documentary. Very insightful. Great work by the team. Didn't want it to end. You guys need to update us on the current situation of the road.
Excellent documentary! Great job DW
Excellent documentary.
This documentary was very educational and interesting. It is always good to hear news from the East Asian Region. I am from the Caucasus Region, Georgia, and it really benefits us too, as the Ancient Silk Road used to pass my country one time. Back then, there were camels. Now - Trucks. Chinese people are hard working, but the Government - not that good. Communism is not a good ideology to spread.
Is anyone saying Communism is being spread ??
spreading trade and investment is communism? lol
@@leroybenjamin6169 Chinese shill spotted
@@marcussoininen2084 It's USA that paid person to critiize china. They are glad some do it for free.
Greetings EARTHLINGS YOUR PLANET IS IN PERIL 👽👽
As an indian I am very proud of china's ambitions and dreams
Long live Asian civilization
The Chinese are running circles around India. I wouldn't start cheering China just yet.
@@AQuietNight ying and yang. India draws strength from the very fact that it stands for everything China isn't. So long as India prospers, the world has an alternative.
@@qus.9617 The U.S. imports thousands and thousands of Indians a year for a variety of jobs.
If you can pull that many people out, India has problems.
India will not be a viable alternative to China for years. I will also say the United States
should NOT make the same bad trade deals with India it did with China.
@JarJarBinks In 2018 China's GDP (Nominal) was ~$ 13.5 Trillion, while total exports were ~ $ 2.5 T, or 18.5% of nominal GDP. Of these exports, 19.3% were to US and 16.4% were to EU. IOW, exports to US were only 3.6% of nominal GDP and to EU 3.0%. If you use GDP PPP (~$ 26.4 T in 2018) -- which is what matters to the internal economy (the people's standard of living) -- the figures are even lower: 1.8% to US exports, 1.4% to EU.
So, "pull(ing) that many "exports" out' does not really cause China problems, as Trump is finding out to his discomfiture. Further, China has over $ 3 Trillion in foreign reserves, more than enough to comfortably switch focus to developing its economy for internal consumption.
BTW, India's services exports to the US are largely low margin, low cost (in $ terms), low quality (e.g. 2nd, usually 3rd tier software). And whereas China's technological sophistication has increased rapidly (think Huawei), India's has remained relatively flat over the past 30 years.
@@AQuietNight well obviously he's not jealous of China - he's applauding it. People like you are afraid to see China and India and peace - because white people will lose big time.
Nice documentary
Very good journalism. Keep up the good work. I would have also like to have seen Feed back from Vietnam
not relevant since it is not included. Feed back from Afghanistan as well?
I truly enjoyed watching this documentary. Please make some more documentaries like these. I would like to know the following topics:
Future of BRICKS-- countries.
American bases around the world.
Dyeing Rivers of asia
Great video
Thanks so much for posting.
Thanks for watching :)
beaiutful samarkand. i should have spent more days there. beautiful structures, arts and culture!
One of the best documentary on silk road. Great work dw
@Jay Leong its not true.
Certainly they r biased but r independent without any doubt.
They may favour the govt or oppose it but they dont live on will of govt.
They bring down the govt in many countries.
Today channels like the print , wire all these r started by reporters themselves they criticize the govt n govt cant do anything about it.
Sure news channels wont be neutral to criticize both ruler n opposition but atleast they criticize the govt n shed the lights on its failures.
All this is in the end 100x better than having govt owned media. Which literally cant even say anything against govt even if it wants to.
N john died in 1901.
@Jay Leong they dont let me think anything. I can start my own yt channels n start criticizing the govt n million n millions of people will watch.
Its free world govt cant do a thing about it. There r 100s of channel on yt who never praise current govt.
National channel like ndtv ,india today never praise govt. N their viewership is in 100s of millions.
Govt is held accountable by this.
@Jay Leong they do get done. I dont know about ur country but we changed our corrupt govt due to media only.
Brilliant documentary
Very insightful💯👌🏾
Beautiful documentary. Thoroughly enjoyed Part 1 & 2.
watched both parts totally mesmerized. Thank God for the Internet and thank you DW for such an interesting program. So tired of getting junk information about kardashians and the transgender restrooms or the latest Trump tweets instilled into our brains by the TV channels.
The Anglophone literature is also often criticized for being hypocritical since many of the claims it makes are based on simplistic moral binaries and that there is little or no difference between Chinese policy and those policies followed by the other external powers in the region (Chen, 2001, pg. 603). The Chinese perspective is unified into a coherent narrative by several common themes. While the Anglophone literature is unified by its negative depiction of Chinese policies in Africa, the Chinese view paints a more positive depiction of China’s policy. These typically emphasize China as a potential role model for the economic development of the developing world in the light of the perceived failure of the dominant economic paradigms rather than simply being a facilitator of authoritarian norms as the Anglophone literature claims it is (Kim and Li, 2013, pg.28).
@@OpenTheTrollGate the Chinese view paints a more positive depiction of China’s policy
surprising, that
@@deathwarmedup73 the European countries should only be allowed to invest, make profits and be the masters.. it's the white man burden /sarcasm
@@OpenTheTrollGate da fuck is anglophone?
@@OpenTheTrollGate In Africa Chinese distinguish themselves in the illegal trade of endangered species. What a role model.
excellent report
i love china and the people of china
“The new Silk Road will bring us together, we’re friends”....
Just like the Danzig corridor brought Germany and Poland together!
People think China is the problem.However , the size of the East and the cost of Silk Road means countries need to work with each other!. Locals include some who represent the status quo and do not want
Excellent! You have shown what lies behind the silk route.
Thank you!
Very nice commentary!
China is building a World Empire in term of Business. The Chinese are focus on business internationally while the Westerners are busy on Political Affairs that's the big difference.
Westerners worry about Chinese military build-up, when it is them who represents the threat to world peace. China has to defend itself or they know what will happen. Look what happened last time. The west has always coveted the east
That's right.! just look at American war history since the lastest 30 years. See how much they interfere with countries politic. From Panama, Vietnam, grenada, Nicaragua...just look at a fews.
just look at the history of US ragging war since the last 30 years. From Vietnam to Nicaragua, Panama to Grenada....
Yes
@@mariecameau4615 True, having the Chinese government as the "policemen of the world" will be so much better. We will all say so :^/
very insightful documentary. One on Africa should also be done!
Gracias DW.
4:26 I can tell you that the blue brush is well made. I use the same one, it was one of the best brushes I have ever used that was made by Oral-B.
good film...
Its refreshing to see all the colonizers of Europe criticizing China developing not only its self but also its neighbors to reach out to more richer markets. Ofcourse there are some parties who have grievances but on whole development is good for all. We the people of Pakistan are indebted to China for their investment at a time when the rest of world didn't.
We are friends of China are happy of their progress and would be part their progressive journey. Long live Pakistan China friendship and more power to China.
Amin
Indebted is the key word. Hopefully more benefit vs cost for the local peoples
Adnan Fareed thank u
@@nerfherderdavid good one smart ass. But u know what i mean bro.
Its easy for west to talk about ethics, transparency sitting in their first world with petty problems. We barely had electricity in major cosmopolitan cities before this chinese investment like major 6 hours power cut. Now we are doing fine so do the maths people here really dont hold hostile feeling towards chinese people.
Not all of us Europeans think like that. But many do not understand that our interests while sometimes aligning with those of the US are not identical with theirs.
They have a hard time imagining coexistence in a world where Asia, especially China is more powerful than the west.
I guess to some degree the Americans' entitlement of being the worlds superpower rubbed off on them.
More understanding both ways would help. I guess the prejudices that many of us Europeans hold are not even ill-inteded. It is the consequence of living in a bubble. We learn almost nothing about Asia in school, there is no systematic coverage in the media and even those of us speaking multiple languages usually have no Asian one among them. It makes opinions easy to manipulate.
You make it happen. Vision and conviction
Captivating ❤ things have changed a lot since the documentary was released 📹 You should revisit all the sites and see how things changed for better or worse. 🎉❤🎉
Great photography, very interesting to watch. Lots and lots of smart and industrious Chinese, from wine- and clothes-traders to engineers. But I'd love to get more in-depth here. The whole documentary is very summarizing. It's a shame that North-Korea-like Turkmenistan is barely on the map, not visited. And Kyrgyz falconry can be confusing - they use eagles, and are very proud of that.
Grand project. Wish I soon be able to travel the route.
yeah and you’ll see train and shiploads of natural resources going towards china and plastic junk going the other way. the chinese built a pier in Tamatave (Madagascar) so their big ships could get in closer, the better to make off with the valuable hardwood forests. take a look at what they’ve done with it sometime.
@@MS-in3sl Damn China. You think the USA is bad. Wait until the CCP gets there GDP per capita to USA levels. They would consume 3 to 4 times the resources the USA already does and their military navy will be 2 - 4 times larger than USAs. This world is screwed soonier or later.
lol you don't understand main message from this video
@@petilu8224 then tell me what's that message?
@@Ahenri187 they are just 3 to 4 times more than Us citizens.
13.49 How one worker pass cement to his fellow worker!! WOW!!! ❤️😱😲😲
One of the Best presentations
Thank you for a fantastic documentary.
Interesting docs, but rather biased.
very very biased,lots of lies and phony coverages,outrageous chinese want to protest against it!
Right, there's that fine line DW and the official media can't ever cross that full grown adults know exists anyhow. Money is power and truth is always the first casualty in any dealing surrounding with gaining competitive advantage and power.
Very biased, thought was it was just me. Well said
"We Chinese are very industrious and hard-working. The foreigners are a bit lazy." ---- naaaaah, not biased at all! ;-)
@@westleymanc I watched a lot of DW documentary, and because of their track record, I have to disagree. I think this documentary sounded unfriendly to the chinese because they are reporting the feeling of the locals. And we know that right or wrong, it seems the resentment may be real.
A great documentary.
Hi @Tao Q, thanks for watching!
Great 👍
Don’t mess with Kyrgyz villagers! You try to take over their Soviet Goldmine and they’ll burn it down!
PUTIN SAID NO TO CHINA IN KYRGYZTAN
Same with Pakistan
Cjango Freeman Nonsense. The peoples of Central Asia don't trust China. Especially after the opening concentration camps in west China(shinshan) against Turkic minority's .
ter ten minority’s should be minorities
Russel Solomon What do you mean? Are you trying to justify the fascist policies of China?
Maybe all the countries where the Chinese live or work (the Chinese minority) need to put this minority in the camp?
Here in Serbia Chinese buying everything,EU nations don't invest here so we all welcome Chinese money and investments!
Soon enough you won't have a country. For you are too stupid to understand what the Chinese had in mind.
Cool. Maybe things will work out better for your country than it did for countries. Good luck.
@Wesley Sandel till u start speak in chinese and forget ur serbian language..
@@marselss Well, Serbia has a trend of losing land since the 1990s. So inevitably it's going to lose itself too! 😂
@Wesley Sandel You will regret your words when you see Chinese imperialism is worse than US imperialism.
Professional production! Narrator is top notch too.
A great documentary!
Hey! You talked mostly in negative context. How meny german companies are involved in china's belt project? China's proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been creating opportunities for German enterprises, said Hans von Helldorff, speaker of the board of the Federal Association of German Silk Road Initiative.
You should make part 3, how german economy benefits from china's silk road.
Hey that's not bad, if that's true, it would/could be a kind of reverse silk road right. a mini globalization, various bodies should really take advantage....governments and so forth
yeah because you ask the ones who benefited from their program, wait until the long term debt and lack of cash flow starts to threat you
a well researched documentary covering both the pros and cons, very well shot and commentary.
Thank you, very Much, dear DW Doc; Paris , Fr( 15/09/2021)
Thank you for watching! :)
Superb documentary. But I have noted the lack of more statistics, numbers.
15:55 "Some stands to benefits, others lose everything." I have to say this is a SMART one! Those who advocate the projects are accused of standing benefits, those who may never have owned anything are presented as victims. Good job DW, continue looking for those people.
It was obvious humans lost their homes & land & farming when harbours were made They were promised at least a job from the Chineese They received nothing
i am from afghanistan and i want chinies to build our country rather than western bombs
Leave your ignorance out of these comments, thanks
man, god bless your people and country
@@jmehn203 same as your bias and jealous. Are you are afghanistan or somewhat west country man?
@Mars Landerwell said.
Wuhan virus wake up don’t trust communist!
Thanks Sir
Wonderul bravo for future❤❤
How intersting! When the locals say bad things about the Chinese, the commenter just jumps on it and agrees. But when the old man in 4:45 says the Chinese assistance has helped improve living standard, the commenter immediately took a negative tone about it.
Then the next person talks about the riots.... And the debt and so on.
Leave uyghurs alone to practice there religion cowards
lol
@@jabalimohamed1983 the uyghurs are free to practice their religion as you can see, and you will find uyghurs are having a better and better life if you go to Xinjiang although I know people like you will never go. And guess what, any religion and any people related to extremism and terrorism will be destroyed mercilessly in our country ! and those who claim terrorists their musilim brothers are the enemy of all peace-loving people, including the peaceful Uyghurs.
@@jabalimohamed1983 yeah let's wait and see whether peace and prosperity or extremism and terrorism could win the Uyghurs people. and I suggest you be a man and give some right to your women home. coward !
@28:33; "...Istanbul...a special melancholy..."
24:20 There's an audio clip in Arabic.. anyone know the name of it please?
Does anyone know if the loans are in US dollars to be paid back with dollars or yuan?
History has shown time and again that smarter people will rule over the others. Chinese are definitely smart, rich, ambitious and really hardworking. They are unstoppable. Love them, hate them...they are not going away anywhere till they achieve their goals of regaining their past glory.
...not to mention their numbers!!!
One reason for worry is that the domestic policy of a country is usually repeated in its foreign policy, in some way. Given how stepping away from the Chinese government line is apparently not tolerated internally, one wonders about the future.
DW, the documentary doesn't end well because u just ended it when u reached Duisburg with nothing about the New Silk Road project impact in relation to Germany. It seemed as if u were rushing for time brisking across pertinent issues right at the point when u started the last segment in Hungary, I must say the time management was very poor.
Germany is taking huge economic benefits from BRI because all freight trains go to your country,additionally,Germany can take lots of more benefits because your businesses can invest in nations along the road and make huge money under better and better infrastructure and good policy,freight trains from China to Europe increase drastically every year!nearly double per year though it is just at beginning stage,far from its potential full capacity.
Hopefully part 3 is to come soon for there is far more to this great big not so great story. Probably beyond DW reporting scope though it's now producing interesting documentaries in English.
The entire second part is not quite of the super-high standard of the first one, and in particular the last 20 minutes seem rushed to fit the route into the time format.
@@krollpeter They rushed it only giving us a glimpse of One Belt One Road. This new China project is far more complex and fascinating though somewhat disturbing, but this is only the first documentary on the subject. It needs far more exploration and field work around the world with many more shows to document and educate.
If you have a good camera, some travel money, and courage, I think it would be a marvelous topic for a CZcamsr to be trailing right now. I wish I could up and go right now to show everyone all about this...
Shut, you can't say that here 🤫
Good documentary! Thanks.
Well done and informative. I hope you all do a continuation with China's BRI in Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean. China is the new superpower, we might as well acknowledge this.
if it stayes calm when i stroke it then it will do what i ask it to . i feel you man
Why DW gave a ❤ to everyone who claimed this is the best documentary.
Seriously, DW, you really think this is the best documentary without qualification? Seriously? Seriously?
I lost most my respect to Germany. If you can't compete against them, slander them.
It's actually shocking that the Germans are now on board with the Anglo-American anti China psyop.
So true
Hi Fun guy, it´s not necessary the best documentary but one which makes you think about some situatons. Do you think you would find documentaries like that in China? Stay tuned & tell us
@@DWDocumentary China doesn't make dumbass bias documentaries to please popularity. China has lots of positive coverages about the west and they are trying to learn what they do well unlike the stupid western media like this reporting only the negatives about China. Why don't you coverage china's investments in Serbia reviving the steel factory, lifting people out of poverty in Ethiopia, huge economic improvement in Pakistan, by the way the Pakistani prime minister thanked China himself for that contribution. If you conveniently turn a blind eye to it, it proves nothing but you are a stupid biased worthless media.
@@DWDocumentary There are many documentaries about german nazis in china. Really "makes you think" about what kind of people live there, huh?