Is this waterway China's weak spot? Sky News Explains
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- čas přidán 31. 05. 2024
- The Malacca Strait is a narrow strip of water in South East Asia. It is one of the most important shipping routes in the world. But it's also a source of tension in the region, and could be a weak spot for China.
Sky's Nicole Johnston explains.
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Whoever designed this map surely hates their job.
He must be a genius.
Must be Indian or Chinese descent !!!!!!
@@anthonytran7566 that's how they are backing US intellect.🤣
@@de-comm8715 The USA we have many finest people all over the world reside here !!!!
I genuinely thought the blue was water and the white was land
Me too, I was confused for a second and had to rewind multiple to finally get it.
Yes. Stupid isn't it. Blue is used maps over for water. Woke Sky News needs to wake up.
Can u name neighbours of Australia. ....??😄😄😄😄
who would block the Malacca strait?
Only Indonesia & Malaysia have that authority
Indonesia and Malaysia are more than capable of defending themselves.
yea..they dont even bother to consider Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore perspective on this. that just shows how they view the world.
Indonesia and malaysia are neutral
the US can block whatever waterway they want
True, closing the waterway would not only hurt China but also the whole Asean. US face the possibility of Asean turning on them.
But we never know right, it's all politic in the end. China advanced more into the southeast asian sea could piss off Asean too.
@@akane8615china is only bullying vietnam and Philippines now that’s why their the only ones seen trying to defend themselves but if china pisses of indonesia or malaysia then it’s worse for china since this countries could literally starve Chinese economy.
However designed that map HATES ALL of us viewers!!!! The most basic law of maps is to make WATER BLUE!!!
I am Malaysian and I know that we and our neighbour Indonesia will not agree to any hegemonic power to block the strait. Everyone will enjoy the freedom to traverse the strait, including China.
Ye it's like invaders coming to our home and blocking our gate, I mean who tf they think they are?
all this power struggling and here we are enjoying nasi goreng with our little (but as strong) brother Singapore
Block the strait if u want to pass? paid it!!
No blockade, mallacca is neutral.
indonesia took billions of loans from China..China basically owned indonesia
So funny that the talking head thinks The Malacca Dilemma is a boogeyman at a time when the US, France, UK etc are struggling and wasting billions to even deter poor Houthi pirates from harassing boats in the red sea xD What a complete tool
the red sea: is this western weak spot?
On what grounds and authority does the US have to "close" the straits of Malacca? What an ill-informed video this is.
Does singapore, indonesia & malaysia agreed with that?
this malacca straits isn't only use by china. this strait is key route for entire world. this straits is controlled by Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. all 3 have very good relation to China. can't say the same to India, Europe, US, Japan (countries that support Israel).
Japan support Israel ?
@@aira4739 it has to. Japan is whatever US told to
Malaysia and Indonesia is neutral and Singapore likes US more than China despite the fact that there’s a lot of Chinese people there and economic ties similar to Hong Kong and Taiwan. It really says a lot when small countries near China favor US over the CCP.
@@ryanspinoza6586 said who singporean prefer US than China? 🤣🤣🤣. I'm singaporean, and as far as i know, nobody prefer US rather than China. we all speak chinese here, and we consider China as our mainland.
@@ryanspinoza6586 Singapore is one of the biggest supporter of China outside the "communist" sphere. There's a reason why TikTok is based there.
it's an over exaggerated issue, China will get its way from Indonesia and its not much a distance from Malacca, also why Malayasia and Indonesia will ever allow someone to block this strait
maybe not within the strait itself, but the quad members (US, Australia; Japan and India) can seal its western terminus blocking any ship from entering the Indian Ocean.
The hardest map that I haver ever looked at 😅😅😂😂😂😂
It is not a big deal as Sky News makes it. There are alternative waterways. In the current Red Sea crisis, shipping companies redirect to Cape of Good Hope, it costs higher shipping costs, but not a dooming situation.
No freedom of navigation there????
and whats the purpose of this video now?
😂😂 I don’t even know
The West precipitating a crisis that will finally consume the Western civilization.
Ostensibly it’s education 😅😅
Maybe they want to use it as a reason to build a military camp in Indonesia
To let the world know not to trust skynews' analysis 😂
China and Russia should accelerate the artic waterway for trade
Ah yes China, my favorite Arctic country.
@@paulsteaven China needs alternative trade routes because the US has set its goal in containing China and using its proxies such as PH Japan and Australia. If the US can not compete then use military force. Great Britain did this when the USA started to rise but lucky we avoided a major war then BUT this time the US NEOCONS are just reckless and we have no idea where we are heading in a nuclear era.
@@silafaupaulmeredith7251 "US has set its goals in containing China and using its proxies..."
China has been contained by the US and its proxies since the establishment of PROC in 1949 tho, weid that they just recently come up with this narrative.
@@paulsteaven It was destroyed by western powers during the Chinese century of humiliation up until Nixon visit because the US needed an ally against USSR
China can get all of it oil from Russia😂, hype of everything to make news
I was surprised this was even a talking point, as China can get more oil from Russia if it wants.
How can They sell goods
Western cope beyond laughable at this point lol
Its funny how the West abandon any rational thinking while evaluating Indo-Sino relations ...superficial animosity suits both the countries in the current global geo-political context. But there is zero chance of either country crossing the redlines which could jeopardise long term peace and stability between them.
Malacca strait is not really the Achilles' heel of China, Indonesian water is.
That's why they poured a lot of money into our economy.
South Korea, Japan, Singapore, and Indonesia account for 80% of China investment in the region.
arent they looking at the southern tip of thailand and cut across from there, something similar to panama canal.
Overland through Xinjiang. When the threat of a blockade of the Malacca Strait is negated, its checkmate.
China is trying to fun a canal in thailand. The South does have a lot of tension and some fear that a canal would mean the muslim population would declare independance. Also i don't think most thais are interested in China funding a project on that scale knowing their history
It is still under the threat of blockade by India as the key holder of the entrance waters.
Malaysia and Singapore will never support such an idea and they will protest it if it were to happen.
@@nietzchan India won't do anything of the sort, they are neutral.
China not keen on Malacca Straits shipping route or Thai land bridge projects. Work under way for construction of Grand Canal from Xinjiang, China to Mediterranean sea.
Xinjiang will be a free country soon just like tibet, mongolia etc 😆
@@joeblodontchno5309what country will liberate them?
Great summation 🙂
Blue is s land ? Who made this graphic
I was so lost. I'm thinking wait are those red dashes for an inter-trade truck or railroad route?
Then I realized in Australia water is white, and the land is blue.
These comments show how many people have no understanding of how the world looks like. Have these people never looked at a map before?
To counter this India is working on Diamond 💎 Necklace 😂😂
India is good at talking only and less on action, that is why they are in bed with Japan under QUAD.
Twisting,turning and spinning🙂🙃🙂🙃🙂🙃
Its the world interest to keep these 3 country stable... If they want the trade routes safe and open for the world
Meanwhile thailand is planning to make a way by cutting some of its land to make a shipping route.
Why not use green for the land??
Singapore Indonesia and Thailand will agree? Or the west can force them to agree? WHO is the bully
The U.S. has over 750 Overseas Military Bases around the World , with 313 Military Bases surrounding China w/
Warships & Missiles . China should be scared of the threats from the US and its allies .
Doesn't matter, when there is option for indonesia route a few hundred miles below. Indonesia is neutral thus will unlikely to pick sides. The assumption that other asian nations would pick US side is nonsense. US only got s.korea and japan in their pockets, philipines is a flip flopper.
Nevermind soon be transporting through Thailand's new land bridge. Andaman Sea straight to the Indian Ocean.
😂😂 Andaman & nicobar is there😂😂😂 china's biggest adversary in asia -india is there
Taiwan (ROC) claim exactly the same south china sea as China (PRC) lmao
Except USA, no country has the intention and ability to block the Malacca strait.
Very true
Lol india can
All ships can bypass the Malacca straits by going through the Indian Ocean through Australia and then through the Pacific Ocean to Japan. What a safe route 🤣🤣🤣. This news still think Malay peninsular is under British control lol
The Malacca Straits is a far more bigger problem for US allies. South Korea, Japan, Taiwan are totally dependant on imported energy and trade, far more than China.
China is much more likely to block the Straits and can do so without using ships or submarines. The Andamans and the Malacca Straits is within China A2AD range. Satellites these days can track anything on the surface.
The Malacca strait is a temporary problem. China is building out solar/wind at break neck speed. In addition CHina has also dramatically increased its oil import from Russia. And can increase its gas imports from Russia as well.
About a decade ago, yes. But now, no
They have realized it and they are already working on alternative.
Yeah just blocked that strait so all the ship need get through sunda strait, the west media outlet really made my tummy sick of lough recently. They just think geopolt just a played civ6 game
China should excavated land through Thailand to connect Indian Ocean and China Ocean without going through Malacca Strait !!!!!
I wonder how much is China financing that new railroad in Thailand so goods don't need to be shipped through the Malacca Strait?
Hundred Trillion Maybe By The Way The Project Does Not End In Thailand It End In Malaysia The Plan Was To Connect China, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia But A Few Country Disagree Including My Country Malaysia Because Existing Railways That Connect Malaysia And Thailand Already Exist Making A New One Is A Waste And The Big Reason Is Land Invasion Via Railways Every Historian Know Malaysia And Indonesia Fall Into Japan Hand In 91 Days Because Of Thailand Betrayal
If the west blocked Malaca
Indonesia can open Sunda & Bali Strait
sunda, bali, Lombok, Makassar and Arun straits , but the chance of blocking Malacca strait is small to no chance.
@@Steve-so7uk Indonesia still hold majority of the strait into the West Sumatra
Its Malaysia not malay peninsula...Map looks like its 100 yrs old. Malaysians and Indonesia should put a toll gate there...will bring much money..
this is a good idea...both Malaysia and Indonesia benefit from the toll payment...can generate the economy of both countries...indirectly with the money can improve the ship's route better and safer.
They are referring to the area called Peninsular Malaysia which is approx 1/3 of Malaysia.
Its called semenanjung tanah melayu in malays or malay peninsula.
Lol uk and their colonisation thinking 😂
why can the west have naval bases in far far places but china cant?
I am so confused about water and land. Choose better colour man!
It seems all these BS broadcasts do not bother about the interests of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. Would they simply fold their arms and watch their interests go under? Even if China invade Taiwan, what has it got to do with this Strait? Maybe Putin should revisit Cuba, though with her hypersonic missiles, this act is unnecessary!
Mungkin dari video ini awal dari perang besar di masa depan, tapi kami Indonesia akn menghadapi semua yg datang, baik dengan senjata atau kerjasam, kami akan bersiap
If US sees Taiwan as its allied, why US did not recognise Taiwan as a sovereign nation and established an embassy there?
Only a couple of small nation recognised Taiwan as a sovereign nation. None of G7 or Western countries do so.
Is it because of they fear the pressure from China? If so, why small nation such as Guatemala and Palau did not afraid of China?
Well actually no countries and no international organisations around the world recognises Taiwan as a country They all recognises that Taiwan is a part of China. However only 12 small pacific island nations that represent less than 0.5% of the world population recognises the Government of All of China to be in Taipei the rest of the world recognises Beijing.
Well Because American Actually Don't Really Care About Taiwan, Japan, South Korean, Philippine, Vietnam, Or Malaysia They Only Care About Shipping Route Worth Trillion To Them Which SCS, WPS, BNS, Strait Of Taiwan, Japan East Sea, And Strait Of Malacca And The Most Important Reason Is They Want To Secure Short Route To Protect They Master In Middle East Israel And Nato Alliance
India is waving 😅
It would be pretty dumb for India to get involved in some blockade when these Andaman bases are within PLA missile range.
And it is ridiculous to think that China is surrounding India. Just look at the map of India. Even if China established bases in Sri Lanka and the Maldives, that would possibly cover only less than 10% of India's access to the Indian Ocean.
Idiotic theory.
The entirety of India is within PLA missile range, not just the naval bases on the Andaman Islands
This will be included in the new 1000 dash line china is developing.
China can build pipeline crossing Myanmar, already the vassal state.
Britain killed 4 million Indians in Bengal in 1943 by imposing a famine
at least now Bri-yi-ish National News channel has started talking about India in some global context! ;)
there is some trolls in the comments
$45 Trillion was taken from India by Britain over 200 years of rule
Worlds getting small to china, worst economic with poor quality 😂🤣
omg
Western propaganda army.
😂😂
This is Skynews 😂 nothing new here
Chinese propaganda army is attacking this Western propaganda...
No it is not malaka will be china s road to the world
Great China
China has for a decade anticipated this and have been working on a number of alternative trade routes all through countries that are either friendly or allies of China. Given China’s current monopoly over processing rare earths and US and the West dependancy on these to support their military industrial complex how sustainable is a long term war with China. In any case I suspect the war fought will be over economics, business, trade and technology. The world can now watch to see if the claims by western media that China cannot invent or innovate are true. If they are true the west has nothing to worry about. If untrue the west has already lost the economic and technology war. And countries in the global south will prefer to side with winners. A powerful China will learn from the mistakes of the US and the west and will have a deliberate policy of non interference and push for a multipolar world. (Us and western adventures in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya have led to disastrous results of failed states). China will be left wing socialist not communist as they have already discarded marxists ideology on class struggle focusing on national and global development and alleviation of poverty.🤔
The US is making every predictable move that China already expect including coercing PH, TW, JP, India etc. China would not openly defy the US unless they already know it’ll be checkmate in 2 moves
China already prepared to build Thai Kra Canal if it happend, much shorter n faster, checkmate! 😜
still it can be blocked
What Ever Since It Benefit My Beloved Country Malaysia If They Build Kra Canal
New Port In Kedah State
And Two Thailand Muslim Rebel Province Since It Separate By The Sea
@@manish5209mkyou know blockade is same like shooting the first bullet? Why until now no one blockading russia?
@@andrean2247why any other country block russia??they are fighting with Ukraine and there is nothing under Ukrainian govt control
🤷♂️
But in indian ocean india and china are enemy countries so india has upper hand in Andaman sea
I'm Malaysian 🇲🇾 & most Malaysian 🇲🇾 stand for Taiwan 🇹🇼 ✊🏻 .
I don’t think so lol
China's taiwan😊😊😊
I am Malaysian too. I stand for one China policy.
The official Stand for Malaysia is that Malaysia recognises Taiwan as a part of China. The legitimate Government of all of China including Taiwan is in Beijing. That is why the Taiwanese dissidents were sent back to Beijing and not Taipei.
ΜΑΛΑΚΑ ΣΤΡΕΙΤ !! 😅🤣 🇬🇷 🇬🇷
yes it is one of china's weakest point. Singapore and US forces are just nearby, India could easily choke off that point to prevent chinese ships to bring in fuel from the middle east and for chinese ships to export their goods. BUT china with the help of thailand is set to build an alternative route. The new route will cut across thailand in the middle. Total cost is somewhere $20-30b which china may finance the construction. China is also building a new railway that connects china to myanmmar ports and therfore bypasses the malacca strait.
Strong India will influence Southeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific security with Australia, Japan and Sokor. Hoping all ASEAN members will think not only the Philippines will resist the Chinese illegal expansion. They will be next marching to their doorstep.
Not Indian Ocean, It’s SriLankan Ocean.
haha. remember hanuman
😂😂😂😂lol!
China needs to start behaving itself… then there should be no problems !
China and the US need to work together.
That’s always been the dream…
Laughable 😂😂😂Mallaca strait is NOT US TERRITORY,get it clear FAKE SKY NEWS😂😂😂
PLA is capable of knocking US army teeth again and again 😂