How is China's New Silk Road transforming Vietnam and Laos? | The New Silk Road | Full Episode
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2018
- Vietnam is struggling to plug its 100-billion-dollar infrastructure gap amidst growing nationalistic sentiment. In Laos, China has invested in everything from malls and development zones to a mega railway linking the land-locked country to China.
How is China's trillion dollar project to connect the world transforming Indochina?
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I'm from Laos. We are the less fortunate neighbor. We welcome Chinese investments and are grateful that China is helping us out. Thank you, China. We love you!!!
please open your eyes and read what they do with your speacial economic zones. dont be satisfied on your compatriots pain
They are Loaning u money NOT giving u free money. U owe a lot of money to China now!
When you are developing and needed investment, having someone who want to lend you money is already very grateful.. of course there should be benefits to both parties.. just understand there is no free lunch..
The Laos government sold its own people and country to the Chinese. Already the Chinese have brought environmental damage to its land and people via pesticides and chemicals. The Lao people are not seeing any benefit as the Chinese hire and use their own people for obvious reasons: Laotians are not as hard working or industrious as the Chinese and yet they complain about lack of work opportunity. A friend's father who worked for rfa Asia (20 years) and is now retired stated that based on his year over year observations, the CCP will rape the two countries of natural resources and toss them aside when done. Laos and Vietnam are forever indebted to China and will remain in poverty.
Here's a couple Lao phrases I was taught by my friend's father about your naiveness of China: ma see khot Mae mung and buk ha mung .... Khom chek see Mae mung.... Mae mung mee hee yai.... That's what the Chinese are thinking
Everybody talks about the Debt Trap, but nobody ever speaks of its flip side, the Poverty Trap.
China is offering other countries as way to escape poverty through soft loans. China is doing its part to help, but it is up to the local people to meet China half way by working hard to improve themselves and work hard to take advantage of the new opportunities given to them. It only becomes a debt trap if they do nothing and expect miracles to happen just because the new infrastructure is there. Therefore if it ever becomes a debt trap, the country can only blame themselves for their cultural bias of being lazy and indolent.
Excellent outlook, absolute true, each country need to strieve with China's offer to achieve the best outcome
HighMojo haha I laughed so hard! Good joke😂
@@moomin2991 But the leaders of your country buy this joke, are they even bigger joke? Or is your government full of corrupted fools who sell your country to the evil Chinese? Then please overthrow your pathetic government and sabotage these roads. The CIA will fully support your fight for freedom.
Sure, enslavers never said they want your whole people to be slaves. History has pointed us all to a very persistent unrelenting pattern exhibited by the so-called friends from the North. perhaps you can explain events of the past.
If Laos is poor they cannot repay China. China will seize Laos in pieces.
thank you, CNA and host. As a Chinese lived in Shanghai I don't really know the details about the BRI, and my ignorance even make me feared that we might carelessly disturbing our neighbours. And after watching this documentary, I have learned a lot about the BRI and it's influence from north to south. Most importantly, the narrative angle is focusing on the peoples, their lives and culture. That I think is the same purpose of BRI which is to inspire people and encourage them to improve their lives constantly.
I just comments now & after that saw your Comment...almost similar Bro.👍
I fully agree with the narrative. It's truth of mutual development.
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@@stoggafllik BS, you raped the Chinese in your midst and murdered them in a pogrom against the Chinese. Where is your conscience and instead blame others for your shortcomings.
All I want to see in my lifetime is Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America reach their potential and return to the greatness they knew before colonization and imperialism 🥺
Amen to that brotha. Hopefully it will come soon
@@ext8023 Greetings from Brazil!!
I do believe that every human beings deserves a better living condition. Every people need roads, bridges, railways, hospitals and school. Good luck to one belt one road initial ! Long life to China-Laos -Vietnam friendship !
Nice bro , i lov your information bc I'm Vietnam:)))
Yeah if only that was Chinas intent but it’s not China doesn’t help without taking over sovereignty and control just Ask Fiji how that is going. Chinas belt and road initiative is nothing more then trying to spread its roots into everywhere that accepts it and inevitably trying to take over sovereignty.
The host said "As the land locked largely mountainous country with many in population living in poverty, Laos has for years been put high on the United Nation list of least developed countries."
So where are western countries, Korea, and Japan to help Laos to develop? They totally ignored Laos and let Laos die on its own. Now as China comes in to help Laos develop, and Laos is developing fast with many Laos people's getting richer, the West are getting jealous and starts to smear and demonize China. While the western countries constantly smear China about debt-trap, smart Laotians believe in long-term like the Chinese.
Laos people remember to take this helps from China's goodwill to grow better.
Please google search for 'Laos Golden Triangle' to see what China does in this 'Special Economic Zone' leased from Laos since 2007.
Not only in Laos but also in Cambodia, China with the help of the corrupted governments in place are taking control of more and more of these 'special economic zones' reserved only for Chinese outside China.
H.P. Nguyen - exactly as people said. You, Vietnamese, are ungrateful. You've shown it out already.
If it happened to your country to be under 1000 years of colonization from a bigger country, what would you be able to think? Who are the true friends of China? African countries? Pakistan of Afghanistan? Unless you are blinded by your government propaganda, you should also know what happened to your own people in the Tiananmen Square massacer and Falun Gong practitioners! That's what your party could do to its own people, forget about Vietnamese or else!
Here they are:
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/tiananmen-square-massacre-anniversary-beijing-tank-man-china-protests-facts-death-toll-a8382111.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_harvesting_from_Falun_Gong_practitioners_in_China
@@h.p.nguyen7656 So what did you and your country do to help laos? Nothing. If you don't like our 1b1r, then shut up and do your own things. Lao is not viet, let them make their own decisions, ok? Why so indignant?
I have seen this tank event hundreds of time in youtube. Anything new? 50 years passed, we are the 2nd in the world and your country still the large brothel for white people. They even feed and train dogs like you to disgust us.
H.P. Nguyen - what's my government? I am not Chinese citizen.
What 1000 year colonization? Your Vietnamese culture is from Chinese culture, Confucius teaching, from food, family values, clothing, pottery, weaving, to language, holidays, etc. Vietnamese culture is 90% or more from Chinese culture.
If you blame China for colonization, then are you ashamed of your culture which is 90% from Chinese? If you blame Chinese for 1000 years colonization, then drop all your Chinese culture and adopt the French which changed your language from Nom words to Latin words.
See I hate to see Vietnamese are such a traitor and ungrateful people. Without Chinese influence, you Vietnamese are still backward and barbarians. Although many Vietnamese hate China, China still comes to help your country develop. The cultural building in Hanoi is a gift from China to Vietnam. Instead of saying "thank you, China, very much for you great help", you Vietnamese blame China for helping like "take your money away we don't need your money" blah blah.
Remember that your Vietnamese government is asking China for help. China doesn't volunteer to come and help VN because China already learns its lesson from ungrateful neighbor, Vietnam. Helping Vietnam, China doesn't get much benefit.
Where is American's helps when VN needs roads and bridges the most, not weapons?
When VN needs roads and bridges to develop the country to make Vietnamese lives better, the US creates fears for your country and sells weapons to make money off Vietnam, and your ungrateful Vietnamese still worship the American like god.
I wonder if Vietnamese are lack of intelligence or something. I don't know.
Don't tell me Vietnamese people believes that if US take control over the country, US will help to build the infrastructure and technology. Look what happened to Iraq.
What I meant is, US will help building the country but the country must pay something in return. And that could be taking lives. No one is fully evil or fully saint, even a country. Just don't be a hater of either one.
Even if the US drop Vietnam like Irag. Vietnam will still own and run the government by the Vietnamese . If China help Vietnam they will slowly colonize and poison the Vietnamese people and turn Vietnam into a province of China. Why do you think for thousand of years the Vietnamese always fight back the Chinese doesn't matter they war or economic because they dont want to be another puppet
@@ThuongNguyen-ub4no yeah, totally understand.
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im Vietnamese, mostly people DONT belive US or China building infrastructure and technology for Vietnam. No free lunch!!
special China, we are deal with China over thoundsand years so no one know China better than VIETNAMESE!!!
we're fighting and in peaceful areas time over again & again. China is never is true friend of Vietnam!!!
business is business, that's all. Not friend or whatever. China is steal our lands, our island
we're step by step standing by our own legs, a country CANT depend on anyone, any country
can't except someone help you free, it always have returns sooner or later
i like this comment very much!!
@@ThuongNguyen-ub4no devil and Saint are wanting to helping each others, china is helping least developers countries seem like forcefully , being help , more likely worrying no food on the table for their families , least developing countries more likely vulnerable peoples, ,, if from poverties into corruption , be pondering , just an advice,
It's very wise if the Vietnamese to be cautious in signing massive trade and economic deals with ANY foreign investors, not just China. When another nation has too much financial influence on a nation; the integrity of their political and judicial systems become compromised and can easily result in a foreign government influencing laws, policies and even constitutions. This takes generations to reverse and potentially the affected country may never fully recover.
Don’t worry if you are dealing with the US. They don’t need a contract and they will just tell you what to do.
China can build infrastructures on time,on budget and at a fraction of the cost compares to western countries, Elon Mask said that " Chinese can build infrastructures 100 times faster than America".
Maybe Chinese engineer should hire Florida bridge building engineers, they will show Chinese how to build a walk bridge that lasts only 4 hours after was opened 4 months ago. hahaha.
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@Jason Cyr Trans bay terminal just opened in San Francisco. But closed next day. Why. Found 2 80 foot long I beam holding the building up got 2 cracks. Guess who made the steel beam. Your beloved Americans from NY. Lol. Also China build the hardest section of the bay bridge with Chinese engineering and steel. So what were u saying. Out of the world top 100 that's over 50 floors skyscraper. China built 75 of them. Top 10 tallest skyscraper in the world. China took 7 spots. Lol. U been living underneath a rock?
Here is how good China is at buiding railroad with chinese workers and materials in Viet Nam:
The Cat Linh- Ha Đong railroad is 13Km long and contracted to Chinese company at 553 million US in 2011, supposed to start operating in 2015. As of today, 3 years later, they raised the cost to ́̉́868 millions US and still in test mode. This is just an example of how good Chinese contractors are! Go to Viet Nam and take a look at all the Thermal Electric Coal plants build by China and see for yourself how they smoke! The Vietnamese government officials are all bought and controlled by Chinese Government, so they just close their eyes! Very bad situation for its people, just like what happened in China not very long ago!
Jason Cyr which is good because 10 years later there are better technology to replace the old model
I’m an American man, I been living in Vietnam since 2013, I can tell you there are still have a fairytale view of the US. Yet the US is the least of the nation’s investing in VN. The top 3 are China, Japan, South Korea. VN is going thru a huge development boom. The way I see it as an outsider is VN is in a transformative age (the Ho Chi Minh VN and the new Facebook Internet VN)
The old VN is still hung up on its past and old fashion isolated thinking.
The young new VN is very curious and open to change and looks forward to more development and change.
I think it’s another 5 yrs before the transition crosses into the new and sheds its past issues. But it’s happening all over VN. VN is s vibrant alive country of hardworking motivated people
Let Vietnaam prosper with USA & China aid!!!
Let Vietnaam prosper with USA & China aid!!!!
How do you make a income there?
I want to move out of the u.s
Its funny to see westerner and vietnamese all of a sudden care about us Laos.
aznscyth who do you think help Laos fought off the pol pot?
aznscyth it’s funny how you think Laos is a subject matter .
you are wrong. Westerner and vietnamese don't care about Laos, they want your land and resources. They could careless about Laos.
@@mydoto And Cambodia. Oh yeah Vietnam is sucking up money and taking land from Cambodia for the same reason. Both Laos and Cambodia share a lot of the same problems.
Good luck to everyone in Laos!
Simple things！If your neighbors are stable and prosperous, you won't face a refugee crisis.
Only corrupt one wanna run to China
in addition, when ur neighbors are rich you can sell more goods.
@@haozhaojun8936 and buy more than sell. Welcome back
@@vietbac77 It will be good to purchase some goods freely like tropical fruits from the SEA. I don't care about import-export deficit. The principle is to live a better life.
@@haozhaojun8936 you might read on fruit trading bw Vietnam and China. Vietnamese farmers always be bully and in pain
One thing is clear, China is fully respect and always calling its backyard countries brothers, not shitholes.
It pays to be nice to people when you want to profit from them.
yes！
Because China has always wanted to take them over and turn them into its southern provinces, as of old. After all, Vietnam was a Chinese province for almost a thousand years.
@@didierdepardieur4470 As a Chinese, I would say nowadays we have no interests to let Vietnam become a province of China. Vietnam has became independent hundreds years go, and let us respect it.
@@didierdepardieur4470 If you have any bad ideas about China，you can boycott Chinese goods，drama series，but one thing you shoud know，all of countries around China who cooperate with China earn a lot of profits，the countries who always blame，insult China，the result is obvious.
Yes, I hope so! I truly wish the goodness of prosperity for them all. I'm Filipino & I wish the same for our country Philippines same goodness just like I hope for our neighbouring countries. People deserve improvements & favorable changes!
Vietnam is just very tenacious about being independent. It declared independence from a colonial power and built a constitution that takes a large part from the American constitution and Les droits de l'homme. The Soviet Union was the only one who could back the Ho-Chi-Mihn's government and there was no other capable non-communist leader.
Now in 2019, in retrospective, for the average Vietnamese person will view Americas actions as more noble than those of China that would just wants to control them. The devastation that Stalinist policies brought to Vietnam was in many ways worse than the war. China is developing its own version of colonialism and maybe its best system for the world - I don't know - but it is perfectly reasonable for nations to not want to be involved at this early stage.
Everyone knows that with these belt and road projects, there will be politicians making a lot of money on the side. It happened in Malaysia. When there isn't a lot of transparency in these projects, people will safely assume that there is corruption going on. I don't know how this documentary could present ordinary people protesting against corruption and taking an interest in Vietnam's future as a nationalist sentiment. There are no elections and more control over the media in Vietnam, so people protest as a way of expressing political discontent. Its better that some protest is expressed rather than follow China's attitude towards protest.
Saying that Vietnam should accept debts from China and its politicians are smart enough to realise this but the average person is stupid and nationalist is intellectually dishonest. This is why people end up watching fake news, the main-stream news is biased and doesn't dig deep enough.
aside, they are a hub of nations plug in, not China or America but every other countries EU Japan Russia, nobody fighting at the hub since what they seek at the hub is work force and resources, and ASEAN has those quality work force since their education is above Africa continent, specially Vietnam textbook, it is a hell hole in that textbook but arcoording to the world, Vietnam offer quality education for everyone even if they stop at 5th grade, they can do basic math, geography and electric, look at USA for example, only few school in USA has that quality, the rest are hell hole consider to USA standard
China Japan Korea and ASEAN we should working together and making Asia great again ...keep going 🙏
+Indian subcontinent .
@Bo Liu , are Lao or chin???
China's helping building many infrastructures, which could attract many more countries, and they could also benefit from all these, including the West. What the West has done is exporting their so-call cultures and democracy. I would say, doing is better than just saying, some people can't feel this way tho.
But then again China isn't doing it out of the goodness of their heart. There is always a catch to everything. As the video's title, it paves the way for China's new Silk Road. Which in a larger picture would be used as China's worldwide monopoly of goods and trade. It's why China keeps lending money to other bankrupt questionable countries without expecting the loan to be paid in monetary sums, but rather through 'loyalty' for 'helping'.
The west unfortunately has been slow to help because of a misguided belief that all cultures must first adopt western values and political structures before major investments are made. Whereas China does not care what you believe or do they just want economic influence in the region.
America made the mistake also of forgetting about the economic well being of its own people while spending trillions of dollars abroad to rebuild other nations. Right now China has better infrastructure than America in many ways. More roads, bridges, highways, rail, airports and subways. Asia has all the top airports in the world and is still growing.
@@moonlightstripess 美国又是如何对待伊拉克，叙利亚等国家的？是借给这些国家钱，还是帮这些国家修路了？
50 cent army hard at work.
@@moonlightstripess Choice between having the US/the west and European come in robbed your resources clean and bombed your
I was born in Vietnam and I supported China for the Silk Road forever
@lac tran Ur names Vietnamese, nice try you Chinese wannabe
derek you are not Vietnamese stop trying to be Vietnamese fake ass
derek lambert thank you for your understanding,hope your economic and lives better and better next ten years belong to VN
@lac tran What a joke😂
Tran is Chan in Chinese. He is Chinese
Lao is a beautiful country. Would love to visit some day
Laos is so beautiful ! I hope it stays that way despite modernization which always come with pollution and natural resources depletion!
It is great to see Laos is developing with support of China .
2 Commies who keep their peeps on a short poor leash
@William Anderson most... rather turn the other cheek just to be the house slave.
Forget and forgive thats all good and super koo" but they never said sorry once.
@Sam Ann war crimes...
@Sam Ann are you one of those ppl who ask the questions, but fear answers.
thank your words bro
I am Indian but I like it because this is better than what united snakes of America do
Oh boy, good name --- United Snakes of America
Yeah but your people are paying thousands to come here. You should not hate on people you know nothing about. May God bless you even though your a bad person. Much love from the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 💯💣🔥💩
@@evrydayamerican I'm living in the US and hate US government too. It has done horrendous things around the globe and you don't have to live in the US to know the fact that US is a big bully to many countries. In fact, being an American can make you extremely ignorant.
@@kiwizoey413 I understand but what do you expect after out of no where Japan bombed us and we dropped the atom boom on them we have went on the offensive. Do you know what the Asian countries due to people for just being a Christian and all the torture and government murder of it own citizens for trying to just speak out about their dictator ways. I believe all governments have made huge mistakes but as I said last time people will risk their life and freedom to try and live in MY beautiful country. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. If you don't like it leave in all truths we will be better off without people like y'all that do not care to learn our way but think you should be able to practice your cultures with no regard to the one where you have sought refuge in. Much love from the best country in the world.💯😘
@@evrydayamerican I know war is terrible but if you think that justifies everything the US has done, then according to your logic not enough people died in 911
India and Vietnam are partners in this developing world... India loves Vietnam 🇮🇳🇻🇳
Tks you
In Pakistan : Main Line-1 Railway project from $6.2 billion to $9 billion.
In Vietnam: The 13.5 km Cat Linh - Ha Dong rail way project from VND 8.770 bil ( in 2011, USD 417 mil) up to VND 18.000 bil (or USD782 mil)
China is Developing the world to make it better place. Incredible china. No country in the history of mankind did such thing what china is doing. Massive respect to China. Go ahead.
If it supposedly pulled over half a billion Chinese people out of poverty, it might do the same. I'm surprised all these countries who pursued globalization and helped prop up China economically are now trying to break its legs.
China is manipulating currency and stealing intellectual property, they are making dams and highways for third world countries that can never pay china back. Ultimately turning them into china’s slave countries and using their sea/land to station their military. Military dominance is their ultimate goal. They wanna be richer than america and stronger than america. Id rather have google spy on me than the communist government that bans youtube and religion.
Western countries help other from colonial attitudes and thinking for the purpose of exploitation. Democracy term as such is used to befool commoners so that they are kept silenced otherwise under the garb of democracy few wealthy families exploit the rest of us. We are fed only democracy and choice of two parties and the wealthy reap the fruits of others life long labor. The pliant media helps the paymaster in feeding us the diet which shall keep our mouth shut and bank accounts exhausted.
If China helps other countries lot of garbage criticism is throw for consumption of common man todistract from the nobility of a great civilisation waking up to the beautiful world.
90% of Chinese still living in 3rd world conditions and China have money to help others? You are 50 cent Chinese party, nothing more, nothing less.
The animals are so happy with the farmer. He feeds them well. Make them big and fat.
What next?
I'm just curious about some RUclipsr's that comments on here and why now they so worried about Laos/China relationship and future development when in the past Laos and our people was irrelevant and a secret? Everyone should be happy for Laos and China for giving Laos a second chance of HOPE and future in ASEAN after the U.S Secret war in Laos had destroyed and divided the Lao people and it still remain a problems today. And about debt trap that isn't Laos concern because in the end it was never about currency trap, but about people to people connections and Laotian and Chinese coming together will create a stronger people and connections in the entire region together! I am just sick and tired of reading people complaining about China or how Laos should do this or shouldn't do that. If you don't like how Laos and China approached progress then that is too bad!
Why are you not worried? You should worry. Don't pick sides. Well you guys don't have access to the sea that's why you're great 'friends' with China.
Don’t worry.We should make our country stronger so the west will show their respect.
It's better to be yourself than to be something someone else wants you to be..
Mean ... Laos is better of without China investment.. because one day Laos will wonder what happened to their children !
Work out what I'm saying for yourself my good friend.
China's own economy was boomed by borrowing huge "debt" from Japan, Hongkong and the west, mainly the US. How could people help you to develop without gaining anything? F.Y.I. till today a lot of major IT giants in China have huge shares controlled by Japan and the west, but who cares!?
Because American can't understand China's mission for the world and they don't know about economic warfare. All they see is colonization and Chinese invasion.
Love your channel and your effort trying to explain to the westerns the BRI. Its awesome and a brilliant job in my opinion! Thank you very much!
What this channel failed to mention is that most of the animosity between China and Vietnam are being manipulated by the US! The US has many fake non-governmental organizations, such as the National Endowment for Democracy, that operate in China and Vietnam to stir up troubles for both China and Vietnam by trying to get the people in Vietnam to hate China so that Vietnam would be an enemy for China instead of a friend! The US has these fake non-governmental organizations all over the world trying to hurt both China and Russia by pulling these types of schemes against these two powerful countries that the US sees as a threat to its hegemony!
This is it! the ultimate path to glory and riches. No prayer, no religion, no drama, no god only effort and action. Motivated by business and development, everybody benefits rather aiming for religion, politics or race. Well done china !
I'm very happy that Laos will have railway and high way because roads in Laos is very bad.
Laos will transform, China will deveop Asia the most, each country will achieve a level they can Not be able to achieve by themselves
an advice for you laos people ... BUY PROPERTIES !!! it will rise double in 10 years most.
james bond as history shows it was the west that does what your saying for a veeeeeery long time
Teolulz get lost wtf you talking bad about Chinese people. hater is gonna hate.
but vietcong and american are jealous and sabotage it.
Laos and China will succeed greater and our people will be united at the heart and mind of both people. In a sense of faith for the Lao people across the country. China realistically gave Laos and the people of Laotian or "Lao origin" HOPE . Unlike the U.S that continue war game else where and seeking to returned back into our regions and stir political and social unrest. This is Western U.S ways of dividing our country and our neighbors apart.
Hoàng Nguyên
Big talk from a little guy with nothing to show. I can not imagine how aggressive Vietnam will be if the situation reverses when Vietnam is as large as China.
Before you talk big, imagine if most Chinese think like you about the Vietnamese. The Chinese can easily wipe out Vietnam and purge the Vietnamese.
@Hoàng Nguyên That is only from your Vietnamese own personal opinion. We already know Vietnamese aren't any innocent either and also evil. The Laotian, Thais, Burmese and Cambodian all know Vietnamese aren't good people since ancient times and still today because you still have that evil Vietnamese trait in you!
@Hoàng Nguyên And that threat will be noted! Vietnamese like yourself isn't new to us because Vietnamese like you are more dangerous to us then the Chinese. Laos doesn't need to decide on which side to pick at the moment. Only the Vietnamese like yourself will threaten us in so many ways that we eventually will need to pick side and it won't be you sneaky Vietnamese trouble maker in the end.
@@vkninedragon6236 Soon Chinese will not be the only one purging the Vietnamese out of their own land. Laos is choosing the right direction in terms of Laos and China ties. Vietnam has done nothing to us accept serious threats like your friend Hoang Nguyen! His threats is quite common among Vietnamese and it shown how much his kind is a threat to Vietnamese neighboring people whom at least has morality and respect.
I believe that from your name you're Laos. I would suggest you to weigh in the pros and cons with collaborating with any country, China included to see if it's for the better or for worse for your country and your people. Most of the bad deals that happened in our respective countries (like the many Special Economic Zones) are done by the red and corrupted rulers against the will of its people. They are there to collect bribes as much as they could before fleeing out of the country. And Chinese people are the masters of the art of bribing.
Anthony, Thank you for sharing this video. Very informative really. Keep up the good work.
China is really very good in Business. And they really get things done. That's what I like about China. The Chinese are also good friends to have in my experience in getting along with them. Thank you China for being so good.
別這麼 夸..現在非常時期..
I still don't understand how the Vietnamese can forget what the American had done to them. Turned term country into living hell for decades and yet think they are the good guys.
The "agent orange effect" and "napalm effect" are still visible and everywhere.
They got a lot of support from China,... weapons and volunteers to withstand America.
European and Euro American occupied Africa, Asia, Pacific, etc.
They stole natural resources, artefacts literally. They draw countries boundary in the occupied lands as their will.
Many nations in Asia fought each other just because line boundary that was decided by foreign power.
China declared war on us in 1979, backstabbing us after helping us. They've also recently took Vietnamese legal territory (200 Nautical Miles from Coast - UNCLOS Treaty - China has signed this) and asked for American assistance to deter the Chinese, and they came. Korea and Japan, allies with America, have been investing heavily into our economy and created many infrastructure deals to soon be built or finished such as the HCM Metro with Japan. We already know what China is trying to accomplish with this Silk Road, it's an obvious give away that they're trying to return back to their Imperial past of the Qing Dynasty. It's obvious they're setting up tributary states again, look at Cambodia. We'd rather be in America's sphere rather than having to be a Chinese Tributary State, even worse, Chinese land.
China has done much worst to us, Vietnamese. In fact, people of South Viet Nam was happy under US
we forget the past but let see what is happening now: At the border chinese only sells fakes. China claims that south east asia sea is their sea. China companies and construction are bringing chinese workers to VN, instead of using local worker. Then create chinese area where they only eat and buy things from chinese, but not paying tax back to VN. we would like to receive investment from Japanese or any other countries instead Chinese. Chinese brings their low ethics culture and doesn’t even respect the local culture. They also destroyed environment caused pollutant in rivers (a lot of papers wrote about this, do google) So no china please
@@thuydungtran2739 "we would like to receive investment from Japanese"
Dude it's not you like or unlike, come out of utopia and live a practical life.
Thanks God you didn't said that "we will like to forcel Japan to invest in our country"
@5:18, the Vietnamese vegetable seller actually said he's been lucky enough to make enough money for his children to go to school, but NOT SAVE ANY EXTRA money. On the other hand, translated to " I even have extra money to save every month".
this channel can say this to the world cause they're the CCP's propaganda channel, why don't they make a video about Three Gorges Dam, they do really helpful in pushing the country people lives to despair and rise up the relying in china's farm product. what a good job you guys doing out here. and the nice comment on how the BRI make good to the world as i can see , half -chinese over sea singing good song about their mother land.
Why does his face looks so happy when he says it ?
@@victorwong616 vietnamese people never gave out a sad face talking about how dificult their life is, you can search on that, even their living is at the lowest , when interviewed they can easily telling you with a smiling face as if that's some one story . the vietnamese people is like this, even portraited in some japanese drama , decribing them as having no fear of the future , even they're at the most crucial time . just doing their best to live , that's all
@@meitestukyo8664 is there a particular reason why he said that?? What caused him to lose so much money?? I fail to see the reasoning here
@@victorwong616 buddy , i'm not him , but even in ho chi minh city, there're guys like him, woke up in 2 a:m, going to the market trading place just to earn enough money feeding his family , the budget for their children to go to school that's a big prize for them cause of they had to earn money in early year without finished elementary shool .
"Total public debt is 70 percent of GDP" for Laos - that's not too bad, and all these debts are not totally owe to China. What about World Bank and ADB or IMF, this is hardly a China's debt trap.
Over all the doc is evenly reported, including both challenging side and benifitial side of China's influences on these countries.
China help to build and improves the lives of all Asian countries first, talk later, some other countries talk a lot first and also comments a lot first but never do the job anyway.
This should help clear your mind:
www.news.com.au/travel/world-travel/asia/the-lavish-airport-pretty-much-no-one-uses/news-story/c3e62865b750c68684faf319d55c32a3
Turn everyone into tributes first.
How did China help the 1st world in Asia? Or the 1st world helped China to stand on its feet first? LOL 记得饮水思源
Try to open your eyes more. China doesn’t have the tradition of law compliance. At the border chinese only sells fakes. China claims that south east asia sea is their sea. China companies and construction are bringing chinese workers to VN, instead of using local worker. Then create chinese area where they only eat and buy things from chinese, but not paying tax back to VN. we would like to receive investment from Japanese or any other countries instead Chinese. Chinese brings their low ethics culture and doesn’t even respect the local culture. So no china please
@@archsword5294 Mind your own business, you are worst than my Mother in law.
Trade is good for the world, No war!
This is new style Imperialism. All those sacrifice of the Uncle Ho went astray.
Dipak. Let's be honest. Every countries' economy is interlocked with one another. No country can be fully independent in every way. At least for China, you get infrastructure development and trade which improves the lifestyle of the people.
As for the Western powers, in particular USA, all they are interested in is to sell you more weapons, provoke internal & external conflicts causing more conflicts & misery. I am sure Uncle Ho will agree with the latter. Thousands were killed from both sides during the Vietnam War. The effects of Chemical Warfare (Agent Orange) inflicted by the Americans is still evident after all these years evident by the numerous deformed children born each year.
i noticed that too. Channel Asia rubbish
J L .....Channel News Asia is Singapore owned.
Teolulz ......you’re so wrong ! Channel News Asia is from and owned by Singapore !
Thank you to the Asean leaders
Please Mr Vorachith take care of your Lao’s peoples and make Lao better
Thank you with love from Lao
Excellent! The most informative, insightful and creative program on the BRI that I have ever seen.Good work.Thank you.
希望亚洲各国政府和人民能和平共处，共创美好生活！加油亚洲！
Chine montre leur la voie
It must be very hard for Chinese government to find ways to keep economy grow, so many state owned giant factories that have tremendous production capacity for building infrastructures desperately need new projects. At the same time the infrastructures are badly needed in some neighboring countries while they have no money to do it, I think in that regards it could be a win win situation. People like to paint China government as evil and full of conspiracy, but the truth is that everyone is just trying to find ways to survive and prosper.
This is the comment with the clearest mind under this video. Everyone wins from these projects.
Also when ASEAN and African countries getting richer, they would have more purchasing power for Chinese manufactured goods.
It is hard to trust a government that does not allow freedom of its own citizens. You can only imagine what it will do to others when it gets the chance.
@@salomonquijada7144 China is the only real democracy country which really destroyed nobility since ancient time by using national test system to distribute political power instead of wealth and bloodline. (this really suit your belief) For a long time China is the only country you could really change your life just rely on your own intelligence and hardworking .US used to like China in some aspect but that is rely on the "free land" If there are no "free indian land " to be explored, trouble comes.......
So concentration camps and fascism are not considered evil anymore?
@@ChrisSmith-si6gq not when bombing people in the middle East = democracy and freedom
Laos is so beautiful I’d love to visit and experience the culture.
Your series on the Silk Road has been enlightening, there is so much to learn about South a East Asia and China, and I’m left with the feeling that it’s peoples will have a safe and productive future.♦️♦️♦️
China pumped billions of dollars to help build up Laos' economy and infrastructures while the US has dumped billions of tons of bombs and land mines into Laos! So much bombs and land mines are still in Laos that even today those bombs and land mines are still killing the people of Laos, but the only country that is helping Laos to get rid of those bombs and land mines is China! The US is nowhere to be found despite the pleas from the government of Laos and the UN to help Laos get rid of the bombs and land mines that the US has placed in Laos!
Before China helps Laos' to build its economy, Laos owed the US billions of dollars in debts thanks to the US's debt trap schemes! Now that Laos is able to pay off most of the debts it owes to the US, thanks to China's investments with the country, the US makes up stories about China's "debt traps in Laos! The jealous USA is in desperation mode since it is losing its hegemony over Laos and other countries so it accuses China of doing the very thing that it is guilty of doing in order to smear China's reputation and convince Laos to not do business with China! But the government and people of Laos are not stupid, they could see what China has done for their countries versus the lies, thefts, and debt traps that the US has put them into! While the US keeps spreading its anti-China propaganda, China keeps building up the world to withstand the US's intrusion, thefts, and bullying!
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looking forward to travel into these hidden gems amazing scenery!
The problem with these loans is not the loan itself. Its the requirements in it. Countries MUST hire chinese company to build the road which then hires CHINESE employees. So the money never get circulated in the host country. HOW IS THAT FAIR? The host country takes ALL risk and no financial benefit. Thats why Malaysia and many other countries are halting these projects and reviewing it.
So correct
fantastic video! finally have a chance to see with my eyes what it really is like with the new silk road project. Great to see people benefiting from the project, despite challenges lying within and ahead. More cooperation and communication will make the world a better place.
maybe not the locals but definitely benefiting the chinese
I like this narrator here, his voice, speech, articulation on describing and delivering details of his Subject topic is very persuasive. No interruption, nor advertisement. He interact with people when he seems neccessary in his term. That's the way to control what you want to deliver in regards to the information you to want convey. The Subject "Silk Road" fit your Voice. Thank you Sir, keep up the Exellent work that you are doing.
Beautiful program thank you video.
Its very interesting how westerns try to educate other countries, but they forget the damage they have done twoards them
Agree 100%
They think they are superior to anyone, they look down on us asians,
Now, look what china is doing, making other cuntries prosper and grow, did america make any country grow? Iraq.. syria... libya... afghanistan...
Without the Western ideas, where would the world be now? more likely the world still in the stone age where a lot more poor people. Side affect is they trying try to push the Western believes into other cultures. It has the good and the bad.
You too, can be a Chinese concentration camp guard with no formal training. Just call Mr. Xi at 800-FATASS.
@@tacomadoan1010 No without the westerner who didnt colonize other country probably wouldve had chance to develop i mean Japan have the fastest maglev train and china is developing rapidly as well not everything is invented by westerner.
Why borrow money from China to build the road?Because it's good, you can develop your own infrastructure and drive the economy.The economy along the road will be developed, the national tax revenue will increase, and people will be convenient to travel.
The U.S. doesn't like them borrowing money from China.Why don't you lend it to them?
Because you don't want them to develop.You won't be able to control them when they develop.
Of course these countries can borrow money from many organizations and countries to develop themselves.But they choose China in the end。Are they stupid?Of course not.
Because interest rates in China are low, there are not many other requirements.It's just a two-way choice between those countries and China.
Of course the United States doesn't want that to happen.So what would the United States do?
The United States is of course funding the country's opposition or the restless to rock the boat.
If you look closely, you will find that behind the troublemakers is the United States or Japan.
H Gng - Ah, I can see that you're smart. Not only that China is genuinely helping it's neighbor but also teaching skills and technology. The US doesn't teach skills and tech but hides them so that the US can monopolize the markets.
To be honest China is very good with debt traps.
@@jameschristophercirujano6650 you have no idea of what debt trap is. It's called loan in West. Besides, IMF, WB or any other multi-lateral organisations have a much higher interest rate than China's.
@@haozhaojun8936 Except that China does this to acquire something other than money if the loan couldn't be paid. The west wouldn't let you borrow if you couldn't pay it but China will if it could get something else aside from money, like its port acquisitions. Yes, that's a debt trap. You wanna defend China coz your Chinese. I understand that. I would fight for my country too. I understand nationalists coz I'm a nationalist myself. Otherwise you wouldn't be blabbering in an obscure comment section.
@@jameschristophercirujano6650 buying part of ports is strategic thing for the government and is mutually beneficial. If you are willing to search more info, check out the price that Chinese paid, we didn't take advantage of others. I don't understand why you think it's a trap.
Reasonably fair presentation of the relationship in the region. Interesting to see the author could not resistant to the “party line” question of debt trap.
China pumped billions of dollars to help build up Laos' economy and infrastructures while the US has dumped billions of tons of bombs and land mines into Laos! So much bombs and land mines are still in Laos that even today those bombs and land mines are still killing the people of Laos, but the only country that is helping Laos to get rid of those bombs and land mines is China! The US is nowhere to be found despite the pleas from the government of Laos and the UN to help Laos get rid of the bombs and land mines that the US has placed in Laos!
Before China helps Laos' to build its economy, Laos owed the US billions of dollars in debts thanks to the US's debt trap schemes! Now that Laos is able to pay off most of the debts it owes to the US, thanks to China's investments with the country, the US makes up stories about China's "debt traps in Laos! The jealous USA is in desperation mode since it is losing its hegemony over Laos and other countries so it accuses China of doing the very thing that it is guilty of doing in order to smear China's reputation and convince Laos to not do business with China! But the government and people of Laos are not stupid, they could see what China has done for their countries versus the lies, thefts, and debt traps that the US has put them into! While the US keeps spreading its anti-China propaganda, China keeps building up the world to withstand the US's intrusion, thefts, and bullying!
America knows the Vietnam war was a dark part of our history. The fact we all know Vietnam is not a communist puppet for china means the war should never have happened. And the fact Vietnam is able to forgive America really shows how strong they are. America has alot of respect for Vietnam. Whatever happens hopefully Vietnam continues to grow and get stronger... I bet they do.
I think that Asian countries must respect China for helping them in many ways , of course China wish to Benefit , who can do for nothing .
Jay Putney : no, we don't need China' s helping, we wish that they were not our neighbor border. They r our nation enemy .
Pham Kenzzo
You live on Stone Age , it’s ok carry on . You deaf and blind , that’s all I see
Jay Putney: better than you, you have eyes but just for enough parts like people and can not see the true thing , moreover , u got low IQ as human have to.poor u stupid mind.
Pham Kenzzo
Japanese and Chinese were enemies in the past but today they work neck to neck in the trade , each other invest on each other’s , but you come from a country totally destroyed by USA , millions were raped or murdered by forces , yet you adore one who destroyed you , isn’t it shame , is it where your iq stand ???
Pham Kenzzo
How old are you to be blind on history, are you still fed by mum ??
Great Documentary!
great to see people doing better
I do love Asian dramas! The love of Asian development of characters - instead of violent special effects to entertain...keeps my attention.
It is no debt trap, it is investment for their future.
how do you know, it only just started so we'll need to wait & see and by reading what Europeans did to Africa & S.America, I don't see this will benefit these poor land locked people. Probably only for short period while bulk of benefits goes back to one nation called China, only profiting rich Chinese. Yes only rich few Chinese not entire Chinese people.
@@KingofKpop China had lifted millions out of poverty in their own country in just few decades, China is not teaching others how to do the same. Only naive little girls like you would think one belt one road is a bad thing or because of jealousy of China, brainwashed by the west, can't stand to see Asian being successful.
dragondescendant, I'm happy for the people of China to be able to lift themselves out of poverty, without any outside help, right? LOL. Okay. I won't dwell deeply in the economics, but I wish China the best in the years to come. With that said, I will judge China by its actions, not words. Only time will tell
@@alancrane9762 It is Chinese people who lifted themselves out of poverty in the last few decades, there was no foreign aid money from others, no handouts, although some like to claim credit for the rise and re-emerging China, you people are nothing but a big fat joke.
Sure. Future slaves!!!
The Belt and Road is more than just opening of the border markets to Southeast Asia. It is the opening up of new markets in land-locked regions of Asia that is the target of most people who invest in the Belt and Road.
Fook Seng Loke let's see how this open border thing works with all the Chinese that are dying from the new Coronavirus
@@joebrister4159 I did not see people dying.
Amazing video brother
When china proposed lending to Hanoi for the city train, it does not say the cost will double and project lengthen by 3 times. After 10 years, billion of USD loaned from China but the train still un runable. Only Vietnamese pay the bigger and bigger debt. My advice to other country, loan from china always comes with corruption, in efficient project and low quality infrastructure.
Love to see these two countries together for development for the benefit of masses of two Great countries with historic cherished memories of their struggle against common adversaries the Imperialism.
Vietnam has learned to live next to a giant and bullied neighbour China for thousands of years. Love Vietnam 🇻🇳 from Australia
Harold, you're the beneficiary of genocide in 'Australia', address that before you comment on the China/Vietnam dynamic
Harold 888
thank you from Vietnam, finding someone who understand us from a series of comments from China made me feel happy
China ain't a bully
look, a white person is here to do what he is good at.
Great video!
Thanks for posting.
My opinion: I think we need not forget history because we could learn a lot by studying history, but the world is not static but dynamic, and the way people think is also changed, so people don’t want to think in the same way every day, and the attitudes, thoughts, opinions, standpoints etc. could be changed in more balanced way without focusing on extreme turnings. So, countries in Asia have reached to a significant juncture in history to work together for the benefit of ALL instead of a single party. So, all countries in Asia should think of new approaches in order to work together as a single Asian partnership, a common platform, because every single country should be benefited whatever is initiated in the region at mega level. So, need to think of “win-win situations” at all times. When Asia is flourished, the whole world is flourished too, and no doubt about it.
Good Luck, Asia! Good Luck, World!
I think all of asia should unite for peace and prosperity for its people n korea and s korea china tiwan japan plays.a key.part to that vision form your own alliance
What an amazing vision and forward thinking creating this New Silk Road. I can't think of any country bold enough to try and pull this off with enough resource and capital like China. I have to commend them for that. China's goal is to facilitate trade with the world and in the process elevate the poor countries along this belt and road initiatives. It's a win win for the countries involved. The debt trap is real and a concern but I don't think China's goal is to create a debt trap for the countries but to connect the world to trade. I expect a few countries may fail to pay back. We shall see how that unfolds but I do really like the grand view with the side effect of modernizing many of the countries that will be touched by this forward vision and improving their standard of living. I truly also want to believe this will help the world as we are all one race Human race.
excellent video.
I enjoyed watching this video. People will overgrow their personal miss-understanding, and we have to grow as human beings all over the world. Planet is becoming smaller and we are coming to know each other much better then ever before. One day we will love each others.
could you please add subtitles to each video of the silk road series？
Please kindly visit to the Manipur (North east India) and you can see what is happening over there after merging into India. Making totally backward land by imposing martial laws, no development and no futures. Manipur and north east India merging with India as second class citizen and feeling totally oppressed. Lastly Manipuris looked same like Chinese and we have totally different cultures from Mainland India. We are not able to get such opportunities of developments that are happening in other Asian countries.
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good propaganda....
ravi nah its up to you
ganechandra ningthoujam get indenpendance bro
Can't blame Indians, they can barely manage their capital city lol
@Yuen ting 02 yeah Tibet should be freed from devil china
I feel this video has been very fair. There are of concerns about debt traps and negative, as in any big projects. But the tone is measured and I feel the good will of the reporter. Good will criticisms should always be welcomed.
Very informative & very beautiful Documantary...Salute to CNA channel.
Vietnam is building a high speed rail from Cai long and Dong Dang to Hanoi.Land lock Laos is building a high speed rail from China to Thailand..
There needs to be more cultural and educational exchange between China and Vietnam. I have heard of more Vietnamese going to study in China but there should also be more Chinese exchange in Vietnam.
Already very deep culture influences.
I am going to China Town Today, because I'm missing my friends. Also, we will be eating in Chinese Restaurant. Just imagine all the good Chinese Foods with scattered Cilantro on top. And I will go for thirds, not for seconds, but for thirds! See you there!
Nice job man.
Cool
this is a very well done documentary. Subscribed!
+liulin04 thank you! Do check out the playlist for The Silk Road: ruclips.net/p/PLbnMTcZEga8RRyTMl4pIAXjQNqsV1xVPM
Thank You CNA channel..very useful video bout Chinese BRI.. I'm from India..Now I subscribed your Channel..
It's funny that the Cát Linh - Hà Đông urban railway line still hasn't opened even after 10 YEARS and they're only at the running safety test stage while demanding even more money .....
Great report! It is mind blowing what China is doing in Asia where investment is concerned. Africa is another area too. The Chinese have vision and are taking a leadership role in world investment infrastructre projects, helping poorer, developing countries to modernize. Its truly amazing as they are doing.
The Chinese are not good at wasting time on the debate, they will prove everything with practical actions.
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thank you to make the film
I hope ASEAN countries may finally realize a middle-class and more with China's help.
Trade brings peace and prosperity..and.more pride.to these people.
Become credit , but it bring slave to children still .this is inroad by economic morden
Thank you for doing this documentary video . I love to say " Make love not war " Thank you !!
@Drakken Dragous search what? for western propaganda on Chinese debt trap???? this has all been proven to be lies and just think about this, if the vast majority of countries from Asean, east asia to africa are all choosing to make deals with China then think about how bad the deals made by the western countries must have been? all you have to do is look at history and you can see clearly how western imperialism works and this is why they choose China!! you should find sources with documents and evidence not opinions and speculation!! even the western media has admitted the " Chinese debt trap" story's were not accurate!!!
You already know, 'no money no honey' anywhere you roam throughout the world...
very good video, thanks to author
It's kind of ironic that the website that I watch this video on is banned in China.
As an Oversea Chinese I am concerned about the strain on race relations caused by this. Amy Chua's book, World on Fire described this.
Wish we all enjoy peace forever!
Nice presentations thanks video.
Thank you!
Great documentry. It bring up both postive and negtive points. It let us to think and choose the best options.
Produce more!
thank you
Vietnam and China should put aside the past conflict and focus in the future collaboration.. since they are bordering neighbor.. I won't pick a side even I had no choice.. As I love both of them.. Long Live Vietnam and China.
Vietnam people probably should also remember who supported them to defeat the Frenches and the Americans to gain their precious independence other than the border dispute with China. China used to have border war with Russia too, but the two countries are getting along very well now. Both sides should look into the future and move forward.
lmao, you so kid brain to think Russia China trust eachother hahha
No. But I think the average joe in china and russia tend to have a better understanding of real history. They see their exploit and expansion as what it is, they see their border as the result of the last war. They acknowledge and remember fundly of the time when USA had their backs in WW2. Can't say the same with vietnam though. For the one thousand year they were ruled by china, for another thousand year they defended against chinese invasion, or so they like to say. Your neighbour would never forget they too had a thousand year of constant vietamese invasion and take over. I dont understand why you guys need to hate china so much, and you probably think khmers are stupidly friendly to china. Whos brainwashed? Did you not learn the total bombs dropped vietnam was more than what allies dropped on both germany and japan combined? Did you not for a second think about why carpet bombing worked on germany and japan but not vietnam? I guess you guys probably think the germans and japanese just didn't learn to grow crops and produce cloth in underground tunnels.
Take a look at what is happening now between North and South Korea! All thanks to the vision of the Kim family, otherwise millions of innocent people would have been killed like what happened in the Viet Nam war. Please stop listening to your government propaganda and look for the real truth! Communism is all about corruption and control, whether in China or anywhere in this world! Unless you belong to China's government 50cents army!
Chauncey Billups 我觉得无所谓，反正越南人就是欠骂，从来不吸取历史教训，缺乏对自己国家的定位和清醒认识
@Duong Minh
Russia has taken a lot of land from China over the past few centuries yet they are willing to put aside their differences and work together.
Vietnam on the other hand likes to wallow in self pity complaining that China is trying to take their land and reject any attempt for both countries to work together.
With a people like that, who needs China to take down Vietnam? The Vietnamese are their own worst enemy!
In love with 😍 Lao
If not for China, who will bring development to Laos?
Yes definitely
Uncle Sam.
Hope china help indonesia and malaysia build malaka bridge..
Hard to see any benefit for both countries to have this bridge
No to the Sumatran bridge.