China is Building the World's Highest Bridge

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

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  • @MegaBuildsYT
    @MegaBuildsYT  Месяц назад +162

    What do you think about the Huajiang Bridge? 🤔 And would you do the world's highest bungee jump?

    • @IdentityVibes
      @IdentityVibes Месяц назад +8

      Definitely sign me up!! Unless it was build tofu dreg style

    • @jackapotsos6130
      @jackapotsos6130 Месяц назад +8

      Ill pass😂

    • @NuclearRaspberry
      @NuclearRaspberry Месяц назад

      Don't believe in Chinese gov so no

    • @Yangqingluo-g8s
      @Yangqingluo-g8s Месяц назад

      国家监督有豆腐工程?​@@IdentityVibes

    • @jacktion1546
      @jacktion1546 Месяц назад +1

      There was a time where I would’ve jumped at the chance (pun intended) to bungee there.
      That time has passed.

  • @notohkae
    @notohkae Месяц назад +940

    crediting the guy who helped you get info for the video at the start is great journalism

    • @HamburgerAmy
      @HamburgerAmy Месяц назад +16

      If Eric sees this, thanks Eric!

    • @paulvincent3299
      @paulvincent3299 Месяц назад

      RUclips is not 'journalism'. This bridge has been open since 2016. Old news, repackaged..

    • @yongyea4147
      @yongyea4147 28 дней назад +2

      I guess. Sounds like something fox news would do.

    • @greysnake2903
      @greysnake2903 16 дней назад

      @yongyea4147 You don't think the guy is credible?

    • @ericsakowski2066
      @ericsakowski2066 4 дня назад

      @@HamburgerAmy Thanks Amy.

  • @davecool42
    @davecool42 Месяц назад +1743

    $280M is sooo much lower than I was guessing.

    • @pudintain9656
      @pudintain9656 Месяц назад +175

      I agree, I was thinking in the billions.

    • @AL-lh2ht
      @AL-lh2ht Месяц назад +270

      @@pudintain9656 Chinese labor and weak regulations makes it cheaper.

    • @tHebUm18
      @tHebUm18 Месяц назад

      It's potentially a complete fabrication. It is China.

    • @马昊-f4x
      @马昊-f4x Месяц назад +224

      Our current officials are much less corrupt than before.

    • @shinji1264
      @shinji1264 Месяц назад +132

      @@AL-lh2ht "Flexible" regulations make it more cost effecient.... Fixed it for you.

  • @torydrew7872
    @torydrew7872 Месяц назад +719

    280m is absolutely insane. Here in my home county of Australia, to even get a job like this off the ground, $280 million would be spent in red tape and approvals and permits and so on. Before shovel even met the ground

    • @Hhhh22222-w
      @Hhhh22222-w Месяц назад +53

      They gotta pocket some few millions here and there first 😂

    • @SummonNotion
      @SummonNotion Месяц назад +13

      no,at least 2800m😂

    • @larryjernigan2947
      @larryjernigan2947 Месяц назад +26

      The same for the U.S.

    • @coldspring624
      @coldspring624 Месяц назад

      communist labor

    • @djpj9174
      @djpj9174 Месяц назад +20

      Same here in the UK!

  • @grid-panda
    @grid-panda Месяц назад +456

    I wanted to laugh when I saw the comments saying that Chinese workers are underpaid. In fact, in such field projects, the average Chinese worker can get about 12K RMB after tax, which is about 1.7K USD. It doesn't look like much, right? But it's enough for this average worker to buy a Chinese-made EV SUV with 9-10 months' salary, without a loan. This car is also sold in Europe and Australia, it's called BYD alto 3 ~

    • @muckle8
      @muckle8 Месяц назад +66

      PPP scale - purchasing power parity and yes it’s very important .

    • @AxionSmurf
      @AxionSmurf Месяц назад +14

      @@muckle8 That's even more PP than I've got

    • @muckle8
      @muckle8 Месяц назад +1

      @AxionSmurf 😃

    • @richardchou2633
      @richardchou2633 Месяц назад +23

      I am also Chinese. This type of job is very dangerous, which is why it has a salary of 12,000 yuan. Ordinary workers generally do not earn this income; only technical jobs do.For example, a painter

    • @SeconYan
      @SeconYan Месяц назад +2

      So you don’t have any budge for living and your family right? Seems like a naive Chinese college student answer.

  • @seanzhao1318
    @seanzhao1318 Месяц назад +75

    The investment in the bridge itself is $279. 72 million, with an additional $140 million invested to build a tourism service area that includes a five-star hotel, a highway rest area, a tourism service center, and more.

  • @BBCisSb250
    @BBCisSb250 18 дней назад +28

    I once drove over another bridge in Guizhou - the Beipanjiang Bridge - and it was spectacular!

    • @覃立任
      @覃立任 18 дней назад +1

      😂😂😂 网名名字我们秒懂

    • @ChrisHansenNBC2
      @ChrisHansenNBC2 17 дней назад

      CCP agent

    • @liang892
      @liang892 15 дней назад

      ​@@覃立任😂我不太懂,但是我猜了大概。😅

    • @tracystracke4737
      @tracystracke4737 14 дней назад

      @@liang892BBC是SB呀😂

    • @etbuch4873
      @etbuch4873 13 дней назад

      @@liang892 , Sb發音就是 灑逼。灑音字當然意思不是灑,而是另外的單人旁的那個字。另外 的那段 發音就是 逼逼西。is就是一年級就學了的Be動詞,意思是啥也簡單。 咱們看得懂就行了。

  • @mpaulm
    @mpaulm Месяц назад +772

    People talk about the fast growth of Dubai, but China has killed it the last 30 years in every way possible.😮

    • @anonymous-ok9mc
      @anonymous-ok9mc Месяц назад +49

      U can't compare china with Dubai they have so much oil to build a concrete jungle

    • @Mark-vn7et
      @Mark-vn7et Месяц назад

      Man I’m getting old, I still remember the Jean Claude van damme movies in china and still think china is still like that. You can argue how china got here but damn this is getting serious impressive! Especially considering countries like Dubai basically did a money glitch. I would not be surprised if these projects are 100% Chinese without any sort of foreign help or aid. No wonder trump won the elections because china is becoming a real problem

    • @BlueBird-q8k
      @BlueBird-q8k Месяц назад

      Dubai didn't grow
      Just oil money for rich people 90 percent of dubai is foreigner
      Workers are foreigner
      Teachers are foreigner
      Students are foreigner
      And Dubai doesn't even have industry
      The country did nothing for natives ( other than some sheikhs )
      But china nah mate different story

    • @Mandom007
      @Mandom007 Месяц назад +142

      Dubai just happnen to have oil beneath its land, while China grew from nothing to well.... everything.

    • @AnonYmouS00816
      @AnonYmouS00816 Месяц назад +10

      ​@Mandom007 oil isn't everything! Venezuela has a lot and so does yemen. The leadership in abu dhabi deserve credit also dubai barely has any oil, abu dhabi has much more yet dubai is much more well known with more money and less oil

  • @JiakunLi
    @JiakunLi Месяц назад +29

    As a Chinese, I admire that you can make such a real and detailed video about China‘s infrastructure. Thank you for your efforts.❤

    • @wenluo6617
      @wenluo6617 28 дней назад +2

      抖音上说的,油管卑微人,天天在油管谢这个那个😀

    • @JiakunLi
      @JiakunLi 28 дней назад +1

      @ 少看点负能量垃圾内容吧,你看你都说不出人话了。🤣

    • @shentracy7315
      @shentracy7315 25 дней назад

      你看看他用的地图,没有台湾和藏南

    • @dawuid1491
      @dawuid1491 5 дней назад

      @@shentracy7315 没有正常啊,台湾和藏南本来就不属于中国的,你不会真的以为政府说是你的,就是你的了?连你家乡都不是你的,是党和国家的。

    • @dougleydorite
      @dougleydorite 4 дня назад

      @@shentracy7315so?

  • @greentraveler4114
    @greentraveler4114 Месяц назад +228

    Oh, I really enjoyed this type of narration, finally without going through all those politically correct terms like CCP regime, evil communist party, which I really had enough of most Western media keeping running same narrations or narratives. But this video is very professional and very objectively purely discuss the reasons, the background, the history all around and relate to the bridge itself. This is called professional journalism.

    • @adinrichter6034
      @adinrichter6034 Месяц назад +30

      Yeah, I agree. There are many valid criticisms to be made about the Chinese government, but that is true about all governments and not neccesary in a video like this, especially considering that these types of videos don't talk about any other countries government. I think it's in large part just the West's desire to hold onto a superiority complex and exceptionalism, as well as hold up ideas of some kind of fundamentally different "Oriental" aspect.

    • @AL-lh2ht
      @AL-lh2ht Месяц назад +16

      you have no idea what the word politically correct means.

    • @AL-lh2ht
      @AL-lh2ht Месяц назад

      @@adinrichter6034 buddy, name the western nations that have hundreds of thousands in reeducation camps.

    • @thastayapongsak4422
      @thastayapongsak4422 Месяц назад +6

      Those terms would actually be politically incorrect

    • @kylenobes1
      @kylenobes1 Месяц назад

      ​@@AL-lh2ht No he's right it is politically correct because republicans now have a majority when it comes to the culture war nonsense.

  • @malaysiaterdedah3934
    @malaysiaterdedah3934 Месяц назад +132

    How can you not respect the Chinese? Even if you are a westerner. I mean...whatever you say about them. Regardless of if you agree or not, how can you look at that and not marvel? It takes your breath away. The things China has done the past 30 years is nothing short of spectacular. In almost every aspect, almost unimaginable. Truly a miracle of mankind. Well done man. Well done. Shine bright China! The world is watching.

    • @rekocastren923
      @rekocastren923 Месяц назад +39

      What can be achieved when you don't spend all your taxes to fund foreign wars and enrich a handful of billionaires.

    • @blackyboi2885
      @blackyboi2885 Месяц назад +6

      @@rekocastren923 agreed

    • @IanHausser
      @IanHausser Месяц назад

      The CCP and it´s propaganda machine paying you of course...

    • @IanHausser
      @IanHausser Месяц назад

      Respect a country that uses torture daily?
      ruclips.net/video/Sgg6H-N-4fA/видео.html

    • @WolfHeathen
      @WolfHeathen 29 дней назад

      Because 90% of everything they make either falls apart or is outright fake. Their apartment buildings fall over, their stadiums and malls collapse, the multiple poisonous mushroom scandals, their rotten Jinhua ham, the fake baby formula scandal, their DDVP pickled vegetables containing industrial-grade salt, counterfeit alcohol and medication, their soy sauce made from human hair, their EVs explode, the 300 school children that were poisoned in 2006, contaminated fish, infected snail meat, using sewage in tofu manufacturing, their phones that either catch fire or spy on you or both, their low-quality solar panels that only work half the time and so on, etc., etc.
      People should probably take their "respect" for China with a huge pinch of salt. Just make sure it isn't chinese salt because it'd probably be fake and kill you outright.

  • @rollvideo
    @rollvideo Месяц назад +117

    I’ve traveled near this region and it is spectacular. I was expecting this bridge to cost way more. Whatever the cost, it’ll be worth it. Hopefully it’ll bring prosperity to the local people. China is an amazing, safe and friendly place to visit, just don’t break the law there.

    • @seltaeb3302
      @seltaeb3302 Месяц назад +4

      Cheap labour & undercutting on costs. If it's rushed, which China does all the time, then you won't get quality.

    • @rollvideo
      @rollvideo Месяц назад

      @ Thanks Felecia

    • @hiusdkk
      @hiusdkk Месяц назад

      The expressway will not allow pedestrians or bicycles to pass, but I really hope that a non-motorized lane can be reserved on this bridge. In that case, I think I might take a plane to visit this bridge. I hope the Chinese designers can meet this requirement. desire😁

    • @ThisHell_ThisParadise_IsOurs
      @ThisHell_ThisParadise_IsOurs Месяц назад

      ​@@seltaeb3302 If the logic circuits short out please ask PPP on GOOGLE! 😂😂

    • @t_w_7821
      @t_w_7821 Месяц назад +1

      @@seltaeb3302 lol...I know it's sour. it's like your country can build shite lol

  • @DavidTonner
    @DavidTonner Месяц назад +6

    Thanks!

  • @lukasu8243
    @lukasu8243 Месяц назад +70

    Awesome video and great moderation, I really enjoyed it! Keep up the good work and cheers from Austria :)

  • @sjfbrkdnjrkdkajdjoajfok-2
    @sjfbrkdnjrkdkajdjoajfok-2 Месяц назад +85

    Eastern Asian economies are insane: China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong. People there are just smart, disciplined and diligent enough😮

    • @krushnadeepsonu3552
      @krushnadeepsonu3552 Месяц назад

      China, s.korea, japan, Singapore.
      Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan are part of china.😊

    • @IanHausser
      @IanHausser Месяц назад

      Don´t compare China the thief masters with all the other asian nations.
      ruclips.net/video/w-R9iD_hNHk/видео.html

    • @kingley45
      @kingley45 28 дней назад

      Nahh China just has slave labor and no safety procedures.

    • @dancingteddybear
      @dancingteddybear 26 дней назад

      That’s get that clear. China’s China only. What Japan and Korea have done are not even close compared to what China has accomplished.

    • @joeyjia5553
      @joeyjia5553 23 дня назад +9

      East Asia is traditionally under a Chinese cultural circle, one other country under this cultural influence is Vietnam.

  • @ZenZoba
    @ZenZoba Месяц назад +50

    The country is amazingly beautiful. The infrastructure they are building is equally amazing. Nice work

    • @IanHausser
      @IanHausser Месяц назад +3

      Beautiful, but with no freedom.

    • @DNOPLAYSGAMES
      @DNOPLAYSGAMES Месяц назад +4

      Yeah and it all falls apart because the quality is dung.

    • @wenluo6617
      @wenluo6617 28 дней назад +1

      @@DNOPLAYSGAMES Yes, the bridge you see collapsed two months ago.

    • @wenluo6617
      @wenluo6617 28 дней назад

      @@IanHausser You are right. Chinese people carry electronic positioning with them every day and move within the allowed range. Once they exceed the limit, they will go to jail.

    • @directxxxx71
      @directxxxx71 24 дня назад +1

      ​@@DNOPLAYSGAMES Yes they were built by sour grapes 🍇😂😂😂

  • @13Dvrga
    @13Dvrga Месяц назад +265

    China's infrastructure is severely underrated 😫

    • @dicky-duck6632
      @dicky-duck6632 Месяц назад +2

      severely overcapacity

    • @AnotherPointOfView944
      @AnotherPointOfView944 Месяц назад +30

      Not really. It doesnt last.

    • @spacedust9548
      @spacedust9548 Месяц назад +12

      @@AnotherPointOfView944 yeah just like the hard rock building in new orleans am i right

    • @JacksonvilleJacaliciousJacalan
      @JacksonvilleJacaliciousJacalan Месяц назад +1

      Its help up by hopes and dreams lol

    • @AnotherPointOfView944
      @AnotherPointOfView944 Месяц назад +16

      @@spacedust9548 Do you live in China? I do not think so. But I do. You clearly do not know about their crumbling roads, bridges and tower blocks.
      Please explain this? No wait, I know already.

  • @henrythejeditube
    @henrythejeditube Месяц назад +21

    Yet another great video, so well presented, love the historical background to this magnificent bridge in China, and the jokes too, keep up the great works sir

  • @MyCommentCT
    @MyCommentCT Месяц назад +3

    This video had so much more info than I expected to get, keep up the great work!

  • @Mossad901
    @Mossad901 Месяц назад +262

    America can’t build an overpass for 280 million

    • @TheAtkey
      @TheAtkey Месяц назад +18

      It's crazy that 23 years ago America had the 2 highest bridges in the world; The Royal Gourge Bridge in Colorado and the New River Gourge Bridge in West Virginia. Now they are 26th and 34th respectively and dawfed by this this monster of a bridge.

    • @ConstantChaos1
      @ConstantChaos1 Месяц назад +15

      Yeah but ours require ecological surveying, market analysis, paying people for the land taken, pay a "liveable" wage (not that America has increased the fed minimum wage in 16 years) build to code so it wont be in disrepair within 5 years, and actually builds with a purpose beyond using special financing vehicles to make the regional GDP meet the requirements set by Beijing even though it lead to a real-estate crash in China that's just getting pounded into the dirt with these sorts of projects.
      So like I'd rather pay more for a quality bridge that actually goes somewhere and not just a prop to use to cook the books

    • @chuckdraper7776
      @chuckdraper7776 Месяц назад +7

      But in fairness, China doesn't have to pay the workers $40 per hour either. That's just 1 reason among many others.

    • @bulink2581
      @bulink2581 Месяц назад +3

      ​@@chuckdraper7776 yes. things in China very expensive as same as America😎

    • @lizhongshen
      @lizhongshen Месяц назад +5

      @@chuckdraper7776 $40 per hour is nothing, compare with $4b environmental assessment.

  • @SiggiTh
    @SiggiTh Месяц назад +96

    I'm going there, for sure!
    It looks amazing and the scenery is incredible. Can't wait to experience the local hospitality.

    • @mechannel7046
      @mechannel7046 Месяц назад +2

      Please tell us about your trip if you do go

    • @supergirlfromheaven8421
      @supergirlfromheaven8421 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@mechannel7046 where do you work bro?? In Tibet side our others part?? I also wanna go with an taxi 🚕🚖😂

    • @supergirlfromheaven8421
      @supergirlfromheaven8421 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@mechannel7046 I think I only have to use 120-200 yen 💴💹 right?? If budget is much bigger than this then I won't go.... simple 🥱🤣🤣 eating foods with these money 💰 feels much amazing for me 😋🤭.

    • @kunchen3278
      @kunchen3278 Месяц назад

      there are plenty of travel video to Guizhou. search up this place called 'jiu zhai gou' in Guizhou. its heaven on earth​@@mechannel7046

    • @CastorRabbit
      @CastorRabbit Месяц назад +3

      There is much about the country that is amazing but the local hospitality ain't one of them

  • @peterwu8471
    @peterwu8471 Месяц назад +122

    Zhou is pronounced like the name Joe

    • @AcAlvin
      @AcAlvin Месяц назад +2

      Gu chow ahaha

    • @jackoneill28
      @jackoneill28 Месяц назад

      dro

    • @RSCB
      @RSCB Месяц назад +22

      Zhou Biden

    • @murin7185
      @murin7185 23 дня назад +1

      This is just one of trash province

    • @grod2752
      @grod2752 21 день назад +1

      Zhou Rogan

  • @barryabberton1043
    @barryabberton1043 26 дней назад +16

    $280 million in China. In Australia, that bridge would cost $3 billion with monthly increases due to the CFMEU.

    • @慕容苏-p8d
      @慕容苏-p8d 22 дня назад

      The Chinese government is not the same, the approval is fast, if someone needs to move, the government gives you two options, one is to take the money to get out, the other option is to give a new house, you do not have a third option to enforce.😅

  • @clumsytriangle2436
    @clumsytriangle2436 Месяц назад +16

    Wow! I've been living in China since 2013 and have literally seen its infrastructure blossom in real time. I'll definitely be visiting this bridge!

    • @c雨颖
      @c雨颖 Месяц назад

      Foreigners get out of China

  • @boxuangu8671
    @boxuangu8671 Месяц назад +120

    Definitely taking my kids to see this bridge in the next few years! looks sick!

    • @anthonyjarvis9472
      @anthonyjarvis9472 Месяц назад

      I wouldnt allow my children anywhere near a project built by chinese contractors are you insane?

    • @supergirlfromheaven8421
      @supergirlfromheaven8421 Месяц назад +4

      Good luck I think your baby 🐥🍼 aren't even born yet 😂 your still thinking about having baby this year and then go few years later LoL what an wired plan 😮.

    • @fargr5926
      @fargr5926 Месяц назад +3

      How come you are bothered by his words?

    • @anthonyjarvis9472
      @anthonyjarvis9472 Месяц назад +1

      @@fargr5926 thats what i thought, weird right. im thinking a rather aggressive bot lol

    • @ConstantChaos1
      @ConstantChaos1 Месяц назад +2

      Good luck, these sorts of projects don't last long since they are actually just ways to make local governments appear to have met the GDP requirements from Beijing but are actually just debt traps

  • @MannyRiberaOriginal
    @MannyRiberaOriginal 23 дня назад +6

    In the UK the budget would make it impossible to make. £100 million barely gets you a mini roundabout.

    • @leso204
      @leso204 15 дней назад

      or a third of a railway

    • @qiyuxuan9437
      @qiyuxuan9437 7 дней назад

      Same in Sydney Australia lol, they just announced that they are gonna improve a horriblely designed roundabout for $100 million aud by adding traffic lights and pedestrian crossing😂

  • @robertq55403
    @robertq55403 Месяц назад +96

    Absolutely positively NO to bungee jumping off that bridge!

  • @zupermaus9276
    @zupermaus9276 Месяц назад +12

    Thank you for this informative and well-researched vid - it puts it a head above the rest

  • @ErvinandMFantasyFootball
    @ErvinandMFantasyFootball Месяц назад +6

    There’s no way that’s the best mic placement for you my g.

  • @Random.ChanneI
    @Random.ChanneI 28 дней назад +2

    Very high quality, informative and well put together video.

  • @billl0167
    @billl0167 Месяц назад +18

    Fantastic quality of the video! I appreciated all the details and the diagrams explaining things about the topology around the bridge and the history of that region. Kudos to you for the excellent work!🎉

  • @洛齐-k9w
    @洛齐-k9w Месяц назад +3

    我正在同时建造一座超级复杂的火车站+地铁车站,老实说工作量非常大、难度也很大,但是很有成就感

  • @HoosierInUtah
    @HoosierInUtah Месяц назад +5

    Excellent video!! Thanks to you and Eric!

  • @JJr-ce3vv
    @JJr-ce3vv Месяц назад +2

    Well done 👍✅, can't wait for your next China video!

  • @Alexand3ry
    @Alexand3ry Месяц назад +29

    Imagine working on this bridge. Clocking in for your shift. Grousing about the weather. Immersed in your todo list and forgetting for hours to take in the view, until --

    • @Porter92
      @Porter92 Месяц назад +1

      And getting paid probably $25 a day in US Dollars

    • @rizkyadiyanto7922
      @rizkyadiyanto7922 Месяц назад

      ​@@Porter92probably a bit lower lmao

    • @tl1539
      @tl1539 Месяц назад +11

      @@Porter92 nope, i have a relative from CREC4 company which is a sister company with the bridge builder. The average worker salary with bonus annually for these high bridge projects is about 20k usd, which is pretty good considering the cost of living is quite low in china. In guizhou province you get a meal at a local cafe for like 2bucks, a two beds flat monthly rent for 100-200 usd, a brand new electric compact car for 7-10k

    • @tl1539
      @tl1539 Месяц назад

      @@rizkyadiyanto7922 see my comment above, a bit first hand info from CREC4 family member

    • @未央笑笑生
      @未央笑笑生 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@Porter92 The per capita income of Chinese people was $12608 in 2022, the construction workers got more. In my hometown Longyan, which is a tier 4 city in southeast of China, a McDonald's Big Mac costs about $1.6, a BYD hybrid car with a range of more than 2,000km costs about $13,000.

  • @tobi_3
    @tobi_3 Месяц назад +9

    1:43 the longest suspension bridge in the world is the "1915 Çanakkale Bridge" in Turkey with 2,023 m. the humber bridge was build in 1981, so today it is 43 years old. it held the record from 1981 till 1998 when the Akashi Kaikyo bridge in Japan with a freespan of 1.991m was opend. In 2022 the bridge in turkey was opend.

    • @cliffwakefield
      @cliffwakefield Месяц назад +2

      Thank you. When I heard this I did a double take as I remember as a kid my dad taking us to see the Humber bridge shortly after it opened.

    • @rdasher7747
      @rdasher7747 Месяц назад +1

      Yeah, I had to look it up, I was actually shocked that a bridge longer than the Akashi Kaikyo bridge was built, I didn't know that, pretty cool

    • @oddsandwindsocks5905
      @oddsandwindsocks5905 Месяц назад

      But the support columns aren't as tall as frances at over 1000 foot . Ok 625m road height but not supports.

    • @homuchoghoma6789
      @homuchoghoma6789 Месяц назад

      @@oddsandwindsocks5905 Мост Русский - опоры 1053 фута.

  • @Freep-m2l
    @Freep-m2l 28 дней назад +3

    I saw with my own eyes there were only 1 guy driving the compactor and 2 guys layering the sides of the road when the Chinese rebuilt a portion of the N12 road in Laos. It's mind boggling.

  • @15iannava
    @15iannava Месяц назад +9

    Yaxi Expressway is pretty terrifying, but this suspended bridge. My hands and feet are sweaty as balls just by watching this

  • @EyesOfByes
    @EyesOfByes Месяц назад +24

    They'd better put 10meter high siderails on that thing

    • @homuchoghoma6789
      @homuchoghoma6789 Месяц назад

      масса увеличится и парусность.

  • @rszeszowian1
    @rszeszowian1 Месяц назад +1

    Thank you Eric! Beautiful drone footage

  • @DaytimeAppointment
    @DaytimeAppointment Месяц назад +2

    Tribute to the author. Although this is a video introducing Chinese bridges, it is the best video I have ever seen introducing China's development, especially the comparison with previous ones and the in-depth analysis. It is a great video.

  • @jeremiahdeasy6803
    @jeremiahdeasy6803 Месяц назад +2

    Imagine being the crane operator working on that height, hat's off to all them brave skilled workers on that bridge 👍

  • @qpwoeiruty108
    @qpwoeiruty108 Месяц назад +6

    omg the scenery where this bridge stands is beautiful

  • @se3579
    @se3579 10 дней назад +2

    Just an FYI, Guizhou (贵州) doesn't mean Land of the Demons

  • @dmi6101
    @dmi6101 Месяц назад +44

    Looks utterly terrifying, but good luck China.

    • @galahadray
      @galahadray Месяц назад +5

      the construction was finished already

    • @supergirlfromheaven8421
      @supergirlfromheaven8421 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@galahadray these are fools 😂 don't let them wake up.....they doesn't even know how huge is china got by attacking 我們家控制西藏和整個西安省 😋

    • @supergirlfromheaven8421
      @supergirlfromheaven8421 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@galahadray 兄弟,我不是開玩笑,但是那些西藏的女人非常漂亮,只剩下一些了,但她們的美麗不是開玩笑,夥計,但其他人都逃到了印度,我們的政府應該把她們帶回來。

    • @Sky-rw5vq
      @Sky-rw5vq 28 дней назад +1

      ​@@supergirlfromheaven8421 it's very easy for native Chinese speakers to tell that you are using a translation software. Stop pretending you are Chinese.

    • @Wes-x9p
      @Wes-x9p 17 дней назад

      just another tofu dregs project hat will fall down, maybe before it is completed, 10 years tops.

  • @RobertLee-um3mr
    @RobertLee-um3mr Месяц назад +7

    The Gordie Howe International Crossing being built between Detroit and Windsor Ontario has a main span of 2,799' carrying vehicle traffic with 151’ of clearance for shipping on the Detroit River. The current cost is 6.7 Billion and is scheduled to open next year after a delay due to covid.
    One tower is worth 280 million. Somebody did the math wrong. China imports iron ore!

  • @sanganiharawa5402
    @sanganiharawa5402 Месяц назад +2

    Watching from Malawi. Awesome stuff

  • @skpjoecoursegold366
    @skpjoecoursegold366 Месяц назад +15

    height is not the biggest deal, span is more impressive.

    • @minshi1881
      @minshi1881 Месяц назад +1

      they are building longest now,张靖皋长江大桥 on yangzi river near Shanghai, 2300meter,
      ruclips.net/video/SYYp7G97Lgg/видео.html

    • @Wes-x9p
      @Wes-x9p 17 дней назад

      Keep that in mind when the wind blows it down.

  • @motionstudio77
    @motionstudio77 Месяц назад +52

    The way you are referring “GuiZhou” as “Land Of Demons”, is actually incorrect. The word “Gui” or “贵” here, means it is Noble or Precious, and not the 鬼 (ghost, demons)that you are saying… need to get the fact rite to avoid any misunderstanding…

    • @PengKuanEm
      @PengKuanEm Месяц назад +7

      The name may historically be 鬼 (ghost, demons); which makes sense.

    • @errol2701
      @errol2701 Месяц назад

      ​@@PengKuanEm历史书里从没有这种记载,你这是正儿八经的用英文胡说八道啊

    • @vadervanman
      @vadervanman Месяц назад

      Oh stfu about pronunciation... you don't hear us Aussies complaining. 🙄🙄🙄

    • @vadervanman
      @vadervanman Месяц назад

      Oh stfu about pronunciation... you don't hear us Aussies complaining. 🙄🙄🙄

    • @PengKuanEm
      @PengKuanEm Месяц назад +1

      @@patooi2009 thank you for your information which is well documented.

  • @changboni
    @changboni Месяц назад +1

    $280m is loose change in China's infrastructure terms.
    Great research and presentation. Well done.

  • @joeyp1927
    @joeyp1927 Месяц назад +12

    Jeremy Clarkson, perhaps the world's most famous auto reviewer, visited China a year or so before the pandemic and gushed about its extensive highway system. "This is not easy terrain," he pointed out. Truer word was never spoken. Not only does China have the longest highway system, but the terrain is some of the most treacherous in the world, filled with canyons, glaciers, and rivers prone to flooding.

    • @DrumToTheBassWoop
      @DrumToTheBassWoop Месяц назад

      yeah this video:
      ruclips.net/video/4-XDxCb92X4/видео.htmlsi=rq3DybJAlC_azFTM
      along with this music:
      ruclips.net/video/Mub7WV0ZJ4E/видео.htmlsi=p6sRV6Wpkm3-r1jm
      Gave me the impression, that we are f**ked in the west. While we can't even build new, fix or maintain our own infrastructure.

  • @NielsGoedvolk
    @NielsGoedvolk 21 день назад +1

    Awesome views. Looks like a fantastic rural area. Hopefully not completely ruined when all the highways get build right through it 😮

  • @CJinsoo
    @CJinsoo Месяц назад +4

    there must be some amazing potential for mountain biking in that province, along with data centers and hydro power.

  • @孫咲氚さま
    @孫咲氚さま Месяц назад +3

    Fantastic video! It’s my first time to know there’s such a magnificent project under construction in China even I’m a Chinese. Undoubtedly, it would be a spectacular bridge. But in my opinion, it might just be easier to migrate those residents out of the mountainous province of Guizhou.

    • @bca9870
      @bca9870 23 дня назад +1

      Mountain areas should not remain poor forever, roads will bring development

  • @pats2837
    @pats2837 20 дней назад +3

    Manufacturing Powerhouse!

    • @Wes-x9p
      @Wes-x9p 17 дней назад

      Like all things made in China disposable after ne or 2 uses. Look out BELOW.

  • @anisotropicplus
    @anisotropicplus Месяц назад +1

    I thoroughly enjoyed your video!

  • @mariatonnerova4362
    @mariatonnerova4362 Месяц назад +12

    I believe there is little China can't achieve. Your video is awesome ❤

    • @ConstantChaos1
      @ConstantChaos1 Месяц назад

      A balanced economy or a population that isn't starving seems to be out of their grasps

    • @Firstname-z7r
      @Firstname-z7r Месяц назад

      @@ConstantChaos1 how many millions of American gone homeless and how many children on food stamp there? Don't worry about the Chinse, you can't afford anything let along travel there, figure out your gender first lmao

    • @wenluo6617
      @wenluo6617 28 дней назад

      @@ConstantChaos1 After seeing your remarks, I feel your ignorance. If I said that the quality of life of most people in China is better than yours, and that most Chinese people are richer than you, would you collapse? You don’t need to believe it, just remember what I said.

    • @ConstantChaos1
      @ConstantChaos1 28 дней назад

      @wenluo6617 that's just untrue my dude. You need to come back to reality lmfao.

    • @wenluo6617
      @wenluo6617 28 дней назад

      @@ConstantChaos1 You can call it a lie and living in your own Truman world is actually pretty good.

  • @servanttoall4037
    @servanttoall4037 Месяц назад +1

    You are a very good narrator, love listening to!

  • @__-pl3jg
    @__-pl3jg Месяц назад +5

    They can't seem to build roads and bridges at ground level that don't collapse when it rains. I don't think I want to travel on one high in the air. Thanks, i'm good.

    • @spikermike2843
      @spikermike2843 29 дней назад +2

      Thank you for not staining that beautiful land. Teach your children to stay away too.

  • @wilsonwan7434
    @wilsonwan7434 Месяц назад +23

    谢谢Eric,谢谢Megabuilds,我一个中国人才知道这个项目😂

    • @verlinswarey507
      @verlinswarey507 Месяц назад

      Hello,Chinese person!

    • @AxionSmurf
      @AxionSmurf Месяц назад

      Can you drink the chai on your knees to survive in a cave collapse

    • @wilsonwan7434
      @wilsonwan7434 Месяц назад

      @@verlinswarey507 hello, my bro.

    • @wilsonwan7434
      @wilsonwan7434 Месяц назад

      @@AxionSmurf You need to find out by yourself

    • @etbuch4873
      @etbuch4873 13 дней назад

      你經常性地、習慣性地拒絕看你自己國家的電視臺的新聞報導和紀錄片,結果就是你誤以爲西方媒體抹黑造謠中國的報導都是事實,但其實他們西方媒體説的都是謊話。
      我是住在台灣的中國人,知道的事情都多得多了。順便跟你科普一下:光是貴州就有好幾座大橋,都是世界級的:【1】貴州北盤江大橋、【2】貴州壩凌河大橋、【3】貴州花江大橋、【4】貴州清水河大橋。

  • @zaryabkhan3455
    @zaryabkhan3455 Месяц назад +6

    Wow! Those 12 minutes felt like 2 minutes. Great Work

  • @anuragtumane5227
    @anuragtumane5227 20 дней назад +4

    China is indeed raising the bar high for infrastructure.

    • @Wes-x9p
      @Wes-x9p 17 дней назад

      But the bar is made of substandard materials and most are falling down.

  • @michasosnowski5918
    @michasosnowski5918 Месяц назад +2

    More cars and roads, this is exacly what the world needs.

  • @miriamramstudio3982
    @miriamramstudio3982 20 дней назад

    Great video. Thanks

  • @AceChina
    @AceChina 25 дней назад +3

    "Guichao" is nails to my ears.

  • @garybrindle6715
    @garybrindle6715 Месяц назад +2

    Thanks Mega Build...subbed, a refreshing style which looks at the project and informs. Good use of graphics and brill drone footage with credits given. If you are needing to look at projects in Scotland contact me as I am a freelancer based there.

  • @AndyOrtiz93
    @AndyOrtiz93 Месяц назад +7

    Why isn’t this being talked about more often? This is insane! The growth that Guizhou is seeing right before our eyes left me stunned.

    • @luckyh1217
      @luckyh1217 Месяц назад

      Because the whites will not happy if talking like this , and they will get mad if talking too much.

    • @ConstantChaos1
      @ConstantChaos1 Месяц назад

      Because this isn't growth, it's using pointless infrastructure projects in a region where most people don't even have a friend who owns a car so the regional governments can use special financing vehicles to boost their GDP numbers do they meet the required levels set by Beijing. The people are starving and they are building megabridges where people don't even have cars or enough safe food to eat.

  • @danielseguin913
    @danielseguin913 Месяц назад

    Superb shots. Thanks for sharing.

  • @tonyg8471
    @tonyg8471 Месяц назад +6

    Bungee jump? I'm not even comfortable opening my eyes from a height of 600+ meters. Unless it's from the window seat on an airplane.

  • @lukeluke333lukeluke
    @lukeluke333lukeluke Месяц назад +1

    Wow! This is fantastic and interesting. Love learning and watching this video. Never know this was going on.

  • @ant0n13l
    @ant0n13l Месяц назад +11

    In my country that would be at least a billion

  • @MBSfilms77
    @MBSfilms77 Месяц назад +1

    $280M is the most reasonable price for a mega project ever. Insane to me some concept designers be saying their gonna need $280B for their "mega projects" lol

  • @2023tiger
    @2023tiger Месяц назад +2

    I can't wait to go visit and do the bungee jumping , ❤👍

  • @chesshooligan1282
    @chesshooligan1282 Месяц назад +1

    A broken bungee rope is going to kill you whether you're jumping 600 metres or 15 metres. People even have died after falling from a first-floor window (second floor in the US).

  • @c56cameo
    @c56cameo Месяц назад +3

    It's amazing what can be accomplished when your government isn't your adversary

  • @jerzypawlowski7999
    @jerzypawlowski7999 Месяц назад +1

    Amazing scenery. China is a great tourist destination.

  • @joepeach997
    @joepeach997 Месяц назад +17

    $280 Million???? That won't even pay the labor.

    • @_Mav
      @_Mav Месяц назад +4

      They are probably paid in spare change

    • @speedshen4085
      @speedshen4085 Месяц назад +9

      @@_Mav 中国建筑工人薪水不低。

    • @timothybayliss6680
      @timothybayliss6680 Месяц назад +3

      Its probably slave labor of prisoners

    • @wallmark6793
      @wallmark6793 Месяц назад

      @@timothybayliss6680 so redicilous!!!totally fake news!!

    • @speedshen4085
      @speedshen4085 Месяц назад +7

      @@timothybayliss6680 美国监狱囚犯才是强制劳动

  • @davidhull1481
    @davidhull1481 28 дней назад

    I had to check out your etymology of Guizhou and yes, you’re correct. Gui has such a different meaning now.

  • @crazeedad7813
    @crazeedad7813 Месяц назад +4

    He makes me think of Wilson from the show “Home Improvement” with that mic!

  • @JoaoSilva-on4od
    @JoaoSilva-on4od Месяц назад

    Although the video is awesome and very informative, I want to make it clear that the main reason why I am commenting this is because of the way you credited the man who shared the information with you. Well done.

  • @Jason-rn4jk
    @Jason-rn4jk Месяц назад +41

    Construction isn’t the issue….maintenance is. There’s reason the 7 great wonders of the world no longer exist.

    • @judefuselier
      @judefuselier Месяц назад +1

      Maintenance is the killer, unless this has a 100 year design life.
      Then maintenance is a generational killer...

    • @roybatty2030
      @roybatty2030 28 дней назад

      Nothing lasts forever.

    • @wenluo6617
      @wenluo6617 28 дней назад +7

      The seven wonders of the world are still on display in China after more than two thousand years, right?

    • @Cucumberflavoredmustard
      @Cucumberflavoredmustard 24 дня назад

      What? The Pyramids are still there. The Library at Alexandria was burned. The Colossus of Rhodes was an earthquake. What did I miss? Oh, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. I suppose a case of non-maintenance could be made for that, since the city was besieged, conquered, and abandoned.

    • @windglorcn8944
      @windglorcn8944 23 дня назад +5

      The Great Wall: ???

  • @jscyuen
    @jscyuen День назад

    Really like the part on the social-economic background. Put all things in perspective

  • @slayerdude212
    @slayerdude212 Месяц назад +9

    280m that’s nothing some sht bridge in Canada is 4b with another 3 with over budget

    • @ayoCC
      @ayoCC Месяц назад +2

      We have environmentalists trying to stop and delay and sue every project to balloon the costs x10. I think it's just Chinese people are more open minded to development, whereas people in the west are so comfortable, they just don't want things to change.
      There's also that in China you dont plan for opposition and you dont have opposition.
      So you can cut down the costs to the minimum amount of time, and just labor and materials.

    • @slayerdude212
      @slayerdude212 Месяц назад

      @ yeah and bridge will take 7 years to make I hate stupid liberals here

  • @ryanwantland
    @ryanwantland Месяц назад +1

    $280M yet it costs $500M to construct one phase of one BRT line in a US city like Minneapolis.

  • @EyesOfByes
    @EyesOfByes Месяц назад +18

    Glassfloor on a construction designed to flex with the wind? Nope thank you.

    • @MM-tw6cm
      @MM-tw6cm Месяц назад +2

      Not to mention the bar at the top of the tower- hmmmm alcohol and altitude served with a side of attitude- oh wait there's more, walk this way 800M over and jump !

  • @AttilatheThrilla
    @AttilatheThrilla Месяц назад

    Awesome content man!! Working on that shit would be an insane experience

  • @xalspaero
    @xalspaero Месяц назад +3

    I'm calling BS on $280M. Even $1B would be insanely cheap for something this scale. Then again, everything in the USA is overpriced AF, so who knows.

    • @ruedelta
      @ruedelta 26 дней назад

      Obviously don't compare to North America, everything is more expensive by something like a factor of x5 to x10. As for China in this case, it's economies of scale since they have built out 200+ bridges of similar make in that region. There is a lot that can be prefabbed and there isn't really a case for training, cost overruns, etc. The other big piece of help is that China tends to have a bunch of very specialized equipment for building bridges, such as the viaduct "printing" machines for their HSR.

  • @knightwolf200612
    @knightwolf200612 11 дней назад

    I'm not a bungee jumper. I both fear and love heights, so I'd definitely walk under the roadway to look at the view! I'm a car lover, and love to drive and enjoy incredible views. I live in the Netherlands and that's very boring to drive, but if ever possible I'd love to drive on those mountainous highways and enjoy the incredible bridges! Btw 280Million really doesn't seem much to me for such projects!

  • @999Joseph
    @999Joseph Месяц назад +5

    They do everything besides giving their residents proper housing

    • @homuchoghoma6789
      @homuchoghoma6789 Месяц назад

      заблуждаешься ruclips.net/video/TUHvbWLlXZM/видео.htmlsi=F6ee_Bislc9G37Sz

    • @TearsInReign
      @TearsInReign Месяц назад +1

      Just like America

  • @richardmorrison1467
    @richardmorrison1467 Месяц назад +1

    Just unbelievable engineering, great tourist destination!

  • @FrankZhang-pj9nn
    @FrankZhang-pj9nn Месяц назад +41

    no country has more tofu projects than Indian who has 5 bridges collapsed within 10 days.

    • @ParkerAt941
      @ParkerAt941 Месяц назад +4

      They sure have opportunities in the future to break their records, more in less time range.

    • @VARMOT123
      @VARMOT123 Месяц назад +1

      The projection 😂

    • @VARMOT123
      @VARMOT123 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@ParkerAt941stop projecting

    • @markchan8110
      @markchan8110 Месяц назад +8

      Indian roti bridges.

    • @manishgrg639
      @manishgrg639 Месяц назад +5

      @@markchan8110 Curry* bridges

  • @Tom-ahawk
    @Tom-ahawk 21 день назад

    Wild! I always wonder how countries plan to do maintenance on mega projects like this. I can definitely list 1000 in my country that are on borrowed time, haha.

  • @grahamneedham5028
    @grahamneedham5028 Месяц назад +4

    It would be better if your face was not obscured by the microphone.

  • @peterb9481
    @peterb9481 16 дней назад

    I’m scared of heights, but I just might do the bungee. Good vid.

  • @Afn99707
    @Afn99707 Месяц назад +15

    China is just really wonder of the world.

    • @ConstantChaos1
      @ConstantChaos1 Месяц назад

      Not really when you look at why they keep building megaptojects, its the only way for the outer provinces to meet beijing's GDP requirements, the locals don't even own cars (like less than half)

  • @Vayee
    @Vayee Месяц назад

    Appreciate Eric alot !! nice of him fr

  • @mechannel7046
    @mechannel7046 Месяц назад +8

    More China-related videos, please 🙏

  • @nlee8801
    @nlee8801 Месяц назад +1

    Wow, what a incredible bridge and smart ideas!

  • @Brandon-nk4fm
    @Brandon-nk4fm Месяц назад +3

    Consider removing the black screen infront of the mic so we can actually see your face.

    • @watsong24
      @watsong24 22 дня назад

      Or better don't show at all 😂

    • @etbuch4873
      @etbuch4873 13 дней назад

      Why would he risk his own life by showing his face while trying so hard to do a huge favor to the US-ed collective West by telling the truth about China? Bulletproof vest is not cheap, and it doesn't cover his skull. Besides, could he really wear a bulletproof vest 24/7 all year round for years?

  • @shilongtang549
    @shilongtang549 24 дня назад +2

    These mountainous areas have faced poor transportation and economic challenges for years. The funding for building this bridge might come from taxes collected in wealthier regions, and it could take 100 years to recoup the costs. In Western countries, such a project might be rejected. However, in China, the principle is that some become prosperous first, followed by others, ultimately achieving common prosperity. this is CCP commitee, step by step, they are coming true.