China’s Belt and Road Initiative is the biggest infrastructure project in the world. Why are G7 countries worried? And what’s China’s endgame? #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann explains.
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you are oddly optimistic about BRI that’s strange
Current superpower is in the business of destruction and the raising is in the business of construction!!
G7 is a joke and serves their interest only … at least this belt & road is helping countries develop despite some negative that comes with it unlike some who only knows how to use threats, sanctions, & weapons (looking at you US, EU).
It was probably announced in 2013, but China and Pakistan continued fixing the Karakoram Highway throughout the decade before that. The plan is much older than 2013.
us brings waar.. china bring investments..
It’s a brilliant project,with every one in a win win situation.
Its a great project for Chinese economy. Its an exploitative one for partners
Only USA and the west is to blame. African countries borrowed money from western controlled institutions, like the IMF and World Bank, and had to follow all their economic policies for the loan. It turned out almost all African countries that had to follow IMF’s economic policies, defaulted because there was very little to no growth in their economy. After they default, guess what? Magically, African natural and agricultural resources were controlled and exploited by western corporations! Oh, and African nations are still trying to pay off the loan that they borrowed from the IMF. That’s not debt trap, but that is slave debt perpetuity.
When you see monks protesting, you know that someone is using religion as a political tool.
Lol no, that’s a dumb assumption
China’s belt and loan initiative
Western dont understand other countries, Western think DEMOCRACY is like GOD gift. Western will interfere, invade ,exploit wherever they go. B3W is sure to fail.
I can see my country Kenya
To my surprise, AJ is indeed capable of shedding a fair spotlight on China in this regard. A lot less like the typical Western media.
The crux of the entire bruhaha comes in her last sentence : “Some countries really don’t like the idea of the Chinese calling the shots.” Jealous? Envious? Racist? Bigotous?
Racist, definitely racist.
Its because China is autocratic. People just conveniently ignore that countries like Japan, South Korea, are thrown in with the west, but some how the west is anti Asian.
The world wouldn’t have a problem with China if it wasn’t so shady.
@Kongajinken Japan and South Korea are stooges for the West. Racist calling China (who is eating lunch) shady, not the first time.
@Kongajinken Conveniently, Japan and Korea both have American military bases in their country and thus are hardly sovereign countries. Furthermore, have you forgotten the anti-Japanese riots which was promoted by the US government in the 1980s? During which they boycotted Japanese products and smashed them?
@Kongajinken Stop trying to make excuses for your racism, admit it you guys hates it when people of colour can stand up for themselves.
A road is a road!! It should have quality and right price!! Why Western world is so much bother about governance??!!! Developing countries will go after sustainable and qualitative infrastructure. Who ever can mach with this condition they will be welcomed!! Others can wait outside the door!!
Ok, no problem for that, & for humanities good ! we only question why he, chinese goverment already grab islands of which are not legally thiers ? thats a big question for the world to know whats actually really is happening in the south china sea, they also don’f want us to extract natural resources from our own EEZ , thats what you call a good natured kind of government ?
Consider how china treats Tibet, Hong Kong, Taiwan the Phillipines and other neighbors as you decide the political consequences. Consider the damage ecological policies of china on china´s own environment as you decide the health consequences. Consider china´s abuse of it own citizens. Do you think your own results will be any better?
Philippines and China actually have close tides. The fake news in the west states other wise.
@Rippinkitten18 50 cent army response. maybe duterte likes China- the fishermen do not like the naval invasion.
Belt and road initiative project by china is an opportunity to the world countries for economic development.While for the Imperialist/dictator US/ EUROPE is a treat to their bankrupt ecomomy/bad policy/interest to poor countries
Imitation is the best form of flattery. Let’s see what happens to the Biden’s Build Back Better infrastructure program. So far a lot of noise but no action. the US is struggling with infrastructure within its own border – it may not have the competence to help others.
How long the west has been in Africa? Yes The only thing they know is robbery and disable country’s for their own gain. Thank you China and the belt and road initiative
As a sri lankan I can say this is 100% true. We are almost bankrupt due these massive useless projects.
Hambantota port
when Hambantota port becomes next HK or Singapore in future, your son will feel regretted that why China didn’t rent more ports.
@People Liberator lol even though it become Hong Kong or Singapore .then what will happen the money which will be gain by that port would be directly benefit to china not srilanka . Because Hambantota port is being purchased by china .
@Ankur Kumar do you want to live in Singapore?
Those shitholes in Asia, Africa and Latin America can also sign up big loans for their B3W infrastructure projects drawn up by World bank consultants with debt repayment guarantees from IMF
This is called real reporting about BRI….. unbiased.
And no offense but why did you change the seat
Never follow us to another war to all the who it may concern
G7 is copying china with B3W?
When the West offers an alternative to China’s BRI through their own initiative, the question that pops into a curious mind is “Why _now_ ?”
Where was this “generosity” all these years? Will it continue to exist if China no longer poses a threat to the West?
You see they want to defend poor countries like they defended Greece….Greece GDP is 210 billion dollar, its debt is 414 billion. How Greece got there? German banks gave loans, then they gave more loans “bail out” but not to fix the problem but the previous loans payments to be paid so they themselves tha baks dont look bad with defaulting loans…they kept bailing out themselves. Now they want to save those poor countries from China…they will give loans that comes with strings that make those countries broke forever. Western powers never wanted Asian and African countries to develop. When Iran was like European countries they broke the Shah and financed Khomeini….nobody can be too good or competitive…
Best analysis on BRI. Keep up the good work
Olhò Marcelo
I’d like to make a direct investment in her djibooty
That woman looks western why tf is she defending china?
I SMELL JEALOUSY AND HYPOCRISY FROM THE G7 AND ITS ALLIES. CHINA PROVIDES LOANS JUST LIKE ANY OTHE BANKS. NOBODY FORCE THEM TO BORROW MONEY BUT THEMSELVES. CHINA BUILDS INFRASTRUCTURE, PORTS, HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS, ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING! THE WEST IS BUILDING MILITARY BASES, B💣MBS, MISSILES, WARS, COLONIZATION, OCCUPATION, AND ENSLAVE CERTAIN GROUPS OF PPL SPECIFICALLY THE AFRICAN CONTINENT.
All these idiots who are praising China and thinking the BRI are something good for their country: You are just too naive for the Chinese. The Chinese Communist Party is no one’s friend, their BRI plan is for no one’s interest but themselves. Just see what happened to the countries like Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Djibouti, and many African countries, that got enormous loans from China. They could not return it and now have to compromise their sovereignty. If you think your country will be different, you are just too stupid to see it. Wake the F up. While US is no angel, but CCP will screw you much worse. Your politicians will be corrupted by China, your government will be a vassal to China, your resource will be exploited, and all the constructions China promises you will be done by a Chinese company with Chinese workers. You will just watch how you are getting screwed over. Ask this from Uyghurs, Tibetans, Hongkongers, and they will tell you that only a fool trusts the Chinese Communist Party or Chinese government.
USA and European kick out
Loans and infrastructure?
Would you rather have the USA just come and take it?
Lets make one thing clear. China did not force their loan on any countries, they offered loans to countries that already been rejected by world bank, ADB, IMF or other west controlled investment banks. For developed countries democracy is a good idea, but is it good for countries that are lagging behind? Moreover, democracy is fruitful when media is impartial and transparent. Show me a country where media has this feature.
Yes, of course. *Fox and CNN* are the best examples of freedom of speech … and the best of what western democracy can give.
Hahaha….
Is aljazeera just anti-western now?
The main purpose of the routs is not moving goods around, it’s for moving china’s population to countries and gradually control those countries, economic and political benefits are naturally comes after that. corruption is china’s most effective weapon.
China’s diplomatic principle is non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries
Wumao, Im not stupid to believe a single thing coming out of CCP. China has long history of debt trap scheme, bullying and idiot wolf warriors wumao.
Are you saying the west wants to push for their own version of *debt trap?* A better debt trap?
It’s simple, US has mostly been invading countries for the security of itself by countering Russia and sometimes for the security of Israel by weakening neighboring countries while China has been investing in other countries for its economic security of course. Maybe Sri Lanka could not pay back the loan and China took over but now china is developing a new city on a reclaimed land which is going to benefit Sri Lanka.
We welcome china for this huge project for business from Pakistan
1ST Class journalism. Keep up the excellent work! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Obor：
of course, we can’t just all praise china but there are things that they have done like as Pakistani, we seriously had a shortage of electricity and there were like 10 hours of load shedding in our cities before china poured their money into Pakistan’s power sector. Now I know these projects have consequences but still we have something now as compared to USAID, IMF and World Ban loans where they gave the money but never ever built anything productive here.
For so many years Us and his allies are not willing to lend a penny to the poor to build a concrete road…and now they don’t allow others to lend money to the third worlds. So what they really want is to make sure the poor will always be poor…
Building rails where it doesnt make any logistical sense and debt trapping nations
Yes but the Sri Lankas port was never profitable before nor after China barely any ships go there. China is just throwing away money for the Sri Lanka port the only reason they are willing to pay it because it is a strategical location for them
India stands against it and India alone in Asia is capable of opposing china pakistan is just a puppet state
The USA has more than 20 bases in Africa China has 1 but they say china is in Africa
Western money is always well spent. There’s no corruption and undercut by middleman, like a tomahawk missile, straight to target. And the only country should be worried about Chinese debt trap is USA. Most of Chinese lending goes to USA.
europe is dead
the vile communist regime is quietly conquering the world and to extinguishing democracy & flexing their muscle using their economic power. There are no opposition voices in their agenda. World…open your eyes & look what they are doing to those poor Asian/African countries, Hong Kong & Taiwan.
Her voice is everything 😎
BRI communist garbage good luck with it!
Chinese have a saying ” A close neighbour is better than a distance relative.” That’s how Chinese value their neighbour. Just look at US and it’s neighbour’s relationship, they let the Firm and Co-operation went there as a capitalist to some 3rd world naive national got into either got sucked dry or corruption. Don’t forget Xi in 2012 clear up the country’s corruption before he started the eradication
White countries see anything that are positive as a threat 😂
China’s futuristic space station is extremely advanced.
One belt and one road is splendid plan for deeply undeveloped countries to get fast development on industrialization ，not like The bomb surprises from USA
China promotes building ,US promotes killing 😄
China: Puts other countries in debt
USA: Puts other countries in the grave
😂 😂 😂 The whole world is shaking because of China
Well China is autocratic in a sense that it rules itself and doesn’t let others rule it while it works through it’s functional Confucionist dictatorships, The USA is democratic in a sense that it has elections to satisfy the population with the feeling of democracy while the country is run and controlled by oligarchs. The real issue is not the difference between these two being democracy and autocratic countries. The difference is that China does not want to change any of the countries that they deal with, or involved their internal affairs. On the other hand USA/UK and the rest want to control, direct and manage those independent nations if they do business with them. So let the nations decide s the lady said…simple. By the way Al Jazeera should back the initiative since Arabic countries will have better roads and transportation for trade, means more money in the Middle East.
The problem about world banks and IMF that no much attractive to East Asian that’s there are too many regulation that alienated those country away
China needs to sells it’s goods. This network will help it do so. Also it would help China takeover Eurasia quickly and efficiently.
investment and infrastructure is risk, is usa’s army good ? so ridiculas
Hah! Haters gonna hate!
great video! can you guys do topics on
– why Tokyo Olympics still continues despite high infection rates?
– why US sides with Israel so much in Palestinian conflict?
– why vaccine diplomacy is on the rise, and which vaccine stats are more accurate?
– why US is abandoning the war in Afghanistan against Taleban?
– why some countries do not want to wear masks despite high no. of cases?
IMF put sanctions on countries if they cannot pay back on time .
I stand with cpec
Very mature content and things are changing in Chinese favour because Chinese believe to win people hearts and minds by building schools, universities,hydropower project, railway stations and alot more and other side their are bombing the indigenous people, sabotaging their regime, migration, suffering, looting their country weather like devils ,what a shame for the west and it’s allies their hypocrisy and double standards….let’s sanity and peace prevail,go out of our lands and resources ,I m asking USA and it’s brutal regime and it’s inhuman and barbaric army for Bombing innocent people and civilian population.enough is enough….love long china model of construction ….👍
and USA version is lets introduce our business partners Freedom aka Backpack Nuke and Democracy aka ICBM, we have successful implementations just ask Iraq, Syria they all love us
USA: my debt trap is better than China’s
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For the last 50 years, the West have been ignoring Asia and Africa unless they can start a war or something nefarious. Suddenly, a development program for third world countries became important. This is China’s contribution to all third world countries. Forcing the Western White countries to move from a purely dominating and exploitative policy to hopefully one of equitable development for the third world. Screams of debt trap are purely a Western White invention to stop third world countries from getting infrastructures, that the West should have help built.
the B3W will not work, it will fail like the IMF and World bank did, the West would have done that 30 years ago if they had the ability, they don’t, developing countries need ports and roads, what they don’t need is a foreign country step on their head and say hey you need to do this and that and then here is the 1 million dollar for you although you asked for 100 million
All looks good from the outside but is rotten to the core the countries that take the money but I will one day end up like slaves and own nothing
it is hilarious to call it a debt trap, no one force you to take the loans, and if there is corruption like the president of the country take that money to gain supports, that’s the problem of democracy
usa invest in laos drop 2 million ton of bombs in laos.bombs are still killing or injuring 1000s while china bri bought railway new dams and new roads. what would people choose..? if west pay attention it means chyna is doing something right. chyna take center stage in g7 and nato meetings..
It’s a disaster for my country
Let’s talk about female rights in Qatar
Eurocentric thing is on its downfall !
China Has Never Invaded Another Country….
On The Other Hand USA has spend 90%+ of their time in wars
Thanks for China 💐
Nonsence, Its a debt trap from CCP
I am a huge fan of such journalism, it is not tilted towards any particular country. It let’s viewers decide… Thanks!
No war. The US brings war. China brings prosperity.
Leave the world to USA , they will fight for 20 years then USA would say they were not came to save Afghanistan . They are just looting .
USA : How can we stop China from becoming the strongest economy in the world.
We upset cos we wanted china to build the road connecting us. Send the virus to stop them.
I love your presentation,but more your astonishing beauty
China is just doing what the west did hundreds of years ago. Remember the East India Company? history just repeats itself.
China is doing the right thing in this world. All countries get a better standard of living.
except the west has zero intention to compete with BRI, the real intention is to sabotage it
I think must country will follow China
“China would grow larger!” “I build for China!” -Command and Conquer Generals
Okay lah for China to spend 1.3 trillion dollars for BRI projects that could benefit other countries rather than like uncle Sam & OTAN spent 2 trillion dollars just to benefit the war industrial complex and yet produced disasters to the Afghan people.
Al Jazeera you’re such a biased and racist news agency you can never dare making comments on western colonialism never ever but you always want to figure out China plans, China has never colonized and massacred any countries unlike the west, don’t be such a biased agency