China's gateway to Europe – the New Silk Road (1/2) | DW Documentary

CA 9+ DW is a German public broadcast service. Wikipedia China's gateway to Europe – the New Silk Road (1/2) | DW Documentary 630,784 views •Dec 7, 2020 6.3K 1.1K Share Save DW Documentary 2.66M subscribers The "New Silk Road" is an enormous Chinese international development project. It's a trade network that involves Asia, Africa, and Europe -- and more than 70 countries are already involved. It may turn the old world order upside down. China is investing in bridges, port facilities, railroads, and roads around the world. Beijing is spending several hundred billion euros on what it calls the "Silk Road Economic Belt." Chinese President Xi Jinping says the project will provide development opportunities and wealth for China and the entire world. Beijing will take the lead role in building this infrastructure network. After the financial crisis in Greece, no European country wanted to invest there -- but China saw an opportunity, and bought shares in the port of Piraeus. By 2016, Beijing owned a majority of shares. The Greek dockworkers' union still finds it hard to accept that the port no longer belongs to Greece. In 2019, Italy joined the Silk Road project -- and signed a memorandum of understanding with China on development of the port of Trieste. But critics warn that the "Silk Road" project will allow Beijing to spread its influence around the world. Europe is divided between those who favor such cooperation, and those who oppose it. Part 2: https://youtu.be/V2C0sMXyD80​ ------------------------------------------------------------------- DW Documentary gives you knowledge beyond the headlines. Watch top documentaries from German broadcasters and international production companies. Meet intriguing people, travel to distant lands, get a look behind the complexities of daily life and build a deeper understanding of current affairs and global events. Subscribe and explore the world around you with DW Documentary. Subscribe to: DW Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW39...​ DW Documental (Spanish): https://www.youtube.com/dwdocumental​ DW Documentary وثائقية دي دبليو: (Arabic): https://www.youtube.com/dwdocarabia​ For more visit: http://www.dw.com/en/tv/docfilm/s-3610​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwdocumentary/​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dw.stories​ We kindly ask viewers to read and stick to the DW netiquette policy on our channel: https://p.dw.com/p/MF1G​ 3,182 Comments Auggie Giuseppe Add a public comment... Treasure Hunter Treasure Hunter 2 months ago LOL. EU complains about Greece being lazy and not working, but start crying about it when China invests in Greece! Just help them yourselves then! 32 Lim chea ting Lim chea ting 2 months ago if the West really value Human Rights that much, you all should stop buying oil from Saudi Arabia 657 J Nüsslein J Nüsslein 2 months ago DW: I want dark and murky tint covering this documentary. 350 iONLY iONLY 2 months ago Nobody is forcing Euro nations to sign these deals😂😂I'm so confused in the outrage... They sign deals so you got to obey the terms 104 Nate Mullikin Nate Mullikin 2 months ago Capitalism is awesome when your're dominating it. 376 Tkl Tkl 2 months ago Knew DW won't let me down. Dark color, tragic music. What a doom it would be when your long enjoyed superior position is going be challenge. 202 Howard Assmann Howard Assmann 2 months ago The Westerns respect Human rights but not Human Lives👏 73 holycow343 holycow343 2 months ago don't want to do business with china because of "human rights"..... so why do business with the USA they violate tons of human rights within their own country and internationally. 222 andy Gian andy Gian 2 months ago Now you know how eastern countries and africa feel about western countries, 75 Cyril Diaz Cyril Diaz 2 months ago the first guy who said about human rights is not living on earth