everything is online mel file and interactive then jim and jeffrey 50 w. . as long as. i know just to go today nothing would change you know the banks. and so watch the language of the bank. speaking the truth global news that matters g.w. made for mines. from. china's legendary silk road was one of the wonders of the ancient world now this trade route is being brought back to life on the new silk road is a vast undertaking and a demonstration of power and the might. hundreds of billions of

euros are flowing into new infrastructure away lines harbors streets bridges and tunnels in 65 different countries it's a project the likes of which the world has never seen. it's a powerful vision and for many an inspiring one. for some it represents opportunity for others misery. china is reaching toward the west along the new silk road we retraced 2 of these routes traveling from china to germany from the city of shenzhen to the city of to spork. we travel thousands of kilometers overland to central asia. and resale to thousands of kilometers across the oceans of southeast asia following the major overseas trade routes. we have traveled great distances but europe. it's still far away.

and we retrace the route of the caravans heading west crossing remote passes in the t. on shon mountains. it's a journey into the past along the ancient silk road. a route that today is marked by hope and opportunity and by burdensome debts and dependence on china. the route followed by the ancient traders and their caravans was filled with danger . there are arrival at tosh rabat gave them a temporary respite. here they found food and shelter and were able to exchange

goods and information about the journey ahead. to. the markets of kyrgyzstan still bare traces of this history. aku back back to our offer is a nomad a day ago he left his yurt near song called lake early this morning he arrived at the market in cos core. full of those little puzzle because this is the main trading season many come here from afar to make their purchases and then they bring the honor most to kazakhstan as well to cause us to believe that. a cool back enjoys the bustle of the market after the silence of his home near the lake. but. he's planning to buy a horse. and he knows exactly what he's looking for. out of the compound of some of those. 2 you have to stroke them they like that

a good sign if it stays calm when i stroke it then i know it'll do what i ask it to because it is a little tough. but the purchase will have to wait. back has invested in the promises of the new silk road and that's pushed him to the financial brink. much the same as has happened to the country of kyrgyzstan but he invites us to visit his home to find out more. the wide expanse is all wild and untamed to untag the government believes to improve infrastructure it's gone deeply into debt with chinese companies. in the early evening i call back and his grandchildren round up the herd. the family has bought 3 new yorks with their savings. on the.

roof they're intended for tourists who want to venture and a taste of the simple life. is to a nearby and but them and we're not afraid of anything. alone has already improved here in the last 8 years. our standard of living is much higher now. in the. if we do. the family hopes that money and affluence will come from the tourists who booked overnight stays here and the chinese who have promised to invest on a grand scale. in india i believe the silk road still exists. because the those values still exist so that's a fact. every country can profit from cradle long the silk road as was. but

what if these hopes are not fulfilled in the search for a better life things of great value might also be lost. at the world nomad games tradition still holds sway. and his master norbeck are local celebrities norbeck raised the falcon and says it's like a son to him but norbeck needs the falcon every bit as much as the falcon. when i remove the hood. spray and flies to capture it. he sees for me. it into a. that's true or that it might 1st seem your back is blind . norbeck took gold at the 28000 world nomad games his brother on back knows who they have to thank for it.

we were hoping for 3rd place and everyone was shocked when he took gold. nor back his promise to show his nephew some of the tricks of the trade. that. the family is proud of their showing at the nomad games. but they also wonder whether they'll be able to maintain their culture and traditions. you know that's all we don't need gold we need clean water the mountains earth us nature. so far our people haven't seen any good come of the chinese investment that's why we're taking to the streets that's why there's been arson. give us a call. on april 11th 2018 there was a violent protest over a gold mine built in cause i'm on with chinese investment. about

a 1000 people were here and they lost their patience. they don't listen to anyone. they burned the building to the ground on their t.v.'s most of us every day i mean this is what's left of the gold rush obviously some village elders are willing to speak with us. they brought documents to show what the chinese mining company has been planning what sparked the weeks of protest against. the old soviet era mine was believed to contain some 40 tons of gold. the chinese wanted to take it over but local say they had no permits. from sugar then this little consistency it creates our land kyrgyzstan and why should we give our land to a bunch of chinese with no permits it is leading to skin be. up to 7 tons of gold might lie beneath this field full of mining waste the soviets mind using toxic sodium cyanide. could that account for the cases of cancer in the

village and what were the chinese planning the village elders say the cure is authorities answered none of these questions. the government didn't investigate all the illnesses here they just want chinese money they don't care about us that that. everyone from the chinese to the kyrgyz government wants a share of the golden cause i'm on. in the end the chinese left. this time. but the flow of goods is awakening hopes along the new silk road the chinese initiative wants to vastly increase the amount of freight transported by rail. and they're planning many new cargo relay junctions to transfer containers to the gauge of the russian made track. along the maritime silk road we find ourselves at another junction thousands of kilometers

from china a country has now gained access to another deep sea port some 40 percent of the world's oil passes through here for china the port of quite dar is another base in its string of pearls. such on how good morning in chinese the teacher. started in china a stroke of good fortune because that's now come in handy here in quite dark aftab wants to help others here reap the same benefits without a lot of. our side i didn't have this opportunity to learn in my hometown learn chinese but they have so. we have a life our children really can be good chinese they have good business to do with

their. this school has facilities that many others in the country can only dream of all financed with money from beijing china is investing in the young people of pakistan. for off topic teaching is only a sideline he's actually an engineer and he has plenty of work to keep him busy china and pakistan are building for the future each in their own way. is the force on the side the chinese on the budgets done for the likes of you to get a good job. but you're working for china and yet that big must go to light about this. and.

they were building a road to china. one day i'll be able to drive home on it you. know silk road will bring us together we're friends and that you might help if. the chinese may be friends but they're under guard on the construction sites and elsewhere in the city block to stand is a conflict zone where violence and terrorism are rife foreigners are especially at risk many locals regard them as invaders and not investors. we stand here is a very terrible. towards the extent to place the interest on the floor so we go the . 3 chinese engineers died in that attack jango as young as a businessman and he knows that a lot at stake here for both countries. people cannot move freely. that the few

flee the big the 2nd to achieve will be affected power on the other side please understand that the government or the army are responsible person this. gen boy was sent here to turn quite dark into a transit hub china has signed a 40 year lease on the ports but it's conditions are being cancelled largely out of public view we are not permitted to film on site where dar has a clear strategic value as a gateway to the arabian sea but it's unclear whether china's interest is only an economic one some believe it might also have military significance for beijing. or you. break close to see the i don't know what's in there scared of. the military. is really pissed about this country. and it is.

and you see we don't have any history of. any countries. the chinese presence is impossible to overlook and more on the way the china communications construction company is planning more projects here the construction giant has big plans in what i. and i think around 5000 people are going to come chinese people going to go on but for this project i think maybe 802 like this you've overcome for this. it's going to be like a little china town just definitely china. ya ya grew up in quite dark after studying in karachi he returned home for him the arrival of the china. spells

an opportunity. to use it a creature to save money but that is what a space definitely you're walking in a new quad to. your morning toward our future and there's a future bother you're part of it. definitely on you know following a number of this. this optimistic outlook can't be taken for granted in god. but for other people here peace and prosperity seem but a dream they fear they've been forgotten and will keep falling further behind. and they feel deep resentment of those who are proclaiming the arrival of a new golden future. the world live but the chinese only care

about their own interests they want to make a lot of money here they don't care about what happens to the poor to us maybe one day they know why yeah money arsenical. they're taking everything. right our doesn't belong to us anymore they take in the ocean from us the land there's nothing left men like us have no work no think. the arrival of the chinese seems to have further splits the region some stand to benefit others to lose everything. we resume our journey 98 percent of all goods on the new silk road are transported by ship the advantages of a maritime route are way the risks just as they did centuries ago. ships sent on. from sura to distant shores turning into

a trading empire ship building also has a long history here but the wooden dowel but it's a vanishing the last dour shipyard insua is run by the alligator me family that keeping the traditional line down to the last detail. boil soaked constant seals the gaps between clanks collets family have been building downs for generations. it's in our blood and we passed it on to our children god willing we'll continue doing this work for a long time. they build without a plan creating the entire ship from memory and the work is done by hand as it's always been. the reputation of

a ship builders is keeping the tradition alive times are changing machines have replaced sales but for us seafaring in trade is still an important tradition. but. oman has a rich history and thanks to the country's wealthy today but oil reserves are finite what will happen after they're gone we continue through the desert pressing forward through the heat and sand. finally we reach water in the very modern shipyard where at the dry dock into come . ships are repaired here and readied for the next voyage the former fishing village has become a major hub on the new silk road. truly

you get many different tell you see in. europe shaped from a critic from issue as the. way from a good location having the right course of for there being an attorney if it's nearby. or. and it begins to. look i'm is now an economic free zone which offers incentives to investors from all over the world including china. it's up to a man his job to bring in the chinese investors he says the chinese have vision and energy. shining is the out of it it is a very active. fairly fast sometimes you'll feel them they're out of fairness no i didn't. but in that. they would have been out of

their program well. i've been there but i've been there that they don't get there but walk. after that they would have stopped us to see that area there isn't much to be seen yet but the china oman industrial park is shantel to go up here manufacturing facilities pipelines oil fields and a hospital out of thin air. at least there you can sleep but frankly it's a real fire you know very ambitious. desk now working in. a cluster of containers in the middle of nowhere this is just the beginning inside 2 men share a space of 12 square meters. they're far from home but earning good money. wages here are quite

a bit higher than in china. so are they happy here. blue on we chinese are industrious people well there's either that that's not the case when it comes to our foreign workers to look as though it was the new tool to be honest they're a bit lazy. we seldom see the hoover the only little. workers from all over the region have come to work you know mom used to low wages at home they're a pliable workforce. but. when you come from from bangladesh if you plan on your part and you don't know. how to start new york some. folks from pakistan by you know this.

demand almost seem to be marching information they'll work under the brutal desert sun to bring china's planned to fruition but most of them have never heard of the new silk road they're working to feed their families back at home. the grand visions they leave to the chinese. here are very important and their stride the. play is you know it is the years chinese government puts their chinese companies under prices go all out of the county florida why is all the one belt one road one beltre also known as the new silk road demand sacrifices from the chinese to we work here half a year we have the one we can call to our family but we also know why did our family bring our family to here but no here no place. maybe after one year we come

pouring over a farm in the 5 years to here. they are seeking their fortunes here in the desert and adding another link to china's new silk road. some are calling the city of stone. it was also a stop along the route of the ancient silk road. after the harsh terrain of the tian shan mountains summer cond welcomed the caravans with one of the wealthiest civilizations of central asia. a lot of the. people. the madrassas of samarkand are still overflowing with gold and ornate decorations.

we're meeting one of these better stands backers of the new silk road. but i bet austin off speaks excellent german and will be our translator into your guide. tonight he's serving coffee peel off the traditional feast. and the silk road didn't only transport ideas it also disseminated ideas and recipes for prof speak when people from spain come to his back is fan are served prof they say oh this is spanish by you know. how you not. plus is traditionally eaten with the fingers not so easy for a left hander. and traditionally we eat our food with our right hand as. i should have known. everywhere in samarra cond there are signs of how far west we ventured . the influence of ancient persia is also visible everywhere beca stan was once the

center of an empire. 7 in the 12th and 13th centuries culture and scholarship flourished here. timor also known as tom alain was a great patron of art and culture and a brutal tyrant. his tomb is still an object of veneration. boy beck has taken us to the bazaar of book. a place filled with hidden treasures from old sock on. he picks up a small dusty binder almost at random. and dining onto you're holding history in your hand that tells a 1000 years old 900 years old is 700 years old 200 years old. the coins come from far and wide china persia greece they're

a testament to the travel and trade that shaped the region over the centuries. to do this is for them this is just old plunder for me it's history it's each item tells a beautiful story from the days of the old silk or. just used this is one of the oldest books according to our modern day calendar is from the 17th century. i find it very sad when these books are bought by tourists and end up in europe somewhere they should stay here we need to build museums for the. most minimal scene organs and. we continue onward these cotton fields white gold. stand has long been accused of using forced labor in the cotton harvest they say that's no longer the case but taking pictures here is still prohibited. we wonder how carefully factory owners are monitoring compliance with

labor laws. this new factory processes raw cotton into thread. the managers come from china the high tech equipment from germany built and run by the chinese with high tech equipment made in germany from companies recently bought out by the chinese only the workers and the cotton are from here. the railway. free we invested here because the cost for water electricity gas and wages is much lower in speculate on that in china. the room tiriel cotton is also a lot less expensive here. i usually say to me you. china is buying high tech equipment from germany and cheap labor from pakistan. china is also benefiting from tax breaks. but what about the end product. one in geo that

was back german forum for human rights claims that abuses are ongoing. their companies from its own from around here are fortunately or where do you buy it from . joy or what georges or from the state trade center that is that government sets the price you know why don't you. the chinese don't want to know more. the gone goes to factories to be manufactured into products made in china. consumers won't be told where the cotton came from. perhaps that's always been the case on the silk road. the value of the goods is what counts not where or how it was made. we continue onward to the bosphorus where asia m's and europe begins. the afternoon sun bays istanbul in

a golden light. the rider on pommel has said that istanbul is marked by a special melancholy a kind of hazy memory of last grander coupled with decay 7. the last capital of the ottoman empire was a jewel on the ancient silk road the caravans arrived here filled with treasures that ended up in the city's palaces and bazaars. candied fruit. exotic fragrances. all that and more can still be found in istanbul spice market.

lulay isn't interested in that right now. she's a natural optimist but today is putting a dent in that. she runs a shop in the asian market nearby the risen isn't going well after a few hours a customer buy something she ordered from china. since the start of the economic crisis and the collapse of the turkish lira everything's changed. so. i used to have customers lining up to get in and lines at the cash register people would hurry to pay they'd get here early to be 1st in the door those were the days now days hours can go by without a customer sounds an issue. cool. lulay still has a boat from the days when business was booming element but perhaps she's been in istanbul long enough to have acquired some of the city's melancholy its memory of

better days. the chinese who come to the city today are brimming with optimism their vision of the future extends well past istanbul and into the heart of europe. they're not interested in souvenirs they're planning a high speed rail corridor through the balkans that will help open the door to chinese goods and influence. when it we're on the outskirts of belgrade but it almost feels like china. employees of the china railway company are standing at attention. with the whole for the state owned company this is the flagship project even though they've been avoiding publicity. why are they building a new high speed rail link between belgrade and budapest.

and on the chinese have. a great deal of experience when it comes to modernizing old rail lines you will observe local rules and standards here as well as e.u. regulations that's the normal process we follow on any construction project that onto what i'm going to do but. it's apparent that who young young is choosing his words carefully. and this construction site is one of the most unusual we've encountered on our journey. a single excavator is clearing the old railway track bed in front of a watching crowd of chinese. but perhaps today is giving a mistaken impression. this construction site is supposed to be china's gateway to the heart of europe. we continue onward to hungary. our train isn't a high speed link yet. why is china moving toward europe what will it mean for its

citizens and why is the railway project so expensive. we have an appointment with someone who has been studying the project for quite some time. more than a 1000000000 euro for such a long stretch seems rather high doesn't it this sunday are enough left loose so soon there is new to build a new tools are needed for jeez it's a very very simple as the return from a net engineering point of view says indeed super expensive and the belief in religion over billions of dollars. the projects model is a familiar one chinese banks are making loans in chinese companies are doing the building others will be left with the bill therefore the order is given doing something in the world at the bottom of this or on his side that will determine the sentence you repeat from the sons of time that this is a win win situation it's actually means that china least was. the solution to.

these concerns don't seem to worry hungary's government while europe appears mired in self doubt admiration for the chinese system is growing the chinese way of business may be ruthless and anti-democratic but it gets results quickly this model is now making inroads in europe travelling along the new silk road. we now passed through the suez canal to reach europe by the maritime groups many cities in europe are vying to become the next gateway for the new silk road ma say in the south of france stands a good chance. that. we arrive at a village near the port a chinese village built out of containers on the edge of ma say. i.

the ma say international fashion center is a center for textile wholesalers who deal in fashions made in asia. madame chong is a wholesaler who occupies one of the containers she sends her wares to shops across france while the country may be famous for. she's doing a booming business you got a lot on that. graphic yesterday kyra and real magician maybe think today's made in china from the big companies the luxor relabels it's all made there and sent here nothing's made in france and you know. we work hard and we're proud of that the entire world knows that the chinese are industrious and hard workers and our

quality is improving all the time that. you can still work by the chinese clock watches. europe is hungry for fashionable clothing at low prices china is thirsty for expensive wine. i don't make the one i enjoy the one. think a big part of a big part of working in wine is you do need the business aspect that's very important for decision making but also it's it is an art it is an appreciation of lifestyle and if you can never forget that or else it becomes a little too. it you lose the magic. the magic of wine brought howard kwok to bordeaux 10000 kilometers from. the vineyard here belongs to him as

does the wine he's the youngest child of an entrepreneur based in hong kong the family has been snapping up wineries in southwestern france for years that latest acquisition is chateau better foam bed ca and a state that includes almost 14 head intensive vines. it's magnificent we've noticed this properties as 2010 every time we drive by we look at. you know it's only if we're now where it's our turn since 2015 we thought one almost every year between 60 and 70 of at this moment we want to we need to. restore and clean up the existing properties we have that would be our number one goal and what i think building our brand as well once that's done i think i think all is possible we're willing to consider consider

a more offers. and. if we go to the market it's a center of commerce and of local concert when it comes to the topic of the chinese presence in bordeaux many here have strong opinions. global warming. jollity she won't refuse turbot people to try to remember. where you are chateau are wine. of the what would you say in germany are favored by the brandenburg gate a few people noted on. the pic. de dooper to use soon came here 12 years ago france is now home but she doesn't feel like she completely belongs here. still she takes that in her stride off it this is something on my to do you not let it go it's understandable the french

don't know us we're strangers the chinese have a warm heart but we're a bit reserved. chinese people tend to stick to their own kind i'm different i'm married to a frenchman and speak the language that makes it easier watch this off it while on the. playing. fire how well. it was for a husband fabrice tries his hand at some chinese. but dale ends up translating. the group are students of and knology the science of wine and wine making. for you they're here to learn about french wine making but china is importing knowledge not just wine. to the chinese market has grown more diverse over the years for example china is a key importer of sweet white wines which we make here out of our late harvest. our

sales figures for these products our story and the chinese market is clearly the driving force behind that. locomotive the 2 says. this is new here. i care a lot about this business and the wine is perfect not just sweet but with an interesting aroma perfect for chinese who are just learning to enjoy wine i saw it was if i should have. a couple have bridged the gap between china and france personally and professionally so who's the driving force behind the business side of things. a chinese proverb says men are in charge of the big things women handle the details but 90 percent of life is in the details. so there you have it. at times

the new silk road ends up in rather unexpected places. after thousands of kilometers over land and sea we finally end up induce. a city in germany's industrial heartland that has seen its fortunes decline now it's on the map again do spork is home to europe's largest in little port thanks to china its fast becoming europe's main logistics hub. in china is also acquire. stakes in german companies. the harbor c.e.o. eric schmidt aka sees both risks and opportunities. and us on the on the name it's not right that our companies can't acquire more than a 50 percent share in chinese companies but the chinese can purchase 100 percent of european companies. so i'm critical or worried. in the end it's

a political question with us especially for europe dick was on the dole position putting. the new silk road has made promises of prosperity and growth to many people. but china's ambitions and the speed at which it is moving forward also pose risks that doubts will be ignored traditions will be cast aside and that many will simply be left behind. the new silk road is a project with global ambitions and its impact will be felt around the wilds.

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