the silk road a perilous challenge the bones of pack animals litter the way as if in warning. but the world's oldest and most important trade route was not a single road it was a vast network of many caravan routes. by the second century b.c. the silk road connected china to the roman empire but it was only given its name in eight hundred seventy seven by german geographer fed in and fun place to. silk was highly sought after by roman women. but only the chinese knew how to produce the valuable textile the two year long trip with up to one thousand bactrian camels was worth it they didn't just carry silk but also spices lockers furs and porcelain. in return europe's and gold gem stones and glass. inventions too such as paper and black gunpowder were spread and even religions were transmitted buddhism arrived in china and japan across the silk road. cities along the silk road flourished in summer congo harra and tashkent there was ruling trained most merchants only travelled short distances then sold their wares to the next buyers this made the goods more expensive. but diseases

the silk road a perilous challenge the bones of pack animals litter the way as if in warning. but the world's oldest and most important trade route was not a single road it was a vast network of many caravan routes. by the second century b.c. the silk road connected china to the roman empire but it was only given its name in eight hundred seventy seven by german geographer. silk was highly sought after by roman women. but only the chinese knew how to produce the valuable textile the two year long trip with up to one thousand bactrian camels was worth it they didn't just carry silk but also spices lockers furs and porcelain. in return europe's and gold gem stones and glass. inventions too such as paper and black gunpowder were spread and even religions were transmitted buddhism arrived in china and japan across the silk road. cities along the silk road flourished in summer khan and tashkent there was ruling trained most merchants only travelled short distances then stone their wares to the next buyers this made the goods more expensive. but diseases were also transmitted along t

experts are still divided over exactly what the new silk road actually is some see the planned network of ports rail links and roads primarily as a global infrastructure project that will boost global economic growth. geo political motives they say china is trying to achieve world domination by subduing countries with debt and dependency. economies. decade in china before taking up an advisory role with the italian government has europe failed to do enough for italy financially has basically been forced to turn . no absolutely not so we have not been forced and we have not turned. your report to before. silk road but we should not forget germany and france are not really. the main the silk road the terminal in the center of europe the trains leaving. and this is very good for the german economy you know better than i how well and how developed the economy going around it has done in the last few years and the same for france at the port of my say look in the north. eastern percent on dubai chinese calls so we are not the 1st about almost the last european country to try to gain somethi

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megalomania or a cleverly planned offensive play china is building a new silk road and infrastructure project the likes of which the world has never seen. by offering loans for the chinese hope to entice foreign governments to construct highways and real lives but is china a partner or a rival made in germany. w. j i want to represent you so watching you walk from the joint on the song. twenty people i'm such a valid as we put your questions that seem politicians from around the european union and across the political spectrum in our special debate will be hearing from young europeans voting for the first time in the new elections in may voicing their biggest concerns face the voters in forty five minutes d w. look closely. carefully. don't see any need to do good. discomfort to. subscribe to the documentary on you tube. the silk road conjures images of dusty caravans and fragrant spices created by traders on the central asian plains the original trade route connecting the far east to the west may be history but china wants to create a new one the new silk road looks more like this hi

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experts are still divided over exactly what the new silk road actually is some see the plan network of ports rail links and roads primarily as a global infrastructure project that will boost global economic growth others see geo political motives they say china is trying to achieve world domination by subduing countries with debt and dependency. staying in the e.u. the block has handed a 1000000000 euro fine to 5 of europe's biggest banks for rigging foreign exchange benchmarks used in day to day transactions for over a decade the european commission named barclays citi group j.p. morgan the royal bank of scotland as well as mitsubishi u.s.g. as the offender's citi group was the hardest hit in order to pay more than $300000000.00 euros switzerland's u.b.s. was also named in the scandal but was not find after the alerted e.u. officials to the illegal activity. of sri lanka was listed as travel guide lonely planet's top destination and 2019 but since the devastating easter sunday attacks tourism there has plummeted and he could do a popular surfing destination in the southwest many hotel

experts are still divided over exactly what the new silk road actually is some see the planned network of ports rail links and roads primarily as a global infrastructure project that will boost global economic growth others see geo political motives they say china is trying to achieve world domination by sort of doing countries with debt and dependency. that was listed as travel guide lonely planet's top destination 2019 but since the devastating easter sunday attacks tourism has plummeted. competition for a deckchair used to be stiff not anymore restaurants to have been struggling to draw in visitors. since the easter sunday attack 3 lanka has seen an 80 percent drop in tourism with fears over a piece of a devastating attack like this one keeping people away. most of the hotels in this area have closed those that have remained open are relying on local to make up for the drop in foreign visitors still managers are keen to convey an optimistic message. leave them before. they leave. my feet. deep in the fortunes. fields. and i believe yeah. the. levees are that. and that is a business

well china's new silk road could be a green solution in getting goods off roads and onto braille but it's also a geo political potato i reporter kate ferguson is at the international transport form in leipsic. just tell us how this belton road initiative 1st of all is being viewed there. well the belton road initiative is front and center here in life and no matter how you feel about china's growing economic dominance there's no denying that this project is going to be a major boost for the transport industry the scale is breathtaking 65 countries are ready involves many more are likely to cooperate in the future what we're going to see is transport car doors spanning continents both over land and over see so no matter how you feel about it it's a major issue here in life and some journalists here d.w. have heard that it could be behind building a planned rail link between north and south korea. well before i tell you about my quest to find out if this is true just a tiny bit of background north and south korea did actually participate in a grant breaking ceremony last year for a rai

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of the largest holders a bit coin in the world thanks to their seizure of rocks all brakes and silk roads coin it ends up being over 50000 between that they then auction off and 2014 but january 2014 we start the year with a friend of kaiser report january 26th 2014 instant c.e.o. charged with money laundering charlie sram c.e.o. of bit instant is arrested over allegations of money laundering in connection with silk road he is arrested at j.f.k. airport for charges filed. and in manhattan federal court right i remember meeting charlie outside of the office of bit instant near silicon alley in new york city meeting with roger bear as well who was very active in the space and a friend of ours matthew mellon was also active in the space and an investor and bit instant and he was very excited about this new technology and he went to the office and they had a ticker tape set up with the price of bitcoin and this is part of that 1st wave again the pinwheels in the eyes people that were transfixed by the technology who looked into the void of the coming. hour and were motivated to start a compan

last month, russia announced plans to connect the northern sea route with the maritime silk road, which would develop a new shipping channel from asia to northern europe. meanwhile china is already , developing shipping lanes in the arctic ocean. thsi is part of a familiar pattern. beijing attempts to develop critical of researcher using chinese money, chinese companies, and chinese workers, and in some cases to establish a permanent chinese secured presence. the pentagon warned that china could use its research presence in the arctic to strengthen its military presence, including the deployment of submarines and deployment of summaries to the region as a deterrent against nuclear attack. we need to examine these activities closely. we keep the space we learned of other nations in mind. china's pattern of aggressive behavior elsewhere -- of aggressive behavior elsewhere should inform what we do and how it might treat the arctic. let's ask ourselves, do we want arctic nations broadly to go the way the former government of sri lanka, or malaysia, with debt and corruption? do we want cruci

over allegations of money laundering in connection with silk road he is arrested at j.f.k. airport for charges filed and in manhattan federal court right i remember meeting charlie outside of the office a bit instant near silicon alley in new york city meeting with roger bear as well who was very active in the space and a friend of ours matthew mellon was also active in the space and an investor in bit instant and he was very excited about this new technology and he went to the office and they had a ticker tape set up with the price of bitcoin and this is part of that 1st wave again the pinwheels in the eyes people that were transfixed by the technology who looked into the void of the coming fiat's nightmare and were motivated to start a company and to take on the man and of course charlie then met. the law of course the thing is that we had just ended 2013 with the u.s. government seizing all these bitcoin from ross albright and then we saw the arrest of charlie sram and i have to say that i personally was suddenly like wait we at kaiser report have been talking about bitc

china is building a new silk road an infrastructure project the likes of which the world.

you also mentioned the arctic and china's ambition to create what it calls an arctic silk road and you're quite correct that china has announced this, in fact, they have published what is called a white paper, which lays out china's ambitions. people are talking about this. secretary of state pompeo just made a real sort of stem winder of a speech accusing china of wanting to use arctic transport to build its world power. he made this speech in finland to the arctic council. so the white house is paying a great deal of attention to this. china is not a member of the arctic council. it is not an arctic nation. so it can only carry out. so things it would like to do in the arctic if arctic council of nations which obviously include the united states and canada agree for them to do so. >> from austin, texas, tanicia, good morning, you're up next. >> good morning. hi, so i want to touch on the international affairs budget on this topic. the international affairs budget is relevant to programs of diplomacy and development, and what i just heard, from you talking about the crucial geo strategic

the largest hole there's a big coin in the world thanks to their seizure of ross all brakes and silk roads coin it ends up being over 50000 between that they then auction off in 2014 but january 2014 we start the year with a friend of kaiser report january 26th 2014 instant c.e.o. charged with money laundering charlie shrem c.e.o. of bit instant is arrested over allegations of money laundering in connection with silk road he is arrested at j.f.k. airport for charges filed and in manhattan federal court right i remember meeting charlie outside of the office of bit instant near silicon alley in new york city meeting with roger baer as well who was very active in the space and a friend of ours matthew mellon was also active in the space and an investor in bit instant and he was very excited about this new technology and he went to the office and they had a ticker tape set up with the price of bitcoin and this is part of that 1st wave again the pinwheels in the eyes of people that were transfixed by the technology who looked into the void of the coming fear nightmare.

she's on the cover of bloomberg markets it's all about plot change then nov 25th scene the final silk road auction took place with around $44000.00 big queens being sold to various buyers of separate blocks this is the 3rd and final silk road auction to take place and which sees big queens were sold to the highest bidders it's a remarkable really because that same government is accumulating massive quantities of debt and they're getting rid of the only hard money that they'll ever. have except for this phantom supply of gold apparently in fort knox that's been audited in quite some time but here's bitcoin that is actually the answer to their debt problem the answer to their slave enslavement of themselves to their own reliance on financial engineering to create free money and they just give it away essentially for a price that in retrospect will be considered to be a lot closer to 0 then where we're headed. to see that happen to you it was most feet of a moment to overthrow the previous governments the the former president and c.e.o. of ford which to 40 years the country people wanted much

of bit instant is arrested over allegations of money laundering in connection with silk road he is arrested at j.f.k. airport for charges filed and in manhattan federal court right i remember meeting charlie outside of the office of bit instant near silicon alley in new york city meeting with roger bear as well who was very active in the space and a friend of ours matthew mellon was also active in the space and an investor and bit instant and he was very excited about this new technology and he went to the office and they had a ticker tape set up with the price of bitcoin and this is part of that 1st wave again the pinwheels in the eyes of people that were transfixed by the technology who looked into the void of the coming fear.

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$44000.00 because it's being sold to various buyers of separate blocks this is the 3rd and final silk road auction to take place and which sees big clients were sold to the highest bidders it's a remarkable really because that same government is accumulating massive quantities of debt and they're getting rid of the only hard money that they'll ever have except for this phantom supply of gold apparently in fort knox that's been audited in quite some time but here is bitcoin that is actually the answer to their debt problem the answer to their slaves and slave and of themselves to their own reliance on financial engineering to create free money and they just give it away essentially for a price that in retrospect will be considered to be a lot closer to 0 then where we're headed. in the late season see it forms part of a high altitude nature reserve. it's one of the flavors into an easy is principle which a way starts its journey. to get out of my data set and. it runs 300 kilometers from civil system out there on to the $200.00 industrial facilities ranged along its banks. i'm not then your

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here the many cultural influences of the countries along the silk road are still in evidence. that women wear color and the traditional face masks of arab iranians who live in the coastal region. but these people are poor they feel forgotten by their government and ignored by the rest of the world you see. razor uses his celebrity to organize aid projects here on homo's island enlisting the help of other artists from across the country. we have always been very active here but it's not about self promotion we've organized cultural festivals to attract more tourism to harm us to provide the locals with an income so they can happen up to eat so that they don't have to resort to smuggling and risking their lives. riza takes us to meet a friend of his family a fisherman. his generation sacrificed their youth their families for this country they lived through the revolution and the iran iraq war when they came home they wanted to work so they did what they'd always done they worked as fishermen and traders i mean you're more you don't you're told you're. i'm direct mine is fifty as