the Chinese dream of selling this car all over [Music] Europe electric cars electric cars e 460 e 4 460 means uh you can drive 460 kilomet within one in recharge this model not only is the car electronic and economical but most importantly it is a third cheaper than its European competitors it's around 30 30 uh, US dollar this this cars but we can get some support from government that means can uh decrease the the price sha Fang is the managing director of one of the largest automobile companies in China xang gang he's not shy about his future goals our vision is to build the the world's leading automobile Enterprise so this is our Target also our our future being the leader yes you're right okay bye-bye the company already has three factories in Chongqing this one employs 4,000 people the factory is Ultra Modern entirely automated and able to produce a car every 53 seconds to fulfill its goal of flooding the international market with these new products China has a plan the new Silk Road over the next 40 years the Chinese will build train tracks Shipping Lines and roads going towards Europe Asia and Africa they will also set up Railway stations ports and Industrial zones along the way the objective is to redesign the political and economic world maps to work in their favor it was the Chinese president xiin ping himself who concocted this plan the first time he mentioned it was on the 7th of September 2013 during a speech he made at estan University in Kazakhstan to forge closer economic ties deepen cooperation and expand development space in the EUR region we should take an Innovative approach and jointly build an economic belt along the Silk Road this will be a great undertaking benefiting the people people of all countries along the Route with a trillion dollar investment the new Silk Road is the most expensive development plan in human history China will export its capital its technology its dreams of prosperity and above all its people and their unique ways baby baby we're about to embark on a journey to three of the key countries along the new Silk Road First St jouti in the Horn of Africa where the Chinese have taken over from the French as the major economic power second stop Ethiopia where factories are springing up like mushrooms driving the farmers out of their lands and finally guada and Pakistan we have managed to gain access to one of the most close off areas to Western media no no no no you here China's great project has been met with armed resistance China you came here without our consent an investigation into China's new project of world mination it all begins in Chongqing on the banks of the yangi kyang river you've probably never heard of it yet it is in the very heart of China one of the largest cities in the world with 30 million inhabitants more than double the amount of those living in il the France in the 1940s the city had just 1. 5 million inhabitants living in small wooden houses on stilts the river was the only thing that connected them to the rest of the country nowadays Chongqing Prides itself on being the starting point of the new Sil [Music] Road chushi fan is a member of the Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party responsible for the Chongqing Railway networks every morning on his way to work he passes by the 0 kilom Monument the pride of the city this is the place where the first freight train depart started for Europe in March 2014 originally a small provincial railway station over the past 5 years Chongqing has become the largest railway Hub in southwestern China shushi f is the son of a railway worker and a railway worker himself as a party member his job is to know about everything that goes on at the station the powerful locomotive won't go very far today the railway line hasn't been fully electrified [Music] yet every day three trains leave Chongqing for Europe just like this one 40 wagons packed full of clothes mobile phones and chemical products the journey takes 15 days 60 drivers take shifts along the 10,000 km long Railway line the train bypasses Tibet and Crosses to Ching Chang region before traveling through five countries Kazakhstan Russia bellarus and Poland the journey comes to an end in dubor Germany from there the goods will be shipped all over Europe with its new Railway the city of Chongqing is attracting more and more large companies such as hulet packet or foxcon Apple's main subcontractor a third of the world's computers and millions of printers and Cars come out of these factories every [Music] year the city is also attracting small high-tech entrepreneurs electronics and computer companies occupy every floor of this building such as Ying Chu's company at 56 years old this engineer is one of China's Bluetooth experts before starting his company he worked at Microsoft in California for 12 years jinu currently employs around 30 people including a dozen Engineers the company manufactures electronic chips for connected products but above all it is a place for innovation ginchu has already patented 60 inventions the latest being a geolocated anti-aggression mechanism disguised as a jeweled bracelet uh this these four ladies also because there is something inside and he can utom me sensor if you have the emergency you just with this the guest CH three times he will automatically pull the phone to call the the people you pre reset indicate you have something emergency happens the products are sold to supermarket chains and video game makers as well as to individuals on Amazon today ginchu has received an order for Bluetooth sensors he must export them to Germany via the new Silk [Music] Road thanks to the railway line the delivery of the goods is 12 times cheaper than going by plane and twice as fast as going by boat now we have new window open to us maybe that's we can compete in terms of C time we can compare with Shanghai now as a result of these company's successes jinu City continues to grow welcoming 200,000 new inhabitants each year this is R hour uh little bit Russia than regular time [Music] so with his young wife the company director leaves work early to come home and look after his children they live in a luxury residence on the 25th floor of this building we're back the couple have two children 11 and 9 years old and a full-time Nanny the TV is on in the living room but no cartoons jinu's eldest son is in the middle of watching a video maths class in English C2 all the way through CK and then we want to know the SL the Der the young boy is bursting with ambition when I was young my dream you always young was a kid I when I was a kid I uh my dream is to be a astronaut but but right now I want to be software engineer yes a software engineer just like my father he have better chance so you should be better before he took a gamble on the new Silk Road ginchu had a different life his career is extraordinary for the son of a provincial teacher thanks to a scholarship he was able to study Engineering in Shanghai and then in the United States He also had several high flying jobs in Silicon Valley Francisco I have a car have house and uh I suppose it working very good my parents think I'm crazy on the other hand I think that's good because doing back that time America Heaven here is close to hell today the entrepreneur's life has changed completely he can afford to dine at the best restaurants in Chongqing tonight he orders the a typical Regional dish a sort of heavily spiced fondue into which diners dip shrimp fritters vegetables or even beef [Music] tripe ginchu is keenly aware of how much has changed his city is on its way to becoming one of the world's New Economic centers you feel is a dynamic here I don't know why because we're so poor for so long time so people thinking okay it's time to change especially when when you get rich is not crime anymore that's good okay the people is they kind of crazy nowadays Chongqing is home to almost 100 multi-millionaires at the city's train station it's almost midnight we meet up with Zeus shean the railway worker who will show us around he wants to show us how the station is now functioning at full capacity ever since the trains to Europe were added to the local traffic all night long this old locomotive transports wagons through through a maze of train tracks taking them to the dock where they will be loaded [Music] up the operation is scheduled down to the minute a ballot of cranes and porticos throughout the [Music] night these containers are bound for Poland with thousands of computer screens inside [Music] the men have two minutes to position each container in order to keep up with the pace will our Communist Party tour guide is very proud of his trains yet so far the railway is not making profit the Chinese were so ambitious they put the car before the horse half of the wagons returned from Europe empty and for now Beijing absorbs the deficit but for the Chinese authorities it doesn't matter how long it takes the aim of the new Silk Road is above all for China to extend its influence throughout the world currently the priority route goes through jibuti a former French Colony strategically located by the Red Sea a gateway to conquer [Music] Africa jibou is one of the small smallest African States a poor country a quasi desert with the exception of the [Music] capital the Chinese began by investing in the port with their money the jibuti and authorities were offered eight state-of-the-art tugboats like this one Captain humat was at the Hound that day the captain knows his customers well this freighter flies the Panamanian Flag but comes from China as do the majority of boats that Dock and Djibouti it is 180 M long and 33 M wide not easy to [Music] maneu 3 hours later the huge freighter arrived safe and sound at the Chinese Port as it is called in Djibouti Hassan will take charge of the boat he is the team leader Hassan has a dozen Dockers under his orders all jiutian there are no Chinese people to be seen even though everything here comes from China the cranes that unload the cargo and the goods these drugs the building materials and these tanks too even some of the staff were trained in China so cap it was China who loaned jibuti the money to build this deep water Port 2 years ago $580 million to make it a profitable facility they must move quickly Hassan has targets to meet and it isn't always easy When Things become tricky the young team leader doesn't hesitate to get his hands dirty if he doesn't meet his targets he risks missing out on his premium but he doesn't resent the Chinese [Music] but all this comes with a prize Djibouti is now tied to China who owns 70% of its [Music] debt on land the Chinese are beginning to build they have even installed a military Baye the first Chinese military Baye abroad at its inauguration two years ago they rolled out the red carpet for the jibuti and president with this base China has positioned itself alongside these major world powers the Americans the Italians the Japanese and the French France's military base houses 1500 soldiers ever since the 19th century they have understood just how important this small territory [Music] [Music] is nowadays this is All That Remains of the French Colonial footprint one of Africa's first Railway stations built in 1917 now [Music] abandoned replaced in 2017 by the new Chinese train system the project cost nearly $4. 4 billion to be repaid to China over 15 years the railway connects jibou to Adis Ababa in Ethiopia it carries both goods and passengers a vital artery for this great country that has no Maritime access every 2 days at dawn a crowd gathers in front of the station for the 8 a.
m. train most of the passengers are Traders they arrive loaded with [Music] Goods the station manager tries to maintain some order assisted by a [Music] policeman for [Music] the trader has to leave his bottles of oil behind but eventually manages to get through with the rest of his luggage Abdul ramman the station manager is frustrated he will be held accountable for this unlike at the Port where the jiutian are in charge at the station the Chinese run the show here the real boss is this man in the striped t-shirt but they don't seem Keen to talk we I think he's the captain of the and then he's the from respons of [Music] sorry the railway line will be under Chinese control until 2024 but they seem unwilling to share this or to show jiutian taking orders from the Chinese in the offices in instead they call it working in [Music] Partnership you work together right together he's my boss he my boss really keep going there seems to be some unease between the Chinese and the jiutian on the tracks you can hear a pin drop when it comes to loading of the goods the jiutian take on these more strenuous tasks under a blazing sun the Chinese tend to occupy positions of higher responsibility which are better paid Abdul razak and the stripe t-shirt and his friend Muhammad have been Railway workers for just over a year they find it hard to accept this [Music] [Music] hierarchy [Music] the two friends have been assigned the thankless task of hooking up the wagons they take us to the engine cabin away from the others where no one can hear us except the drivers who don't speak French hey the men are particularly frustrated having won a competition to undergo training in China to be in charge of this operation [Music] themselves hoping to get a promotion ABD razak even learned Mandarin amazing but when he came back from China his dreams were [Music] quashed year the jiban have at least another 5 years to go before they can manage the railway [Music] themselves this Railway line is a crucial part of China's plans for the new silt Road at the end of the line 750 km away lies Ethiopia a country with 110 million inhabitants one of the highest growth rates in all of Africa in the capital Adis Ababa buildings are springing up like mushrooms China has already built a Ring Road and the Tramway now the focus is on delocalizing its industry 50 km south of the capital lies a Monumental Park workshops as far as the ie can see and streets that bear the names of Chinese cities or provinces it is Ethiopia's Main Chinese economic zone the boss Mrja is a chin Africa Pioneer it's been 21 years since he first set foot in Ethiopia he was one of the first to sense the country's potential you know in China now many company they are looking for the another place to invest because in China now the cost is increase labor salary and the power is increased but here Ethiopia labor cost is low MrXiao regularly pays visits to the smmes he manages this particular one makes genes and exports them to Europe where they are sold at a moderate price [Applause] the average salary of an Ethiopian worker is $56 a month 10 times less than the average Chinese worker at this price the head of the company has had to invest in training up his Workforce when they employ this local uh peoples that time they they don't know how to the operating now thr training is okay yeah uh similar like Chinese the efficiency yeah I think it's good yeah because within short time they give training yeah as in Djibouti everything is imported from China sewing machines methods and [Music] supervisors she addresses the workers in a giberish of chines English and am a local language this no good the workshops are open 6 days a week at 600 p. m.
