The New Silk Road
The New Silk Road is China's US$200 billion plan to create new trading routes, and galvanize its slowing economy. China is also using the New Silk Road to pursue its ambitions of global leadership. How will this plan impact all our lives? Channel NewsAsia embarks on a journey to find the answers.
Cast & Crew
| Director | Pearl Forss |
|---|---|
| Cast | Anthony Morse |
| Producer | Pearl Forss |
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The New Silk Road is China's grand trillion dollar strategy to link up 65 countries, and 4.4 billion people - that's over 60 percent of the world's population. How will these latest Silk Road developments in Indochina impact the rest of ASEAN? The Season 4 series begins in China where we uncover massive cross border economic zones in Myanmar-Yunnan, ASEAN industrial parks in Guangxi, and an ambitious plan for an information Silk Road which will transform the Infocomm Sectors of several ASEAN countries. Next, we journey to Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam and track the huge infrastructure projects and 'soft power' cultural moves that are spearheading China's bold new economic diplomacy in the region. We look at how China's massive petrochemical hub in Myanmar is progressing; explore Chinese special economic zones in Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar; and uncover controversial projects and business practices by Chinese companies which have led to protests from local populations.
Explore China's provinces of Yunnan and Guangxi, and their plans for the Belt and Road initiative in ASEAN.
Explore China's provinces of Yunnan and Guangxi, and their plans for the Belt and Road initiative in ASEAN.
A massive Chinese petrochemical hub has been built in Kyaukphyu, Myanmar, close to where the Rohingya crisis is still unfolding. How will this Belt and Road project shape Myanmar's economy?
A massive Chinese petrochemical hub has been built in Kyaukphyu, Myanmar, close to where the Rohingya crisis is still unfolding. How will this Belt and Road project shape Myanmar's economy?
In Thailand, we take a look at the construction of a high-speed railway which China hopes to use to underpin economic growth through The New Silk Road. And in Cambodia, we visit a sleepy beach town being transformed into a casino resort city.
In Thailand, we take a look at the construction of a high-speed railway which China hopes to use to underpin economic growth through The New Silk Road. And in Cambodia, we visit a sleepy beach town being transformed into a casino resort city.
Vietnam is struggling to plug its 100 billion-dollar infrastructure gap amidst growing nationalistic sentiments. In Laos, China has invested in everything from malls to mega railway to link Laos to China.
Vietnam is struggling to plug its 100 billion-dollar infrastructure gap amidst growing nationalistic sentiments. In Laos, China has invested in everything from malls to mega railway to link Laos to China.