Riding Indonesia's new high speed rail, and the story behind it

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 พ.ย. 2023
  • Indonesia is the world’s largest island country, covering an area of roughly 1.9 million square kilometers. It’s made up of more than 17,000 islands, running right along the Ring of Fire, an area around the Pacific Ocean that is home to 75% of all active volcanoes on the planet. With a population of 278 million, it’s the fourth most populated country in the world.
    Today we’re heading to Jakarta, the country’s capital, which is located on Indonesia’s most populated island, Java, to check out their brand new high speed train, the only one in Southeast Asia and the fastest in the southern hemisphere.
    I'm Andy Boreham, and this is a special episode of Reports on China!
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  • @wahyuukrs9851
    @wahyuukrs9851 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +171

    as Indonesian I hope this high speed railway will be built not only to Surabaya, but I also expect these project could be built on the other 4 biggest Islands (Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi & Papua)

    • @fannyalbi9040
      @fannyalbi9040 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      does it economically viable?

    • @abcddef2112
      @abcddef2112 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Sadly it isnt, just a normal railway for the other islands. It is only economicly viable because java is such densely populated.

    • @wahyuukrs9851
      @wahyuukrs9851 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      @@fannyalbi9040 Our president said "don't look at the profits but look at the benefits for people", the development of Indonesia is still centralized in Java and 56% of Indonesia's GDP comes from this island itself. So that's why we need this project to make the other islands more developed, same reason why our capital city should moved to east Kalimantan

    • @user-hx1or8ls4h
      @user-hx1or8ls4h 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@wahyuukrs9851實際上要維持,就要學中國的轉移支付,鐵路帶動沿線經濟發展,然後各地區的稅收由中央分配,一部分用來維護和開通鐵路,這樣才能持續發展。

    • @michaelhuang7842
      @michaelhuang7842 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      As a Chinese, I wish to visit Indonesia one day and experience the local customs.❤

  • @vzx
    @vzx 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +67

    I think HSR to Surabaya has been officially started couple weeks ago. Mr President also has offered China to invest in Indonesia's new capital city in East Kalimantan some time ago.

    • @ReportsOnChina
      @ReportsOnChina  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Politics is very up and down - let’s wait and see!

  • @casey7057
    @casey7057 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

    Practically all countries around the world are envious of Indonesia choosing the right partners that is China for the construction of the HSR.

    • @Michael-vw8vp
      @Michael-vw8vp 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Absolutely correct, india is full of hatred and jealousy towards Indonesia. They keep spreading fake news about Jakarta Bandung HSR.

    • @SaSatch_Chelyen29
      @SaSatch_Chelyen29 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      China is willing to help any countries with its infrastructures.

    • @steelydan1242
      @steelydan1242 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Envious especially India,Japan and America.

    • @evendrisinergy332
      @evendrisinergy332 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Envious is American allies you mean? 😂

    • @steelydan1242
      @steelydan1242 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@evendrisinergy332 I would't be so schmuck when I look at homeless, unemployed, crimes, drug addictions and poverty in the cities of America.

  • @Brick-Life
    @Brick-Life 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +139

    Its amazing to see Indonesia have such a great new high speed rail network beating so many other countries which could have had such systems years ago!

    • @jamalgreen3056
      @jamalgreen3056 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      There’s a new high speed rail way coming in Thailand that will run from Thailand to China and another one from Thailand to Vietnam and another one from Thailand to Myanmar 🇲🇲 hopefully I hope they include Cambodia 🇰🇭

    • @noefvon
      @noefvon 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jamalgreen3056 i think thailand is 250kmh

  • @kr8972
    @kr8972 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    My grandma was born in Palembang, Indonesia. Her family was very rich and she received very good education during her childhood. She moved back to China when she was 12 in 1920s. She could still understand Indonesian 70 years later.

  • @HSP9999
    @HSP9999 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +96

    I'm so happy for my neighbour, Indonesia. May Indonesia prosper even more in the future.

  • @peteREpete72
    @peteREpete72 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +106

    Fascinating video. I didn’t realize how large Indonesia is. If the USA stopped building and selling weapons of death, the infrastructure here would be far better than the dilapidated conditions they are currently in.

    • @JonStark
      @JonStark 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      For real the concept and execution of actually creating underground subway train in not only one state like New York but multiple states like Illinois, Washington D.C. and California show that the US can make subway train with determination. I seriously believe the US could create an underground subway train from California to Vermont. I understand it would take decades but man this country can do it. I actually believe underground travel will become more necessary in the future if temperature keeps rising.
      Infrastructure will gradually degrade in high heat temperature which the whole world is experiencing right now. I actually believe this is the time when civilizations invest in underground mode of transportation and also one that could handle flooding. The US that used to experience 4 seasons is now experiencing more and more tropical seasons one with high temperature months and in various states enormous amount of rainy months. New York when they built their subways never thought about flooding since the storms where not tropical level but here we are in 2023 and moving forward and hurricanes are more prevalent. I think the infrastructure being built today above ground will be tested in the years to come by the changing climate and nature. So, people should really look into creating underground modes of transportation to save themselves from the planet's changing weather, climate, and nature.

    • @uqudgilbert7258
      @uqudgilbert7258 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The railways in USA already there for century .. the problems is the railway tent to privat sector company to carrie goods across states instead of people movement. The concern of USA is highway and better roads so American can buy cars.

    • @rizal_ngetop
      @rizal_ngetop 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Indonesia dari barat ke timur jika ditempuh menggunakan. pesawat komersial dari aceh ke papua 10 jam perjalanan.... Sama dari india ke london ada banyak negara yang harus di lewati dari atas pesawat

    • @peteREpete72
      @peteREpete72 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@uqudgilbert7258 Even the highways in the US are terrible. They build roads using the cheapest bidder, lowest quality materials, minimum design standards and they do not maintain them properly.

    • @peteREpete72
      @peteREpete72 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@JonStark Yes, the climate changes… every season. Thirty years ago the “experts” said the next ice age is coming. Now it’s “global warming.” What a joke.

  • @yellowstone7459
    @yellowstone7459 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    I have many friends from Indonesia. So proud of them to be decisive and got it done! May Indonesia progress and enjoy the comfort and convenience of the HSR.

  • @junaidisalam5718
    @junaidisalam5718 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    China backed Indonesia HSR : 355 km / Hour
    Japan backed India HSR : 10 km / 6 years

  • @TheresaYipLF54
    @TheresaYipLF54 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +107

    Meanwhile the Japanese build Indian HSR is only 10 kms completed after 5 years of construction and triple the original budget which will only be completed in 2028, while the British HSR2 is being shelved indefinitely.

    • @brianliew5901
      @brianliew5901 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      India will claim that slow and steady always wins the race.🤑🤑🤑🤑

    • @Michael-vw8vp
      @Michael-vw8vp 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      That is not gonna happen, india high speed rail project would end in failure.

    • @pgdog888
      @pgdog888 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      But india will still say we are still the biggest democracy in the world. Everything else doesn't count.😅

    • @deanzaZZR
      @deanzaZZR 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The Japanese obviously know how to build high speed rail so it's pretty clear which side is impeding progress.

    • @AbhishekPatel-lb1pd
      @AbhishekPatel-lb1pd 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      LOL...from where you collected all these plethora list of shitty facts? 🤣 Firsty, Japanese is not building Indian HSR , all the construction is being done by Indian companies . Construction started in 2020 due to delay in land acquisition. Nearly 70-80 Km of viaduct already been constructed . Now in comparison Indonesian HSR is only 140 Km with only 40-50 km of viaduct while Indian HSR is nearly 550 km . If you are really not dumb , than you could easily calculate that if it took Indonesia 6 years to build 140 km of HSR that too chinese firm are doing all construction , how much time it would have taken to build 500 Km? Secondly , 3 times original budget? 🤣🤣 that means 50 Billion dollars.Better to live without brain than collect and write these shitty facts. I know there are delay and cost escalation in Indian HSR(not 3 times as you mentioned) but it also happened in Indonesian HSR and also happens in all other places which are implementing these projects for first time.

  • @wulung5943
    @wulung5943 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    The success of the project in view of the volcanic geological conditions is amazing engineering

  • @SuhandiWijaya
    @SuhandiWijaya 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +64

    Great to finally watch the video about the high-speed train in Indonesia. Hope the train can eventually stretch to Surabaya and beyond!

  • @person880
    @person880 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    I don't know much about Indonesia, but I am happy to see that they are getting such a huge improvement to their country and that their relationship with a neighbour is improving as well. I wish the people of Indonesia the best in the future!

    • @infosatu2488
      @infosatu2488 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Indonesia has everything in the world, Indonesia Indonesia has beautiful nature, modern cities. And Indonesia has many cultures, tribes and languages
      Every region in Indonesia has a ma language .But when we meet people from other areas we use .Indonesian
      We stick with it ( NKRI) NEGARA KESATUAN REPUBLIK INDONESIA ( .The Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia)

  • @seechunchong9876
    @seechunchong9876 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    Terima Kasih, Andy. Just to add a little fun fact. Once while in Jakarta, I went to a local food fare and I came across a stall offering so many types of coffee from its many thousand islands. I love coffee and didn't know which to choose. I asked the man to recommend the best black in his store. So, he made a little cup of a strong, very nice coffee but unfortunately, I forgot the name of the coffee (maybe it was Toraja). I took it at 8pm and could not sleep until 4am that night. 😅😅😅

    • @ReportsOnChina
      @ReportsOnChina  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Ouch! For some reason, coffee doesn’t stop me sleeping. Maybe because I started drinking it at 10. 😂

    • @thewanderingrey8830
      @thewanderingrey8830 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      it takes 6 hours for the body to metabolize caffeine, maybe more if the coffee is strong! In future do refrain from taking coffee after 4-5pm unless you don't intend to sleep 😅

  • @LW78321
    @LW78321 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

    I'm really enjoying these doco films! Thanks Andy 😊

  • @mikefisher2134
    @mikefisher2134 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

    Wonderful! I really enjoyed this documentary.
    I hope the HSR will be extended to other parts of Java island as well. Lots of economic opportunities for Indonesia.

  • @nostradamus2642
    @nostradamus2642 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Andy, excellent production of this doco style video.

  • @davids7403
    @davids7403 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    Loved it! Great work. You do have a style.

    • @SuperMikado282
      @SuperMikado282 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes,I fully agree with that.

  • @erwinhudoyono3699
    @erwinhudoyono3699 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    God bless you from BALI INDONESIA...🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩

  • @sleo3720
    @sleo3720 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    Great video Andy the extension of the hi speed train to Surabaya would bring enormous benefits to the economy greatly increasing the value of the line

  • @akoh2157
    @akoh2157 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Dear Andy, thank you very much your fantastic report ! I've already booked my airticket to Jakarta on March '24... just to ride their Whoosh to Bandung ! I'm looking forward to sampling / buying the Aroma coffee.

  • @DeihanDzilky
    @DeihanDzilky 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    *_WHOOSH WHOOSH SWHOOSH YES!!!_* 💨
    *_KCIC lanjut sampé Surabaya!!!_*
    🇮🇩❤️🇨🇳

  • @alsetalokin88
    @alsetalokin88 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    don't worry mr liong. they can take chinese (people) out of china but they can never take the china (civilisation) out of chinese.

    • @adamiskandar5107
      @adamiskandar5107 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's being too arrogant. If the Chinese do not do anything to preserve their culture, it would fade like all other cultures.

  • @MightySteve001
    @MightySteve001 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    Thailand has accelerated its High-speed train HST when it saw Indonesia's HST. What has happened to American HST? The UK has canceled its HST because of spiraling costs. We are now back to using steam engines.

    • @George-rj4fj
      @George-rj4fj 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Steam? Wow - that's very advanced of them. I thought they went back to carts and carriages powered by donkeys.

    • @PhiloSurfer
      @PhiloSurfer 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The UK HS2 is not cancelled. It has been scaled back, only linking London to Birmingham. The line from Birmingham to Manchester and Leeds has been cancelled.

    • @blang7017
      @blang7017 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@George-rj4fj😂😂😂😂

    • @fannyalbi9040
      @fannyalbi9040 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@George-rj4fjhello. it is very natural. i hope they import our cow dung from my superpower country india. i strongly recommend

    • @MightySteve001
      @MightySteve001 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@George-rj4fj The UK is leading the world in horse and cart transport.

  • @happier665
    @happier665 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    It must be hard, sometimes even dangerous to the crew, to build something on some complicated geograpic area. Hats off to them for a job well done.

  • @isalzias8355
    @isalzias8355 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    pemerintah indonesia sudah resmi menyatakan akan di perpanjang jalur HSR sampai surabaya mantap

  • @cobe2043
    @cobe2043 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    It is very nice to see these two great countries being friends and working together to develop each other for the progress of the country and its people.

  • @johnjk3118
    @johnjk3118 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Amazing vid, Andy your vid is now Netflix documentary quality now. The amount of work behind sences is huge. I think you did incredibly amazing work. Maybe you could put some behind the scenes, cut off short ones, and a regular viewer like me will love it

    • @ReportsOnChina
      @ReportsOnChina  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thanks so much! I posted one blooper on my Twitter haha

  • @franklim3357
    @franklim3357 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Just back from the field and couldn't wait to watch this video. This is amazing. I hope that someday in near future, we, can also have high speed rail in Borneo island too, not only Java island and hope that Chinese government will able to help our government to build it here. Thank you Andy, for this great documentary.

  • @ary0546
    @ary0546 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Actually the WOOSH KCIC speed train can reach speed up to 450 km/h but for safety reason it is limited just under 400 km/h. 350 km/h on average according to official statement but its speed sometimes break beyond that like 370-380 km/h. The speed displayed on the screen inside the train so the passenger can watch and know what speed they are.

    • @George-rj4fj
      @George-rj4fj 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      When our trains in Australia hit 70kph, they are considered to be very fast trains.

    • @tmsgaming3986
      @tmsgaming3986 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@George-rj4fj really that is the probably the slowest in Indonesia? Indonesia have normal intercites railway networks that runs by 70-130 km/h.
      70-100 km/h are mostly short range between small cities, normal long range between big cities are 100-130 km/h

    • @George-rj4fj
      @George-rj4fj 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@tmsgaming3986 Trains here run mostly between suburbs during the day while interstate trains are overnight. During the high heat of our summer months, the railway tracks often buckle and it becomes unsafe for trains to travel at speeds above 50kph and sometimes, they have to cancel journeys when the buckling gets too bad. Modern steel rails do not buckle as much but our rails are many decades old.
      Interstate train travel between Melbourne and Sydney, tow of the largest cities here, takes about 11 - 12 hours to cover around 865 kilometers. Night travel is probably the most comfortable as the night train leaves around 7pm - 8pm and arrives at around 9am - 10am the next day. Slow, for sure but sort of cheaper than flying (unless there is an air far price war and then, the flight tickets can become ridiculously cheap and people would prefer flying). Yes, our trains are old in comparison to many other countries today but there is no political will to spend the money to upgrade (we are too engrossed in buying $380 billion dollar nuclear powered submarines with very limited passenger capacity).

    • @noefvon
      @noefvon 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@George-rj4fj what? why only 70kph?

    • @George-rj4fj
      @George-rj4fj 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@noefvon May be slower. 🙂

  • @user-hp9wi7tm6b
    @user-hp9wi7tm6b 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Semoga dilanjutkan fase 2: Bandung-Surabaya 720km.Aamiin❤️ ,Indonesia maju .Whoosh❤🎉

  • @bungkusi2432
    @bungkusi2432 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Great video.
    Thank you for sharing the Laos & Indonesia BRI train. 🙏🏻🙏🏻
    Waiting for the Thailand & Malaysia edition soon 😁
    And hopefully Central Asia edition 🙂🙂

  • @artha999
    @artha999 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    🇮🇩🤝🇨🇳

    • @LW78321
      @LW78321 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ❤❤

  • @jo2k
    @jo2k 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    Such wonderful storytelling, a real pleasure to watch. Thanks Andy.

  • @nenanatuajt
    @nenanatuajt 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Andy, Welcome to Indonesia. Selamat datang 🙏

  • @ron9465
    @ron9465 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Hi Andy, Thanks for another excellent episode and reporting. Great to have a look at Indonesia and would love to know how the coffee tasted.

  • @BA-oe7iv
    @BA-oe7iv 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It’s great to see Indonesia build a High Speed Rail connecting 2 big city Jakarta & Bandung .. this will create more development along the connection ..
    However this HSR doesn’t solve entirely Jakarta & Bandung internal traffic problem , Jakarta need a comprehensive MRT / LRT network to solve Jakarta traffic problem ..

  • @xieferry
    @xieferry 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    Muchas Gracias, Para El Video, Andy.... 我是第三代的印尼華橋. I am so happy about all these China- Indonesia high-speed train cooperation, that u covered. It is perfectly made. A Job well done. 👍👍

    • @dnart4850
      @dnart4850 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      你们第三代华侨平时还说汉语吗

    • @martinLim-oj2tn
      @martinLim-oj2tn 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      海外华侨不简单 中国大陆清朝末年和毛泽东的糟蹋我们度过了 希望美好将来幸福 。1999年去了夜加大见了华侨商店被烧毁触目惊心

    • @captives6479
      @captives6479 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@dnart4850 Google translate.

    • @lvjinbin28
      @lvjinbin28 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think because of the friendly relations between China and Indonesia, overseas Chinese in Indonesia will be more respected, which is a good thing.

  • @floriapun4289
    @floriapun4289 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Great video. Always love to watch all of your videos.
    Thank you Andy, can’t wait to see more ❤❤

  • @syu2121
    @syu2121 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    High quality videos😄👍 Great❗️

  • @kiambengang3533
    @kiambengang3533 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Welcome to Jakarta Indonesia Andy.

  • @siewkonsum7291
    @siewkonsum7291 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Some westerners would be awed by this high speed train in Indonesia, however some might be envious or jealous about it because it is a Chinese made-hi-tech train which they don't have in their country! 😅

  • @elchupacabra1406
    @elchupacabra1406 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fantastic quality documentary and its really inspiring to see HSR innovations within SEA. I'm from Canada and I wish we had even a rail line like this as our primary train lines here in Toronto are still run on diesel engines and outdated infrastructure.

  • @stephenth55
    @stephenth55 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Andy, you are hunky!

    • @ReportsOnChina
      @ReportsOnChina  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Only my mum uses that word! hahahahaha

  • @emkoh2746
    @emkoh2746 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Ya. Thanks Andy for interviewing Mr Toko Toan Liong. it’s so heartwarming to listen to his story and to know the current happy situation. 🙏👍

  • @holypen77
    @holypen77 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Another great video! Thanks Andy!

  • @ErwanDermawan-zg1ew
    @ErwanDermawan-zg1ew 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Unexpectedly he was already in Indonesia.

  • @fivetwenty162
    @fivetwenty162 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    In Indonesia, the official language is Indonesian. Used as a Unified Language, all citizens must be able to use it. The goal is to form a strong national unity😊. However, in schools, extra languages ​​are taught, usually local languages, Arabic, Chinese, English and others. The reason for the abolition of this race-specific school is that it is not in accordance with the State's principle of "Bhinneka Tunggal Ika". We Indonesians can usually use 2-3 different languages. In contrast to Malaysia, there are national schools according to the Chinese, Tamil & Malay races.🙏

    • @mantapdjiwa9768
      @mantapdjiwa9768 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      But in fact malaysian know more useful languages than indonesian.

    • @fivetwenty162
      @fivetwenty162 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@mantapdjiwa9768 Don't you know? Indonesia's situation has changed compared to 10-20 years ago. In fact, the King of Ome TV is Indonesian😁. Young people now find it easier to learn languages. Moreover, basic English is a mandatory subject taught since grade 1 of elementary school. Even in South Korea, there are special courses in Indonesian. Malaysia does not have a unified language, Chinese Malaysians cannot speak Malay fluently. Malays cannot speak Chinese fluently. So many of them use English.

    • @zhengwenping4764
      @zhengwenping4764 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@fivetwenty16216:44

    • @Kalle01
      @Kalle01 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@mantapdjiwa9768useful for what? Producing train, boat, airplane?

    • @multiplierfx6429
      @multiplierfx6429 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Get your facts right and stop whitewashing Indonesia's dark past. Nobody ever doubts that Sukarno holds the principles of both Bhinneka Tunggal Ika and "berbahasa satu, Bahasa Indonesia" dear in his heart. Yet he as the founding father of Indonesia never saw Chinese schools as a problem. Chinese schools were free to operate during his era. My mom (a friend to that Chinatown shopowner you see in the video) was an alumna of Hua Chung and Tsin Hua up until 1965 when US-backed coup leader Suharto announced the closing of Chinese schools and made speaking Chinese in public a criminal act.
      Suharto's banning Chinese from being taught in schools and used in public was to eliminate China's soft power in Indonesia, which back in 1965 had the third largest communist party after China and USSR. All that nonsense you say about national unity is just an excuse to cut off people-to-people relations between Indonesia and China. Suharto era also deleted all traces of Chinese contributions from history education taught in schools, including the role Indonesian Chinese has played in the struggle for Indonesia's independence from Netherlands and Japan.
      Indonesia from 1966 to 1998 was a right wing fascistic military dictatorship controlled by the US. It's absurd to try to defend any policy created back then as something good.
      Malaysians today speak English and Chinese far better than Indonesians in general. It makes the work force from Malaysia worth more than their Indonesian counterpart and easier for them to find jobs globally. Especially in China where the fastest progress in science and technology is happening. Indonesian workers have a much more limited options simply due to their general lack of skills in Chinese and miss out on all that.
      Another advantage Malaysians have is since they're fluent in written Chinese, they don't only rely on news written in Malay and English. Hence Malaysians can more easily see through western lies about the world and understand enemies of the West like China and Russia better.
      Compare that to Indonesians who mostly can only read Indonesian and some English. The only news they can consume are all translated from CNN, BBC, MSNBC and other western propaganda outlets. It's no surprise Indonesians generally have a very distorted view about China and the world in general. Their irrational suspicion and fear of China generally stems from them only seeing the world through western lenses.
      But I hope things gradually change for the better as I see more and more public schools and even pesantren now has Chinese as part of their curriculum.

  • @ironclay3939
    @ironclay3939 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you Andy you are a Real Ambassador to Our country ...

  • @kkay2000
    @kkay2000 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A refreshing change of video subject from Andy. Kudos!

  • @iammeandmyself2083
    @iammeandmyself2083 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks Andy for creating a beautiful short documentary. would love to try that Indonesian coffee 😊

  • @DA-mo7mw
    @DA-mo7mw 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Thank you for your report ❤

  • @bknliem
    @bknliem 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Welcome to Indonesia. Terima kasih。

  • @boxinggold
    @boxinggold 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for this beautiful video showing Indonesia.

  • @vidsurf88
    @vidsurf88 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great docu .. Thank you!

  • @lvjinbin28
    @lvjinbin28 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What a great documentary! Congratulations, you have become more and more professional!

  • @deviandrianto
    @deviandrianto 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm very proud, my country have a bullet train. _Whoosh, Whoosh, Whoosh.. Yes!_

  • @user-ni2os1bq7v
    @user-ni2os1bq7v 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    choosing the right partner, choosing peace and cooperation instead of war and chaos will benefit its people

  • @user-gl2wu2fs8h
    @user-gl2wu2fs8h 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    😍🙏🙏Kudos to Andy for this excellent documentary film . Well done 👍 👍 . It's even more comprehensive than those made by "National Geographic". ❤🎉🙏🙏Thank you Andy!

    • @michael511128
      @michael511128 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ever since taken over by NewsCorp, NG has been promoting war with nonstop Hitler series.

    • @ReportsOnChina
      @ReportsOnChina  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Thank you very much!

  • @lawrencesee953
    @lawrencesee953 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I really envy Indonesia. Indonesians have been known to canon illegal Chinese fishing boats, yet know how to isolate these issues from other economic cooperation opportunities.

  • @KilanEatsandDrinks
    @KilanEatsandDrinks 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks for the video!
    But for viewers watching from outside Indonesia please understand that the volcano at 0:06 is not located in Bandung. Rather, it’s around 90 minutes away from the city if you’re driving your car at a normal speed. Nearest town that you can make as your jump off point is the district of Lembang. So please manage your expectation if you’re planning to visit. Cheers! 🍻 🇮🇩

  • @tanpengguan
    @tanpengguan 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is a high quality documentary.

  • @DiKusRa
    @DiKusRa 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hi Andy.. thank you for this great video on the HSR.. relations between the islands of Indonesia and China actually were way before the 13th century, as you mentioned... Chinese literature has noted the use of spices from Indonesia as way back as the 4th century for the use of Chinese traditional medicine. So, perhaps there is a parallel similarity between the maritime Silk Road from China to Indonesia, of the Spice Route from Indonesia to China.

  • @carkawalakhatulistiwa
    @carkawalakhatulistiwa 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    2:11Jakarta metropolitan area (33 million) is the 2nd largest metropolitan area in the world after Tokyo (40 million). covering an area of 6,000 km² or the size of the state of Delaware

    • @multiplierfx6429
      @multiplierfx6429 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That's not something to be proud of. It means Indonesia still has room to catch up with say China which has 6 times Indonesia's population but more evenly spread out urban areas. Highly concentrated metropolitan area also means more gridlock and less greenery.

    • @noefvon
      @noefvon 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@multiplierfx6429 that is one of the reasons why jokowi move the capital to kalimantan

  • @Tabula_Rasa1
    @Tabula_Rasa1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    How tall are you Andy? You almost hit the security door at the Airport. Thanks for the report. Didnt know the Chinatown history in Indonesia. There are racial discrimination against Chinese in many part of the world. I myself experienced that in South America.

    • @ReportsOnChina
      @ReportsOnChina  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I’m 6’2, too tall! Lots of sad history with Chinese-Indonesians - apparently their Chinatown is the only one in the world with a gate in English because of Sinophobia. I didn’t research if that’s true or not, but a local told me.

    • @SHI-16
      @SHI-16 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ​​@@ReportsOnChinawe are not xenophobes. Our heroes taught us one language, namely Indonesian, so that our country could have its own identity. In our country, every tribe has its own language and writing, but we still uphold the Indonesian language because our country's motto is "different but still one". There is a proverb in our country "dimana bumi di pijak di situ langit di junjung" meaning wherever we are we have to follow the existing rules. as well as Chinese immigrants who come to Indonesia. Try to imagine that our country doesn't have rules like this. Our country will be like Malaysia. where Malaysian citizens of Chinese descent cannot speak the official language of Malaysia. people of Indian descent cannot speak Malays.

    • @zhengwenping4764
      @zhengwenping4764 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      9:36 9:36 9:46

    • @multiplierfx6429
      @multiplierfx6429 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SHI-16 Stop whitewashing Indonesia's dark past. The majority of Indonesians were conditioned to be suspicious of their Chinese minority ever since Suharto era. Forcing other cultures to only write in your language is cultural genocide.
      Chinese minority children have been learning Indonesian from kindergarten yet you think it's not enough and you still need to ban them from writing their Chinatown gate in Chinese characters? Your attitude reflects a widely shared intolerance amongst Indonesians towards anything Chinese. Even today.
      Yet funnily enough Indonesians never have any problem with anything related to Japan despite the fact that they DID kill and rape a lot of Indonesian civilians during their 3.5 years of invading Indonesia. How absurd is that?

    • @George-rj4fj
      @George-rj4fj 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SHI-16 One of the biggest problems is due to the British colonizing of Malaysia and their huge influence on the populace there so that trying to get the population of non-Malays to "re-learn" a language is not as easy. It can be done with enough effort put in though.

  • @alf7326
    @alf7326 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Thanks Andy. Another enjoyable visual treat.

  • @charlesoh14
    @charlesoh14 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Thanks Andy for the video. Cheers

  • @cipgendonz811
    @cipgendonz811 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    04:30 Back then the president just wanted us to communicate with each other in 1 language, no matter where we were from, we had to communicate with the Indonesian language. Now here we are with more than 1300 tribes and 700 languages in Indonesia, but when we met each other, we communicated in the Indonesian language. Back then we knew a lot of blood on the floor, but if that never happened, we wouldn't be like we are now.

    • @mariaannainditahernawati7132
      @mariaannainditahernawati7132 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      iya
      tanpa bahasa indonesia di pulau jawa saja bisa nggak saling mengerti bahkan bisa salah paham karena di bahasa a artinya bagus tapi di bahasa b artinya bisa jelek
      ujung2nya bermusuhan dan gelud

  • @tomoriah
    @tomoriah 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Hey Andy, excellent documentary again! Longtime viewer here with a very important question: just how tall are you?? :) Keep up the great work!

    • @brianliew5901
      @brianliew5901 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Looks like he's a six footer, just saying...

    • @enkianu9337
      @enkianu9337 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I saw Andy with Danny Haiphong, and they are at the same height, at least 6'2".

    • @bobsmith3983
      @bobsmith3983 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He's 6ft2in.

  • @RedHotTopicsNow
    @RedHotTopicsNow 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Andy is so tall!

  • @estchu
    @estchu 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Indonesia will be sure to continue the high speed train project which is also demonstrative of the Chinese infrastructure's soft power.

    • @noefvon
      @noefvon 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      yup, its too short and right now the ticket always sold out.. 18000 thousand people per day

  • @davidsanjaya538
    @davidsanjaya538 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    BAGUUUS......

  • @charlieg4258
    @charlieg4258 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Video is very well done, terima kasihh

  • @irdhiansyahsafwansiregar4824
    @irdhiansyahsafwansiregar4824 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    And up to now, more than 200K people have used this train since commercial opening on Oct 18

  • @ichenhong
    @ichenhong 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    China will also transfer high-speed rail technology to Indonesia, and Indonesia can independently build its own high-speed rail system in the future.

  • @ferryrustandi944
    @ferryrustandi944 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    China has built tens of thousands of kilometers of high-speed railway over vast area and diferrent terrains. The Jakarta-Bandung high speed railway is just 140 kilometers. Without belittling the difficulties of building the railway over volcanic soil as described by Mr. Guo, surely building the Jakarta-Bandung high speed railway wouldn’t pose an overly difficult challenge to China. But in reality it took more than 3 years for it to be operational. I’m afraid it is much more than technical difficulties that will be the challenge for the realization of future high speed railway in Indonesia. It is the attitude of the Indonesian government and people towards Chinese government and Chinese people that will be the real obstacle to future high-speed railway projects. As described in the video, and candidly by the Tian Long store owner, relationship between China and Indonesia has often been testy, difficult, turbulent and even violent. It still remains so today. With the coming Indonesian general election, the future of the relationship and hence the realization of future high-speed railway projects remain uncertain.

  • @pendi17
    @pendi17 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you to China !!! Me as Indonesia.. please keep build until surabaya !!! We need thisssssss… dont care what people say but I always support this HSR !!!

  • @RandyHartono
    @RandyHartono 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Jakarta Surabaya is the most profitable route for Airplane 🛬 and for Highspeed Train 🚉 will be the same... ❤😂🎉😅😊

  • @indraprasthatan4767
    @indraprasthatan4767 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks for the video, I must try that coffee Aroma. I didn't know that coffee bean should be stored years before ended up in cafes

    • @ReportsOnChina
      @ReportsOnChina  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It’s really good! The boss told me that other coffee brands don’t leave their coffee for so long so it still contains acids etc.

  • @juliuswilson4736
    @juliuswilson4736 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Terimakasih kasih sudah datang ke indonesia dan sudah mencoba kereta cepat whoooshh 🙏

  • @chanelpurnomomancing
    @chanelpurnomomancing 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Mantab...... Indonesia melangkah lebih cepat menuju Indonesia yang menuju ke negara maju

  • @tomsunuwar6940
    @tomsunuwar6940 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Taipei or Taiwan 🇹🇼 it’s China 🇨🇳 Hong Kong 🇭🇰 or Macao 🇲🇴 it’s China 🇨🇳 Xinjiang or Tibet it’s China 🇨🇳 Inner Mongolia or heilongjiang it’s China 🇨🇳

  • @hongqingxiang3374
    @hongqingxiang3374 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for your documentary video🙏👍🙏

  • @jerrypl6224
    @jerrypl6224 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Waoo kren ilov Indonesia

  • @PancaPrasetya-mg1ps
    @PancaPrasetya-mg1ps 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Sungguh ini kereta yang modern 😮👍
    Di
    Indonesia terlalu banyak mobil dan motor jadi terlalu macet dan bising.
    Satu rumah bisa mempunyai motor semua. Dan pada malas berjalan kaki padahal jalan kaki itu sehat dan menyenangkan.

  • @leiyang25
    @leiyang25 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Andy, terrific work as usual. And you are tall😂

  • @janmcleod6727
    @janmcleod6727 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Sounds like Andy made a real effort to learn some Indonesian for this project ? Well done Kiwi !

    • @ReportsOnChina
      @ReportsOnChina  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I always try to learn the key phrases wherever I go. 😇

  • @inggrisisasi1940
    @inggrisisasi1940 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If you live in Indonesia you have to uphold Indonesian first! Indonesia is not an immigrant country like USA or Australia.
    Indonesia is made of hundreds of different cultures and languages. My first language is Sundanese, and I uphold Indonesian language since it is the unifying language and the identity of Indonesians!

  • @skywire5595
    @skywire5595 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Great video appreciates your effort and hopefully the high speed rail improves the quality of life.

  • @LjubicaServaas
    @LjubicaServaas 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As an Australian I'm so fkn jealous 😭😭😭

  • @user-zc6cj4yl1r
    @user-zc6cj4yl1r 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The best ❤❤

  • @imramsaja2675
    @imramsaja2675 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Welcome to Indonesian,you can Explore to savaya Beach club Bali, Atlas Beach fast Bali,finds Beach Bali, Gili Trawangan Lombok and labuan bajo comodo island

  • @patu1435
    @patu1435 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Great Job, Andy!👍

  • @edwardkon939
    @edwardkon939 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Awesome, Andy. Keep it up.

  • @emkoh2746
    @emkoh2746 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Andy! Terima Kaseh 🙏. Very informative and interestingly complied. I was in Jakarta in 1983! Even then the traffic was already very congested. The airport is named Halim Airport. I see the HSR station is also named Halim Station. Are they close by?

    • @ReportsOnChina
      @ReportsOnChina  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      To be honest I’m not sure 🤣

    • @emkoh2746
      @emkoh2746 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ReportsOnChina🤣

    • @hartiniyogya1459
      @hartiniyogya1459 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@emkoh2746,,yes so close to halim station with halim Airport

    • @Steve-so7uk
      @Steve-so7uk 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      yes it is nearby , the land also belong to the airport authority ( military and civil )

    • @emkoh2746
      @emkoh2746 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Steve-so7uk 🙏🙏

  • @edwardlin2941
    @edwardlin2941 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Nice video, thanks!

  • @michelle-nm2jk
    @michelle-nm2jk 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    RED AND WHITE 😍😍❤❤❤

  • @bernkoh343
    @bernkoh343 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Indian so envy of lndonesia.

  • @shrl2nd96
    @shrl2nd96 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Terimakasih bang=Thank you bro/brother🙏

    • @ReportsOnChina
      @ReportsOnChina  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Ohhhh kinda like in Cambodia, where “bong” means “bro.”

  • @yunghawlee3390
    @yunghawlee3390 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    🤞Fingerscross the high speed railway will be continued to Surabaya.