Why are China’s Trains Randomly Crashing? - The Hidden Disaster of the High Speed Rail Network

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  • @laowhy86
    @laowhy86  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +92

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    • @nanakomatsu7425
      @nanakomatsu7425 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Italy got some Chinese buses and they burn and broke by themself, and the strange part is that only one city sent an ispector before buying them (and they didn't close the deal, because buses were defective). Now we have hundreds of buses that can't circulate anymore.

    • @prospect2664
      @prospect2664 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      its american fault ofc... what else

    • @jim2376
      @jim2376 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      laowhy86, keep exposing dictator Xi and his Chinese dictatorship for what they are.

    • @givemeliberty700
      @givemeliberty700 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      For the algorithm

    • @stlouisix3
      @stlouisix3 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Comrade Railway is a weakling.

  • @keifuchan7265
    @keifuchan7265 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1897

    I'm proud of Japan's Shinkansen. Most notably, it's perfect safety record. When people were saying China's rail system will surpass Japan's, first they need to surpass the safety record. Good luck with that lol.

    • @TheVleckChannel
      @TheVleckChannel 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +84

      I noticed the footage of the Shinkansen in the background and immediately thought it was the opposite of all the systems covered in the video.

    • @rattyratstuff7125
      @rattyratstuff7125 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      Hasn't there only been 1 faster train crash? Like a new crewman disabled the brakes accidentally or something like that?
      I may be thinking of a different country though so idk

    • @pabis6817
      @pabis6817 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +122

      Even through 9.0 earthquakes. Nobody touches Japan’s Rail engineering!

    • @MalfunctioningAndroid
      @MalfunctioningAndroid 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +138

      I've never been to Japan and never will be. But I don't need to see Japanese railway to believe you.
      Japan started with nothing but ruins, a bunch of generators, and determination. And today they are lead manufacturers of auto-moto transport. I know that even when I buy the cheapest possible Japanese car or bike - I get a reliable and powerful machine. Made in Japan automatically translates to "quality" in most people's minds. From the medical equipment to an airbrush. Even a god damn omron mouse switches.
      China just buys companies, gut them, and use their tech in their own brands. Like they recently did with volvo. As soon as they bought volvo the quality dropped sharply. They always cut corners. Always cheat. Made in China sticker translates to "crap" in people minds.
      So no wonder that railways quality differ so much between those two countries. Everything else does as well.

    • @bobz3779
      @bobz3779 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +98

      Japanese people take pride in their work unlike.....

  • @norihiro01
    @norihiro01 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +878

    Japan's HSR - Shinkansen has not had any passenger fatalities due to train accidents such as collisions or derailments, since it began operation in 1964.
    China's HSR - Too many passenger fatalities and accidents to keep count, since it began operations in 2007.

    • @apophisstr6719
      @apophisstr6719 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And, when incident did happen with Japanese railways, everyone in the nation knows about it. In China, if you ask your neighbour about what happened, they'll tell you stop spreading fake news made by foreign countries.

    • @TonyTrunzo
      @TonyTrunzo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It always amazes me how you buy into propaganda. You know there are hundreds of people cranking this crap out because you want to here it. Go to the 15 city's the size of NY and ride there trains travel there freeways and ports and fly into space. We don't even have a rocket anymore.

    • @iamsheep
      @iamsheep 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      lol how long has the Shinkansen been around? Chinese HSR started in 2008

    • @poohthegreatslayer
      @poohthegreatslayer 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +86

      @@iamsheep Are you blind? He has written it started in 1962(He mentioned wrong date)

    • @just-incase
      @just-incase 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      The pride has been beaten out of the Chinese, such a stark contrast to the Japanese.

  • @sandybottom6623
    @sandybottom6623 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +170

    A story I heard about 8 years ago was of a UK medical equipment supplier that let a manufacturing contract to a Chinese contractor. This was for a type II \ III device that required very high quality design and manufacturing and was highly specified. They spent GBP100,000 on the manufacturing run. When they did a random break down and testing of the device they found that the manufacturer had substituted a capacitor with a lower spec. device. They had to scrap the whole production run and learnt a very expensive lesson in the process. It's that sort of lack of integrity that does a huge amount of damage to China's reputation.
    China has had massive opportunities and support over the last few decades which it has squandered. It has only itself to blame.

    • @luluapple1067
      @luluapple1067 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Funny China is now dominating the entire EV industry

    • @red-dm1tl
      @red-dm1tl 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Where I work, any precision equipment brand from china is permanently boycotted by default.
      we learned that the hard way unfortunately.

    • @rollinrat4850
      @rollinrat4850 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same here. I'm a retired machinist, mechanical inspector and source inspector. Nobody's fooling me. I've worked to some of the highest quality standards on this earth.
      Chinese manufacturers could never meet our contract requirements. They compromise anything and everything. They'll also steal and copy technology. This is well known. 😂
      China is a communist mess. They don't give a $hit about our planet.

    • @dennisleong7866
      @dennisleong7866 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes , don’t buy any China products

    • @spammerscammer
      @spammerscammer 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I work in the medical life science manufacturing field in the US. We have 0 china made parts. We have parts from Japan, Thailand, korea(the good one), Germany. But not a single china made component.

  • @gordonho3828
    @gordonho3828 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    Tofu trains, tofu bridges, tofu buildings, tofu country 🤣

  • @CanImperator
    @CanImperator 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +671

    This is the kind of thing that is in my mind everytime someone says something like "China can build whole railways or skyscrapers in a week"

    • @vonclod123
      @vonclod123 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +57

      And they are unusable or uninhabitable, it's all smoke and mirrors.

    • @Racko.
      @Racko. 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And it doesn’t even consider the massive fatality rate of the construction workers who lost their lives through poor conditions and quality issues in the process of making these “infrastructure” in a few weeks time, human life is less important than saving face to show of to the world

    • @powershift2024
      @powershift2024 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The CCP is great at pretending, actual substance or quality doesn't exist in "Xi's Thoughts." 🤕

    • @grizzlygrizzle
      @grizzlygrizzle 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Instant tofu

    • @cursed_cats5710
      @cursed_cats5710 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

      They can build it in a week, but it collapses in a week too

  • @brn2bwild2001
    @brn2bwild2001 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +121

    As a VP of R&D, we foolishly moved packaging and test of some of our semiconductor chips to China. In order to meet self imposed quotas, they shipped product on time, however there were no "chips" in the package. When we confronted the GM of manufacturing in China, the only thing he could say was "we met our quota." He had no concept of quality.

    • @ronnelacido1711
      @ronnelacido1711 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      I assume the "chips" you received looked like the real thing but turned out to be trash and unusable?

    • @mrvwbug4423
      @mrvwbug4423 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So they stole the chips to resell in China and sent empty packages?

    • @musaran2
      @musaran2 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Quality? There isn't even a product…

    • @fredfred2363
      @fredfred2363 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Similar thing happened to our business here in the UK. Almost broke our company... or maybe that was the aim...?!

    • @JohnHansknecht
      @JohnHansknecht 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Well I'm finding the opposite to be the case. As an example, there is an EAO switch, supposedly made in Switzerland, that costs $53 each on Digikey. I found the identical switch in China for $7.70 each. I tore it open to verify internals. Same switch, so I suspect EAO is having the switch made in a Chinese factory. My profit margin by buying direct is about to skyrocket. Another switch, a key switch from C&K is only available with a certain key cut in a volume of 10,000 units. A similar key switch from China can have custom key combinations in quantity as low as 25pcs on a 1000 pc order. American manufacturers are cutting their own throats by not offering customizations without exorbitant purchase volumes.

  • @keurikeuri7851
    @keurikeuri7851 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +181

    When the Philippines had decided to make our 1st subway we were choosing between Japan and China. Primary problem that many people in the country pointed out for subways is how it would answer the problem of floods. Japan showed how they did it in their country which many were impressed. China ironically lose the bid after it came out in the international news that during flooding in China there were people in their subway that were trapped and drowned and worst the victims had videos showing to the world the water coming in the subway trains in China. So it became a no brainer to pick Japan as the one who is now making our subway system. Also the low interest payment and every Filipino knows the high quality of Japanese infrastructures.

    • @melocitysolo9574
      @melocitysolo9574 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      The wise Philippines did not succumb to the Chinese bribery offensive and made the right choice for its people. In recent years, however, Indonesia reversed its plan to build a Japanese bullet train and signed a contract with China after China offered very low prices and bribes. China took advantage of the very careful geological surveys that Japan had done up to that point. Of course, Japan was very disappointed by this betrayal. It was recently completed, but the original budget was far exceeded and the delivery date was far behind.

    • @catinbootsnow4267
      @catinbootsnow4267 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Still no subways in the Philippines. And the railways there are decades old crap. The Japanese are all frustrated by the ugly reality with no light ahead in vision.

    • @keurikeuri7851
      @keurikeuri7851 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@catinbootsnow4267 It's ok, we understand, you are still a kid that is why you talk like that.

    • @richardkong4387
      @richardkong4387 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Vietnam and India are still waiting for the Jap HSR. Another two decades maybe?

    • @ZhenYae
      @ZhenYae 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@keurikeuri7851You do know that Pinoy are not highly regarded in SE Asia because of their association with the West. Not the bright spark...

  • @Red-Feather
    @Red-Feather 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    I’m really sorry about the future of the Chinese people. The suffering they’re soon going to go through is beyond the sorrow we know.

    • @user-dn8cv6cz7s
      @user-dn8cv6cz7s 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      冒昧问一下,你来过中国吗?

    • @bananian
      @bananian 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I have and I'm not impressed. People smoke inside restaurant, right underneath the no smoking sign. 😂 No pride, no integrity.

    • @scorpiogm_3659
      @scorpiogm_3659 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      中国人谢谢你的好心,但这一切都是谎言!

  • @nolongeramused8135
    @nolongeramused8135 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +529

    I dealt with Chinese manufacturing on a professional level for over 30 years. The short version of my experience is that everything they make is shit. There is no pride of workmanship or quality ethic, so covering up shortcuts and lying about it is standard.
    I was advising my bosses to not ever use China suppliers for anything, and if they did they'd have to place a non-Chinese QA professional on-site permanently. Unsurprisingly, even that really wasn't sufficient - nothing but problems from day one.

    • @jooei2810
      @jooei2810 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      When you know, you know.

    • @norihiro01
      @norihiro01 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Méiwèntí, Méiwèntí !
      没问题 差不多了

    • @janicewolk6492
      @janicewolk6492 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +57

      I had the exact same experience with Russia. I saw a x-ray manufacturer making defective, ie leaking radiation, machines, that the head of the company acknowledged could only be sold to third world companies . Actually, I think that was in the Czech Republic in 1992, but the same principle applied in Russia.

    • @DogSpeak
      @DogSpeak 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

      I was the first to bring Chinese apothecary jars to the US. Often they’d be mis shaped, broken, bloody, or filled with sea water and they were always dirty or cloudy. China is just one big landfill.

    • @jessicahitchens6926
      @jessicahitchens6926 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The Western overlords took and dismantled industries and set them up in China. Western people were sent over to rebuild and teach the Chinese how to run the factories etc. China is still getting aid from us as it comes under a "developing country ". They also paid no tax on exports /imports for decades.

  • @pacldawson
    @pacldawson 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +157

    The last time I rode a train in China I had asked one of the people I was traveling with why the train was only going 180km/hr, as this train in particular was hyped as going much faster. I was told that the government ordered all rail to travel slower until further notice due to a very bad train accident that occurred the week before... which was the second time in the past few months this had happened.

    • @Bullshitvol2
      @Bullshitvol2 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Thats surprising. When I was in Nanjing in 2018 the trains there worked perfectly. They were always on time and a ride did cost only 8 yuen (1€). In fact the train system worked a lot better than here in Germany where every 2. train is delayed or canceled.
      I never had to drive in high speed trains though. All were regional ones. Maybe this is an problem exclusive to high speed trains?

    • @ikvangalen6101
      @ikvangalen6101 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      That would be enough reason to avoid them like the plague! Did you finish your travel by train?

    • @stephenkolostyak4087
      @stephenkolostyak4087 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      @@liebuster9308 "The train network is huge and new, so it is normal that accidents may happen."
      More like lie spreader 9308: fuck-ups are not a function of a technology's age and implementation scale, they're a function of the people involved.

    • @ronnelacido1711
      @ronnelacido1711 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      So, don't ride the HSR since it's normal to have accidents because 'it was new'? That's quite a logic there.

    • @mrvwbug4423
      @mrvwbug4423 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      @@liebuster9308 Accidents are not normal on HSR, not even new systems. There has only been one HSR accident with fatalities outside of China where the train was operating on HSR track and at speed and two other accidents with fatalities involving HSR trains but were not operating on HSR track or at HSR speeds at the time. Those were on Spanish and German rail networks where HSR trains hop on and off non HSR track fairly regularly. Shinkansen, TGV, Eurostar and Acela have never had a fatality on their service.

  • @crosslink1493
    @crosslink1493 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Remember that show on USA television about the one-week home makeovers? The reports of Chinese building construction remind me of those projects they did on the show. I had a friend who worked on one in our area and the M.O. was do it fast so that its completed on time, within the budget, and we meet the T.V. production schedule; construction standards were secondary. The home started falling apart a few months after the T.V. crew left for the next filming location.

    • @YourHineyness
      @YourHineyness 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Now take that one project and turn it into a nation the size of the US. And it is all done to look good so China can show the world how great it is...and 6 months later it falls apart.

    • @truthsRsung
      @truthsRsung 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The twins that produced a show intended to inflate housing prices back to their pre-2008 standing?

    • @BiggieTrismegistus
      @BiggieTrismegistus 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I can confirm your friends story because I also worked on one of those houses.

  • @liamcollinson5695
    @liamcollinson5695 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I have heard rumours of china working on high speed rail outside of china and it scares me i know how shoddy the infrastructure is there and don't want it spreading

  • @kayrosis5523
    @kayrosis5523 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +148

    When the build quality for even your flagship projects is only up to the "It will look great in pictures and media for the grand opening" standard, 10-15 years down the line, Entropy is gonna wink and nudge and result in a lot of people dying.

    • @jamesprather2946
      @jamesprather2946 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Made in China has Always been synonymous with cheap materials and even worse quality. Why would their HSR be different.

    • @simshengvue4642
      @simshengvue4642 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      10 years? If only they lasted that long

    • @musaran2
      @musaran2 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Even worse: if quality has declined, then the wave of failure will be concentrated.
      20y old with ~20y lifespan and 10y old with ~10y lifespan are due around the same time.

    • @abcxyz-nd6xh
      @abcxyz-nd6xh 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      >>> look great in pictures and media ...
      I strongly suggest them to make
      3D animations (in which I am specialized in writing OpenGL simulations), to boost their achievements, rather than killing innocents just for the sake of their pride.

  • @jim2376
    @jim2376 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +134

    I've often noticed that the skies in China are gray. Rarely do you see blue skies. The air pollution must be hideous.

    • @Jalters
      @Jalters 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      Even the tree and grass not much looking green.

    • @abhijeetsingh1755
      @abhijeetsingh1755 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      They have made a new term for this "Light pollution" exclusively for China

    • @jessicahitchens6926
      @jessicahitchens6926 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      They spray paint them.

    • @jessicahitchens6926
      @jessicahitchens6926 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You ever hear of Geo engineering it is real... and its everywhere. Also they took all of our old industries away from the West and dumped them into China by design.

    • @user-we8hi4yu6
      @user-we8hi4yu6 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      mostly all the best looking photo in china is click after rain , as all the dust and pollution get down for few hour.
      but for most of the they are always gray

  • @agalah408
    @agalah408 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    I remember seeing the 2011 fast train derailment on one of the first China Uncensored clips. It gave me the realisation that the China Uncensored site wasn't gratuitously bagging China. It was just showing us what was really going on.

  • @agalah408
    @agalah408 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    I have travelled on both the Chinese fast rail and the Japanese fast rail. They are different experiences. To get on the China trains you really need a Chinese national to make the bookings for you. It is very unfriendly for foreigners to access. Every ride is precluded by endless queues of 'security checks' most of which are fake x-ray scans. In Japan I purchased one pass, which gave me unlimited Japan Rail travel everywhere, without a single security checkpoint. In one 3 week period I made maybe 50 Shinkansen connections, without any delays or problems. Most Shinkansen trains were 16 carriages long, running every 10-15 minutes. It is the real deal that China would want to be like, but will never achieve.

    • @norihiro01
      @norihiro01 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      How dare you question China's High-speed AI 5G Expertise 😂

    • @agalah408
      @agalah408 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@norihiro01 Oh no, now I have that stupid AI 5G song playing in my head. (curse you Laowhy86!)

    • @4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz
      @4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sounds like US air travel. I haven't flown anywhere in almost 20 years. If I can't drive there, I don't go.

  • @_MikeJon_
    @_MikeJon_ 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +93

    High-speed train derailment is pretty terrifying to say the least. Holy crap, imagine being on that.

    • @user-ww9yw4zi8m
      @user-ww9yw4zi8m 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE SPlat

    • @cameronspence4977
      @cameronspence4977 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Being on that!?!? Imagine GETTING HIT BY THAT

  • @MYLIFEISAWESOME
    @MYLIFEISAWESOME 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +99

    Bro, just found you and Serpentza's channel. You guys are🔥Keep up the awesome work

    • @DK-ev9dg
      @DK-ev9dg 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They are paid agents by the west to spread hate about China

    • @jasonscottjenkins
      @jasonscottjenkins 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      I started watching these guys a few years before they left china. they know what they are talking about.

    • @DK-ev9dg
      @DK-ev9dg 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jasonscottjenkins China changed completely every 3 years. These clowns were doing anti national activities in China. In North Korea they skin alive these types of people who compromise their sovereignty. Ask Julian assange and Edward Snowden. China simply asked these clowns to leave the country.

    • @iamsheep
      @iamsheep 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@jasonscottjenkins no they don't

    • @borg673
      @borg673 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@jasonscottjenkinsstop simping, you know nothing.

  • @rproctor83
    @rproctor83 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    What's funny is that in China they have similar TH-cam videos about why America is bad guy.

  • @spiritualspinster4222
    @spiritualspinster4222 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    Yes, The China Show is awesome! Some of the pieces covered in it are absolutely hilarious. I let some people at work listen to some of it and they were absolutely floored by hearing the info about China painting grass and attaching fake leaves to bare trees. They just couldn't believe the absolute idiocy of the Chinese Govt. I highly recommend it.

  • @fredc3543
    @fredc3543 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    Corruption screws everyone, regardless of country.

    • @wp2746
      @wp2746 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Indeed

    • @cameronspence4977
      @cameronspence4977 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yep and China has the most corruption out of possibly every country. So Chinese corruption is the worst👍

  • @benjamindover2601
    @benjamindover2601 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +150

    They built everything so fast they didn't stop to consider safety standards.

    • @paulmurgatroyd6372
      @paulmurgatroyd6372 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      Oh they considered it, and then they decided it wasn't cost effective.
      Either that or the money for safety features goes into someone's pocket.

    • @Racko.
      @Racko. 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      They considered it, looked at it and just threw it out the window

    • @conjumonblue6450
      @conjumonblue6450 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I was talking with an Australian engineer. He identified a problem, which I think is key. He'd be in a meeting and some engineer or another would make a proposal ABC. It would be a good idea, but then the boss in the meeting would say "I think we should do XYZ". Everyone would bow their head and go off to do XYZ. There would be no debate, they just do what the boss says no matter what.

    • @ronnelacido1711
      @ronnelacido1711 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Safety standard is just optional and suggestive in China.

    • @norihiro01
      @norihiro01 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Cutting corners is considerd a good way to "build fast" there.
      Runners that were cutting corners during marathon events was a big national problem.

  • @nmew6926
    @nmew6926 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Old video on 2011. Only one crash of HSR in millions trips. The number of trips, commercial mileage and riderships already exceeded that of Japan and Europe COMBINED.

  • @beerasaurus
    @beerasaurus 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

    This situation is off the rails.

    • @chamuuemura5314
      @chamuuemura5314 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      “Off the rails” 😆 but it’s been said they’re using high levels of fly ash in their steel rails. As that disintegrates, we’ll really see those trains off the rails. It’s a party on every track.

  • @Hey1234Hey
    @Hey1234Hey 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +179

    India and Vietnam are building Japan's exact 1:1 Shinkansen HSR systems. The pace is a bit slow, Indonesia got it's Chinese HSR earlier. But with Japanese tech, systems, training transfer i know that India and Vietnam are getting the best safety and quality HSR systems

    • @abhijeetsingh1755
      @abhijeetsingh1755 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

      And they don't want to run in China's debt trap

    • @quantumgoddess7870
      @quantumgoddess7870 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      And they are honest developing nations❤

    • @doujinflip
      @doujinflip 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      Little Pinks love to bring up the "failure" of Japan's build in India and Vietnam (mostly because of land acquisitions on the recipient nation end) compared to the Bandung WHOOSH, even though the build in Java has been plagued with quality control issues throughout its lengthy construction process.

    • @DK-ev9dg
      @DK-ev9dg 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They will take 50 Years to complete it. There is no debt trap by china. It's all jealousy and bitterness. Indian project have moved only 10kms in the last 4 years. Indians are lazy and dumb Japanese have no innovation and adventure.

    • @DK-ev9dg
      @DK-ev9dg 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@quantumgoddess7870 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

  • @LCR1989
    @LCR1989 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Indian trains are also crashing that too being slow as snail relatively. Make a video on that too.

  • @Aar0nDavis
    @Aar0nDavis 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    You know, I often complain about how there's little to no train service where I live, how the rail network is nowhere near as good as it once was in the first half of the 20th century, how slow trains are compared to Eurasia, but then I see China, and I realise that it could be a whole lot worse. (I'd still love a rail network in the country like Japan's though.)

    • @YourHineyness
      @YourHineyness 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I would love a good passenger train system. When I was 8 or 10 years old my Mom and I used to ride the train across the US to visit relatives. I still remember when you flushed the toilet you could see the railroad ties going by through the hole in the bottom of the toilet. Back then every town of even a few thousand people had a train station where you could get on a train and go anywhere.

    • @elLooto
      @elLooto 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sad to say, but rail has been a black hole for money for more than a century at this point.
      When rail was at its peak, it was there because it had no real competition for the scale it operated on; it was competing with horse and cart for people/cargo transfer. As private motor vehicles (both cars and trucks) got better the advantage of trains was lessened until it was no longer profitable to run rail. Add to that needing private transport to even access rail and you can understand that rail is (apart from niche uses) dead.

    • @YourHineyness
      @YourHineyness 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      As soon as airplanes got faster than trains the handwriting was on the wall, sadly.@@elLooto

  • @thhanh1003
    @thhanh1003 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +78

    when I have a rough couple days, I watch your videos guys and say to myself "it really could be much worse, I could be at home, drinking someone's urine in the beer I bought"

    • @powershift2024
      @powershift2024 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      The only beer I ever bought produced in China was all super frothy suds with little small curly hairs all through it. Fool me once XiXiPee...

    • @robbatayaki5505
      @robbatayaki5505 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      As long as it's not a Tsingtao ...

    • @OperationNonsense
      @OperationNonsense 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Right? At least we don’t live in China.

  • @abcxyz-nd6xh
    @abcxyz-nd6xh 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +74

    Speeding is the main reason.
    The original Tech-Transfer Agreement
    with Mitsubishi Heavy Industry Japan
    limited the speed China was allowed
    to operate the hi-speed trains
    at 300 km/h
    But China operated them at 380 km/h,
    drawing power up to about 4 times
    of the original design rating.
    As a result, the overloading led to
    sudden hault in the 2011 disaster.

    • @lainiwakura1776
      @lainiwakura1776 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Why are you making what you write look like a poem? It makes it hard to read.

    • @xerotonin6776
      @xerotonin6776 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      ​@@lainiwakura1776how is it hard to read? Just read it

    • @jamallabarge2665
      @jamallabarge2665 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      This makes a lot of sense.
      Bureaucracies don't always observe technical limits. Prime Example was the Challenger Shuttle launch. NASA and Reagan wanted a talking point for the "State of the Union" address.
      Morton-Thiokol said "We have had some near misses because of the O-rings" due to low temperatures.
      The customer is always right, so up went the Shuttle, down went the Shuttle.

    • @Racko.
      @Racko. 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And even then it’s unacceptable, it’s been an standard rule in the HSR book across the world that 300km/h is the sweet spot, but I guess China wants to be ahead so badly that they compromised lives in the process

    • @stephenkolostyak4087
      @stephenkolostyak4087 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@jamallabarge2665 the customer is always right in matters of taste, that was just a bunch of chicken-shits letting people die.

  • @petemedium2185
    @petemedium2185 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    According to USA Facts Org: "As of October, the FRA has recorded 742 incident reports for train derailments in 2023. Additionally, railroads reported 59 collisions, 12 fires, and 138 highway-rail-crossing incidents, which could include cars or any other vehicles or people at the crossing site.
    Also according to FRA statistics, of the 2,199 highway-rail grade crossing collisions that occurred in 2022, 273 were crossing fatalities and 813 were crossing injuries, being approximately 85% of all 2022 highway-rail grade crossing collisions occurring in the US."
    I think I'd prefer China's statists over the US's, thank you.

    • @theterminators6512
      @theterminators6512 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The US is transparent. Don't be naive.

    • @Dave05J
      @Dave05J 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hmm are you really comparing FREIGHT train derailment with PASSENGER train derailment here?? Wow bravo 👏. You've really deserved you 50 cents 👏 👏👏

    • @petemedium2185
      @petemedium2185 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Dave05J A derailment is a derailment.

    • @petemedium2185
      @petemedium2185 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@Dave05J "China: 876.22 billion passenger-km/year, 317 deaths over 20 years. This is one death per 55.3 billion passenger-km.
      US: 27.26 billion passenger-km/year (both Amtrak and commuter rail), 159 deaths over 20 years. Note the rate is more than twice that of China per capita, let alone per rail passenger. This is one death per 3.4 billion passenger-km".

  • @shenyun7195
    @shenyun7195 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    This is the Ningbo-Wenzhou high-speed rail accident in 2011. I wonder if you can't find any material that can smear China recently. So the accident from 12 years ago

  • @hiftu
    @hiftu 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +108

    My assumption: China will try to push all the cost to foreign investors, domestic private investors while paying government officials.

    • @newperve
      @newperve 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      That's more a conclusion based on previous patterns than an assumption.

    • @Archangelm127
      @Archangelm127 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Wow, you can spot basic patterns. Congrats! 🤣

    • @SubvertTheState
      @SubvertTheState 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's genius

  • @blurglide
    @blurglide 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    California has spent about 20% as much and has almost nothing to show for it

  • @user-jd8vl3bt6n
    @user-jd8vl3bt6n 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    I worked for a US manufacturer and we were the official supplier to both CNR and CSR (the state-owned manufacturers of China's high speed trains). But they somehow, knowingly, purchased some fake local products that pretended to be our brand in order to receive kickbacks. Of course we reported the case to the highest level and all they did was trying to cover it up. In the end, none of the trains produced with the fake parts (including some exported to Australia) were ever recalled. (and I am sure we were NOT the only fake parts on those trains)

    • @shenyun7195
      @shenyun7195 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They bought fake products. But your company isn't even mad, is it? Please prove what you said.
      But Kawasaki Heavy Industries, a Japanese company, admitted faked quality inspection in the past 38 years

  • @BlazRa
    @BlazRa 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    I'm absolutely disgusted that Nusome would allow the leader of this hellscape to walk on his States land so freely and welcomed.

    • @WardDorrity
      @WardDorrity 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      It's what this regime has in mind for America

    • @peterlyall2848
      @peterlyall2848 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I had no idea that the makers the game Runescape has made a spin off from Runescape called Hellscape. I have tried to find the game called Hellscape on steam games and epic games ect...with absolutely no luck at all. I'd appreciate it if you could tell where I can purchase the game Hellscape? Pardon the pun but Hellscape seems like a hell of a game to play.

    • @ronnelacido1711
      @ronnelacido1711 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He needs Chinese money for his presidential run next year. Winnie the Pooh can assure him the support of Chinese hackers.

    • @deadby15
      @deadby15 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Blame Nixon for legitimizing the CCP in the global stage.

    • @BlazRa
      @BlazRa 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@peterlyall2848 the word scape as in landscape when you destroy the land it becomes a hellscape

  • @EveryoneWhoUsesThisTV
    @EveryoneWhoUsesThisTV 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Most governments subsidize their passenger rail, but most rail systems don't fall apart in the process.... :D

    • @lsp6032
      @lsp6032 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      in countries whose passenger rail is falling apart, the government is heavily criticized and forced to work to improve infrastructure quality and urgent repairs, this isn't possible in China, wait and see how big of a disaster it will become

    • @cathjj840
      @cathjj840 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Right. In places where they have been privatized, those are the ones that are shitty. And expensive

    • @lsp6032
      @lsp6032 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @cathjj840 except japan and maybe south Korea, and sometimes europe

    • @cathjj840
      @cathjj840 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lsp6032 UK they're bad. Labour wants to renationalize, and well they should. Germany's not great - I think they're partly privatized

    • @elLooto
      @elLooto 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@cathjj840 the end-user price of something does not change between publicly and privately funded.
      Its just that publicly funded things things can have their end-user price obfuscated by making everybody pay for it by adding it to their taxes. ie instead of charging the 10 people who use it $100 each, you can tax 1000 people $1 each and pretend its "free."

  • @jiminauburn5073
    @jiminauburn5073 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Not paid by China, but I like the high speed trains. I have ridden them down in the Shenzhen and Guangzhou area a lot. It is nice to get on a high speed train. Not saying anything about their debt, or stability, or safety, but the trains I was on did not crash and were nice.

    • @user-uq7ty8dv5b
      @user-uq7ty8dv5b 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This fake video about china ,Chinese just smile and ignore ,Stupid people always deceive themselves, and powerful people are silently strong.

    • @cameronspence4977
      @cameronspence4977 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are gambling with your entire life every time you do that. If you have a single shred of intelligence, you will never go back to china. This video isnt even scratching the surface on how dangerous, unhealthy and unsanitary china is. If you know whats good for your health, your life and your morals dont ever go back to china

  • @adammillwardart7831
    @adammillwardart7831 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    4:04 I find it a bit hard to believe the authorities wore shirts that say "POLICE" in English, and nothing in Chinese, and same for the "police" tape.

  • @beakytwitch7905
    @beakytwitch7905 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +87

    As an aside. My dog developed itchy skin and sores. I used a fungicidal cream, which had some effect but the redness did not fully clear up. So I threw away my packets of "pig in blankets", "duck pieces", "chicken pieces" - all Chinese-sourced dried meat pet foods. Two weeks later my dog is completely healthy again. My friend's dog still itches all over, and today I advised that she throw away all her chinese-sourced pet food, and she is doing so. She asked what she might use for treats instead, and I replied "small pieces of cheese, pieces of the meats we eat, bits of butter, bits of lard, or no treats at all.". Better that our dogs stay healthy than give them toxic treats .... Sad that we have to do this, and the people of china are in my prayers.

    • @Ray-pest
      @Ray-pest 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Pet treats and food here in the US, that isnt sourced from China, is still pretty trash too. The best thing you can do for your pet is just make their food and treats at home. The ingredients are stupid simple, will cost 1/4 of the price of the high-end "Natural" dog foods/treats, and you are able to really tailor it to what your fur friend needs for nutrition that is specific to their breed.

    • @stephenkolostyak4087
      @stephenkolostyak4087 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@Ray-pestI've never seen a dog get sores from U.S. based food goods.

    • @Archangels1
      @Archangels1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I don’t see what the big deal is. They feed all the dogs in China anti freeze. It sweetens and tenderizes the meat.

    • @vhuyjgvyj
      @vhuyjgvyj 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@stephenkolostyak4087 The regulations for pet food and treats are very bad, so it's better to make your own anyways.

    • @jailbird1133
      @jailbird1133 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Don't use USMade food either as they use Chinese ingredients.

  • @unspecifiedd
    @unspecifiedd 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    you serpentza and even prozzie should be chinas #1 spokesperson, with how much you guys have such a deep love in your heart for the country.

    • @destinywil3418
      @destinywil3418 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They are married to Chinese women. Funny things is they talk so much about China all the time not about America or South Africa. China lives rent free in their head....LOL F.Y.I their videos are kinda cool though...

  • @RacerX888
    @RacerX888 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    When I lived in Asia, if you wanted quality construction, you imported a foreign construction team. Australian companies in the Philippines did it all the time. Build time was faster, and quality was exceptional. Construction in China was laughable, and the lack of safety considerations, even during building demolitions (BOOM) was non existent. I was almost killed during a building coming down in Shenzhen that had no warning signs that an explosion was coming.

    • @songhanshan9843
      @songhanshan9843 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And the result is that Philippine will still be a sh*thole in the long run meanwhile Laos and Indonesia already got their train system improved.

    • @RacerX888
      @RacerX888 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@songhanshan9843 Philippines will always be a sh*thole because of the corruption of the past is still rampant everywhere and will never change.

  • @LynetteA68
    @LynetteA68 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    They left the people inside the trains and just buried them?!!?? Dear God WTH is wrong with these people??

  • @epg96
    @epg96 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Guys, is China when Netflix's Cyberpunk Edgerunner meets Final Destination?

  • @markmywords9372
    @markmywords9372 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Haste makes waste. Sure China built a giant high speed rail system but the quality is what matters. The tolerances for every aspect of this system have to exact to achieve and maintain these high speeds. Any small deviations will cause vibrations, which will end in catastrophe. The maintenance of the rails, to the cars and engine alone, are crucial for safe travel. Other infrastructure such as bridges and banked turns are also critical. These are issues that must be of top priority and not overlooked. China has a bad habit of jumping before they look. I'm afraid they are lacking it the quality of their ability to run and maintain these systems and we will see their shining jewel become severely tarnished and dangerous as time goes on.

  • @BrianWelch-kj9qs
    @BrianWelch-kj9qs 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The Concrete Confessional blog guy has some insane stories about being an educational consultant for the children of China's elite politicians / businesspeople/ celebrities. The first part is called "I Was Simon Song," and he talks about the ominous political shifts of recent years in it, as well. It's def worth checking out. He was in Shenzhen during the COVID lockdowns, the A4 protests, and the pro-democracy riots in Hong Kong, too.

  • @HKim0072
    @HKim0072 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    The F-35 Fighter Jet is pretty expensive, but what makes it really expensive is the operating and ongoing maintenance cost.
    The same goes for infrastructure projects. It's not just the upfront costs, but how usage and maintenance costs are balanced out.

  • @rejack2liferejack32
    @rejack2liferejack32 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Theres a reason people joke about products being "made in china " :=)

    • @goatpepperherbaltea7895
      @goatpepperherbaltea7895 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You are dull😂

    • @thomasgrabkowski8283
      @thomasgrabkowski8283 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well chances are, the phone or computer your typing this on is also made in China

    • @jessicahitchens6926
      @jessicahitchens6926 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Why is that? Why does no one ask how did that happen..Whom sent our industry abroad?

    • @jessicahitchens6926
      @jessicahitchens6926 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well there is S Korea.. but even Mercedes Benz are built there now. That's why they are so crap.

    • @thomasgrabkowski8283
      @thomasgrabkowski8283 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@jessicahitchens6926 Cheap labor costs

  • @TheDaftySage
    @TheDaftySage 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    I can't believe how brave / stupid I was to ever use those things.

    • @cameronspence4977
      @cameronspence4977 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me neither. Its insane to me how many and that so much people still use chinese products and just have absolutely no clue it blows my mind

  • @jjjaw3702
    @jjjaw3702 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you for the old news! It was over 10 years old!

  • @noco-pf3vj
    @noco-pf3vj 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Our government is proud that we are the first country in Southeast Asia to have a high-speed train... from China. That is worrying.
    They want to expand more across Java Island, even though the new high-speed train only operated for one month.

    • @melocitysolo9574
      @melocitysolo9574 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Exactly. You are very smart. In the eyes of developed Western countries, the Indonesian government made a very stupid decision. Halfway through it reneged on its promise to build a bullet train with Japan in favor of one made in China at a lower price (though it ended up being much more expensive). There are probably big bribes from China behind the scenes. More worrying is that many Indonesians are willing to accept them. In addition, there are people who join the Chinese in making fun of Japan for its disappointment.
      The Indonesian people need to elect a government that takes the long view and makes serious policies for the people.

  • @killianmoss3571
    @killianmoss3571 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Can you imagine how mentally draining it must be to first figure out how to clean that mess up then how to redo it all just to have to wait to do it all over again

  • @flameguy3416
    @flameguy3416 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +93

    Funny how Elon Musk (il han ma) praised China's train infrastructure

    • @twerkysandwich64
      @twerkysandwich64 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      lol I was thinking the same when I saw the title

    • @angsumanchakraborty
      @angsumanchakraborty 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Elon Musk's family jewels are held by Xi, he cannot speak his mind.

    • @hydronpowers9014
      @hydronpowers9014 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      To play devil's advocate, they _do_ have a """better""" passenger train infrastructure than the US without a shred of care of safety. 😂

    • @rattyratstuff7125
      @rattyratstuff7125 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@hydronpowers9014 I hate having to admit that. Our train lines that aren't brand new are notorious to train enthusiasts world wide. I'm not a train guy but a good buddy is and he's flown to a few countries to ride the oldest rails still in service and he says those antique trains and rails are somehow more comfortable than the cali-new York route

    • @benchoflemons398
      @benchoflemons398 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well, he wants to play nice with the CCP. He doesn’t want any government to get in the way of mars

  • @lindatracy7175
    @lindatracy7175 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +80

    Only a "real economy" can survive and thrive. It has to arise from and by the people, not from "top down" structure by government.

    • @powershift2024
      @powershift2024 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Hmmm, sounds somewhat similar to Li Keqiang's economic and national growth strategies. I wonder whatever happened to him? He must've been on one of these trains... 🤕

    • @user-sd5hq9gy4x
      @user-sd5hq9gy4x 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Real free economy VS Fake controlled economy. The ccp will insist they got the best system by making up numbers.

    • @NuggetsAndLaundry
      @NuggetsAndLaundry 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      If only we knew this before Build Back Better and the prior “Shovel Ready Projects”!

    • @peterkorek-mv6rs
      @peterkorek-mv6rs 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😊😊😊😊😊

    • @EveryoneWhoUsesThisTV
      @EveryoneWhoUsesThisTV 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Government should just be the referee in the game of commerce.
      Tweaking and enforcing the rules of the game, so the playing field stays fairly level......

  • @melocitysolo9574
    @melocitysolo9574 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The authorities buried the fallen train with the injured passengers to avoid criticism. This is China.😱

  • @Ace-cc1em
    @Ace-cc1em 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

    To get a sense of why China's hsr network is turning into such a boondoggle: Imagine building a rail-line from Casper, Wyoming, to Topeka, Kansas. China has been building HSR lines in places that will never see enough passenger traffic to justify the costs.

    • @sharonlavery7656
      @sharonlavery7656 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      And most Chinese people can't afford to use them anyway...!

    • @hybridmems
      @hybridmems 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I think it's part of the military preparation as well

    • @Ace-cc1em
      @Ace-cc1em 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @hybridmems I don't see how. HSR is designed with passengers in mind because heavy cargo will just slow it the heck down

    • @hybridmems
      @hybridmems 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Ace-cc1em train traks are used to move military vehicles and ammo around very fast, they are a big thing in almost every war

    • @spammerscammer
      @spammerscammer 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@hybridmemschina isn't able to fight a war so no need to prepare.

  • @STONEDay
    @STONEDay 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    German steam powered Kreiglocs (War Trains) from WWII built to last 10 years are still in operation til this day. You can see them on TH-cam.

    • @redsorgum
      @redsorgum 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Same with the UK, US, and some in India.

    • @Fjodor.Tabularasa
      @Fjodor.Tabularasa 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Learn to spell. It's KRIEG not kreig, you little fool

  • @crisg1207
    @crisg1207 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Every time a video drops my heart drops with excitement ❤

  • @licas3214
    @licas3214 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I'm from Indonesia, so Indonesia finalized the agreement for the high speed rail at 2015 to China. The reason why Indonesia government choose China than japan because
    1. Transfer technology, we want to make our own train, not a market for other countries, especially for old train. Why we know this? Indonesian have worked together with Japan for producing car from 1972 and surprise, 50 years later and still no technology transfer from japan to Indonesia for car and motorcycle.
    2. The train Japan want to sold to Indonesia is an OLD TRAIN, with low speed, only 300 km/hour that japan HAVE STOP using and now use new technology, and even that, they don't want to share the old technology, a 2010 train, but China will sell a new 2012 train they still use with maximum speed 380 km/hour and a new technology that can withstand earthquake and make less noise
    3. Japan want to use Business to Government partnership but Indonesia only want to Business to Business. Japan want government funding, but Indonesia don't want to, we want pure business
    About quality I think it's good but not sure about that, I mean I'm using Chinese phone (Xiaomi) now, and it's already 5 years and still functioning perfectly, but I don't know about train. Lol even I myself curious, let's just see, Indonesia will be an experiment lab for Chinese train, if it going under after 5 years or less, then it will be an expensive but good lesson for us, but if after 15 years or more and there's no problem, then Chinese technology is good, and we will use more of Chinese technology

  • @nextinstitute7824
    @nextinstitute7824 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Well... I first sat in the high- speed Shangai train about 15 years ago. Even back then, it was pretty damn impressive.

  • @YanestraAgain
    @YanestraAgain 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Japan also has a building with a railway passing through it (Gate Tower Building located in Osaka).

    • @s21k58
      @s21k58 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Office building.

    • @kenm3943
      @kenm3943 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It is a highway not a railroad.

  • @luluapple1067
    @luluapple1067 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    China’s last high speed train derailment was back in 2011, wondering why this guy didn’t mention that..

    • @unclerobert7532
      @unclerobert7532 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      3:31. ◀️ @luluapple1067

    • @lordmashie
      @lordmashie 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      There was a one last year...

    • @lsp6032
      @lsp6032 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@lordmashiefrom poorly maintained slope causing landslide in increment weather, overseas railways have a much stringent control on slope construction and railway construction to make sure chances of such disaster is minimized or at least be predictable

    • @kwas101
      @kwas101 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah when was Japan's last HST derailment. Oh wait...

    • @luluapple1067
      @luluapple1067 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      and how many times is China's high speed rail network larger than Japan's 10 times?@@kwas101

  • @pisaupisaupisang
    @pisaupisaupisang 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Now i am worried for high speed rail they build recently in indonesia. Just hoping nothing will happend.

  • @stormzzy6347
    @stormzzy6347 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I know Zhang Heqing was part of a China state sponsored media when I took a look at all of his tweets (or posts) about China and finding out that some of it looks like it was made with AI and some others look like extremely cherry-picked for propaganda. I found out about him just because I found out from a friend of mine, Zhang has posted a video of one of my friends that is learning in China, praising China about everything in what I could think of as an attempt to suck up to the CCP regime. My friend group all laughed at this tweet, but I'm thinking at that point; What will happen when he returns to our home country? Will he return to his old self or become a CCP bootlicker? Or will he even return at all?

  • @haunted_lunchbox
    @haunted_lunchbox 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I want to thank you for your channel & keeping us informed.

  • @mrkisukes
    @mrkisukes 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I always laugh when people try to bring up China's rail system as some kind of own against the US all like, " if China could do it, why can't the US." Well, first, China didn't do it, not without too many casualties at least, and I hardly consider that a success.

    • @Eggster68
      @Eggster68 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Distance and (population) density reign supreme. Most 'successful' high speed rail systems operate between large population centers that are located relatively close to each other. That's also one of the reasons that much of the conventional passenger rail in the US exists on the coasts and the corridor between Chicago and the East Coast.

    • @RipOffProductionsLLC
      @RipOffProductionsLLC 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@Eggster68yeah, America's rail networks are also focused around cargo movement, and a lot of the US doesn't need rail to move its cargo because it has got easy access to the sea, the Great lakes, or the Mississippi river and its navigable tributaries, and thus can just use boats to ship their goods around.

  • @ChuKokSiuMing
    @ChuKokSiuMing 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I remember more train accidents in the USA than in China, even though they are 5 times slower.

  • @PinkAgaricus
    @PinkAgaricus 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Irony (in the case of any form of infrastructure [road or rail] going through a building) here is that Japan did that first with a highway that goes through a building. If you see a video on that (the Japanese highway going through a building) before all the propaganda then you're even more immunized against it and realize, "hey, they aren't first".

    • @YourHineyness
      @YourHineyness 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow. Us dumb old 'Muricans always build our buildings beside the road. I guess China's ahead again. Who would of thought that buildings were to run trains and cars through instead of for people to live and work in? Damn.

  • @Griffintheelder
    @Griffintheelder 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

    I can relate to these stories, however unimaginable they may sound to the Western audience. I have been dealing with Chinese since about 1990 and traveled around China from 2003 until 2013 many times on long business trips. Not drinking Champagne in suites but actually traveling all over the country to obscure places where the production was taking place, often under inumane conditions, especially in the north. I can confirm that everything our boys are revealing about China is true, and they actually seem to be holding back. Maybe they have become so used to it that they focus on different anomalies in Chinese society, but anyway it is a lot worse than pictured here.

    • @stephenkolostyak4087
      @stephenkolostyak4087 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I knew someone who worked there from 2007 to 2012 or there-abouts, wouldn't stop raving about how fucked up the cities were from pollution.

    • @user-dn8cv6cz7s
      @user-dn8cv6cz7s 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      一本正经的胡说八道

    • @stephenkolostyak4087
      @stephenkolostyak4087 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@user-dn8cv6cz7s 简体中文? 哦,你为哪个共产党官员工作?

    • @user-dn8cv6cz7s
      @user-dn8cv6cz7s 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@stephenkolostyak4087 你呢?你为哪个党工作?

    • @notusneo
      @notusneo 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@user-dn8cv6cz7snice try Zhang go collect your fifthy cent

  • @wbwarren57
    @wbwarren57 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    You are completely wrong! Tofu dreg infrastructure is exactly what western investors want to invest in because it is the gift that keeps on giving! Western investors can enjoy extra profits from the money that is skimmed off of the original construction budget. Then, when the tofu dreg infrastructure, collapses, western investors can benefit from the money skimmed off of the repair budget, over and over again! What’s wrong with that? It’s not like any real people suffer. Sure, you might say that Chinese people suffer, but the CCP considers all non-CCP members to be cockroaches so in reality no real people suffer.

    • @jaybong6008
      @jaybong6008 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Sad but true. Seems some U.S. politicians have learned this human behavior. Compassion for money is more important than us peasants. 😢

    • @goatpepperherbaltea7895
      @goatpepperherbaltea7895 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not really 😂 I’ve delt with several clients that have lost a shit ton in China the people scraping profits off the budget are the Chinese people that are running the projects, they enjoy delicious meals and expensive hookers!

    • @wbwarren57
      @wbwarren57 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@jaybong6008
      Don’t forget that Western investment banks make huge transaction fees off of Western investors pouring their money into these tofu Greg infrastructure projects.

    • @pootispiker2866
      @pootispiker2866 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@wbwarren57 Dreg. Not drag or greg. Can you spell?

    • @wbwarren57
      @wbwarren57 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@pootispiker2866 I dictate my replies, using the voice recognition feature of my iPad. Sometimes I don’t go back in correct all of the spelling errors. I find it somewhat ironic that you’re asking me to spend more time correcting the spelling of my comment about tofu DREG construction (which, as far as I know, won’t, in itself, kill anybody), then the CCP officials spend in making certain that the substandard construction won’t collapse and kill non-CCP Chinese people.

  • @b.elzebub9252
    @b.elzebub9252 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Infrastructure is an investment that can kickstart a lot of other development. So in that sense I can understand why the trains themselves don't need to make a direct profit to be worth the investment. IIRC the American west was developed by building railways in order for people and business to be able to operate in those areas. The railway in and on itself probably wasn't profitable either in those days. It was all the secondary industries and business it enabled that made it worth the investment.
    I guess what China is trying to do is similar to that? Create the infrastructure framework needed to open up the interior for development like the coastal areas have in the past decades? Personally I think the problem isn't fundamentally with this idea and this plan they are executing. It seems like a fairly sound idea tbh. The government, not having any shareholders clambering for profit margins can use it's immense power and ability to take on debt to invest in primary prerequisite development in order for private companies to then safely invest in secondary industries and services. Once those are developed, the debt can be offset by the increased tax revenues and everybody profits in the long run.
    The fundamental problem is the insane levels of corruption causing shit like tofu dreg buildings to collapse.

  • @johndoh5182
    @johndoh5182 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Do understand that investment into these huge projects isn't just Chinese investors, it's global investors. China does the same thing other countries do which is to sell bonds to fund these projects and there has been hundreds of billions of USD coming in from all over the world into these projects. Yes, they need to start failing and yes the world needs to hold the Chinese govt. and the companies dealing with these projects accountable.
    And this is why credit agencies from around the world have publicly said it's too risky to invest in ANYTHING Chinese, for various reasons and one is certainly violating terms for these investments, the other being the CCP controls them which violates free trade between companies and investors.

  • @Dan-bv8ne
    @Dan-bv8ne 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    The suspensions railway in wuppertal germany (build around 1906 or so) has been going through a building for over a hundret years

    • @cathjj840
      @cathjj840 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Just curious - an inhabited building?

    • @Dan-bv8ne
      @Dan-bv8ne 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      lol, yes- theres a nice cafe@@cathjj840

  • @libertyman3729
    @libertyman3729 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Thanks for the real Chinese news c-milk. Happy Thanksgiving to Viv and the kids.

  • @shnops
    @shnops 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What Cinese need ? The Mantra of the Informed : " Question everything and , especially , question those that don't question " !

  • @xixinan
    @xixinan 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Keep up the good work, now I understand why you’re making these videos for US. You will be hero and remembered in the future when truth reveals.

  • @ToastyMcGrath
    @ToastyMcGrath 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    It's like Chernobyl. The lies just made things worse.

    • @streetsarecold
      @streetsarecold 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      yeah my friend got caught paying in fake euros, then he had to pay bigger fine than paying real money in the first place-lying just digs a hole deeper

  • @cognitive_minority
    @cognitive_minority 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Why do these things happen? It might be linked to the fact that you can’t speak the truth.

  • @garyp7580
    @garyp7580 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hey I can one up you with Jerry Brown-Gavin Newsom train to nowhere in California. 70-80-90 Billion I'm not even sure if they ever finished.

  • @ganikus8565
    @ganikus8565 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    China always say they have the longest railways network in the world, but they never mention that proportionally to the size of a country, compare to France or Spain for example, Chinese railways is still 20 times smaller .

  • @NuclearSavety
    @NuclearSavety 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Maintainence is overrated ...

  • @randallminchew6780
    @randallminchew6780 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The USA doesn’t have need nor care about high speed trains. We love our cars and trucks way too much to give them up.

    • @smileyone1612
      @smileyone1612 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      There is an unfinished one in California. 😂🤣

    • @EllieMaes-Grandad
      @EllieMaes-Grandad 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Vote blue in 2024 and you won't have them much longer . . .

  • @jepulis6674
    @jepulis6674 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Look up how much governments support car infrastucture or plain fuels. Its insane that trains are supposed to be profitable alone

  • @TheHumanMass
    @TheHumanMass 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    essentially this is what corruption looks like when its unhinged and out of control

  • @nolongerblocked6210
    @nolongerblocked6210 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Context is king when talking about millions, billions & trillions:
    1 million seconds is 12 days
    1 billion seconds is 31 _years_
    1 trillion seconds is 31, 688 _YEARS_
    When we hear our governments throwing around terms like billions & trillions none of us can truly comprehend how much money that is... or how much they're skimming off the top for themselves & their associates

  • @TheGrace020
    @TheGrace020 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Great video as usual Cmilk 😼like always the land of facades...

  • @Hana-qs9zg
    @Hana-qs9zg 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    One of the reasons why I try to avoid the high speed trains when traveling. I will take a 7 hour flight and inconvenience of going through the airport and flying over 4 hours of travel using the train.

  • @mrvwbug4423
    @mrvwbug4423 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'll admit, drinking booze and swapping stories with farmers does sound like a more interesting train trip than the HSR trip haha.

  • @orangfriut1994
    @orangfriut1994 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Chinese infrastructure is the national equivalent of taking a picture of your model bridge a second before it collapses and then bragging about how good you are at building to your classmates.

  • @moosefactory133
    @moosefactory133 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    China should have consulted with Japan on how to build high speed rails. As of today, November 19, 2023, Japan has never had a derailment or fatality in its 55 year history of their high speed rail system.

    • @sprky777
      @sprky777 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      China would never lose face by asking for help. China can do everything better than anyone else.
      Meanwhile, china steals ideas and processes through espionage to keep up. If they don't get accurate or complete information they just wing it. Close enough.

    • @ronnelacido1711
      @ronnelacido1711 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Japan and US are considered enemies in China. Even at young age, kids are brainwashed to hate Japan and the US with a passion. Getting help from an "enemy" like Japan is unthinkable.

    • @elLooto
      @elLooto 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They did, apparently. And then ignored the advice because communists.

  • @JohnSmith-jt5qr
    @JohnSmith-jt5qr 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    With VERY FEW exceptions, passenger trains NEVER make money. The US has likely blown as much as China on their trains, with most of that blown money being subways and light rails in our cities...plus California's Train to Nowhere.

  • @JeriDro
    @JeriDro หลายเดือนก่อน

    I used to check cargo for the Port of Houston and Chinese ships were the only ones that were disorganized 100% of the time. When they send us steel, they literally just throw it on and leave it to the foreigners to figure it out.

  • @frankgrima
    @frankgrima 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Here in California the government is spending billions/trillions of dollars on our speed 🚅 trains which will never live up to expectations.

    • @marklittle8805
      @marklittle8805 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well at least we know it will be safe ...

    • @redsorgum
      @redsorgum 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Fellow Californian here: I think the problem is wanting a train to do roughly 220 miles an hour, when 110 would’ve been more than sufficient. At 110, it’s a lot easier to build rails that will handle that speed, and it’s still faster than driving a car.

    • @RogueReplicant
      @RogueReplicant 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      But we are confident and honest enough to admit failure and try again. The Chinese are incapable of that. Their silly face saving culture binds their hands and clouds their judgement.

    • @lsp6032
      @lsp6032 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      well, the advantage of high speed train is for shorter travel time against planes in sub 1000km journeys, especially if the train terminates at city center, what Britain recently did with HS2 caused me to face palm in shame for their short sightedness

    • @EllieMaes-Grandad
      @EllieMaes-Grandad 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      HS2 is a fiasco - from the very start, an expensive scam. @@lsp6032

  • @TTt-666
    @TTt-666 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    i think they also get contracts to run foreign country's public transport. like SWT in the UK is run by Hong-Kong Metro and has been terrible since they got the contract. i am guessing they are owned by China. these must be obtained on the reputation of how they run in Hong-Kong..

    • @lsp6032
      @lsp6032 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      as someone who was living there, I cannot agree more, locals hate MTR for poor management of HK metro, from delays to train problems due to using Chinese made trains, most actual HKers also hate the shitty government for oppressing dissent and other unacceptable behavior that run the place into the ground, and many have left that place since then

  • @elkingoh4543
    @elkingoh4543 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    In Malaysia, there is 60 years old outdated train. Better service, cause less accidents, very cheap tickets and more enjoyable experience. It was SABAH RAILWAY experience

  • @maxerd
    @maxerd 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    6:32 I gotta correct you, Cyberpunk as a setting describes a yes, dystopian society, where recent rapid advancements of technology created a wealth divide between corporate elite and the poor. The poor in cyberpunk settings are portrayed in a rebellious anti-authority manner because of the rocky societal transformation due to extremely powerful technological advancements, that usually only the wealthy can afford. It's not, by definition, post-apocalyptic.

  • @chazparker3657
    @chazparker3657 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    I have a friend who until recently worked at the US Embassy in Beijing and was assigned to two tours for a total of six years. He made it abundantly clear that China’s high speed rail system is a complete fraud. It is so poorly designed, constructed, and maintained that accidents are common. The trains seldom reach high speeds between major cities because the concrete and steel rattle and vibrate well above tolerance levels. The concrete is disintegrating, steel rails warping. Trains leave and arrive at major destinations at high speed. However, once out of metro zones, trains will slow to 100 KPH / 60 MPH for safety reasons. It’s all for show. None of it is safe.
    My supposition is that he actually works for The Company in Langley rather than his cabinet department. Why? Let’s just say he returned stateside in November 2019 for training courses from his department. He returned in early 2020 to take over an assignment from a colleague. So he said. Why in whatever sense would a staffer return to China at the very height of that virus situation.? He’s no longer in China but somewhere else in Asia.

    • @user-rg9xd9mu5r
      @user-rg9xd9mu5r 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Any other sources for this claim aside from your bioluminescent friend? I think of the trains truly did slow to 60mph as you claim, even the biggest morons would complain. Is it maybe that your friend bought a low speed train ticket thinking it was HSR?

    • @GolemRising
      @GolemRising 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@user-rg9xd9mu5r You mean aside from literally thousands of testimonials from tourists pre-covid times and nearly constant complaining on Chinese social media (right up until it was cracked down on)?
      Its common knowledge amongst people who have actually tried to use the train system in China.

    • @user-qv1ih2gn9e
      @user-qv1ih2gn9e 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Clearly your friend made up that story, I feel sorry for you for believing it. The trains there can reach a maximum 300 Km/Hr because I took the train just this year.

    • @stephenkolostyak4087
      @stephenkolostyak4087 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@user-qv1ih2gn9e cool story 50 cent Beijing 12346.

    • @stephenkolostyak4087
      @stephenkolostyak4087 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@user-rg9xd9mu5r cool story 50 cent Beijing 12345.

  • @YukioKokoko
    @YukioKokoko 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    One of my pet peeves is when people advertise VPNs but don't really give that much info on the said product. What it's main purpose is, does it keep logs, login/payment options and what protocols are available and so on
    I'm not trying to throw shade or anything, this is just I've noticed ever since people on yt started advertise VPNs .
    I'm a long time watcher and enjoy your content so keep it coming, you and serpentza are my go to channels when it comes to China

    • @kphaxx
      @kphaxx 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      You gotta understand that these products are being marketed to people who are not leet af. What absolutely should be a thing is not saying shit like "this will protect you from hackers!!"

    • @YukioKokoko
      @YukioKokoko 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kphaxx yea that also, I always cringe a bit when they say this will protect you from hackers or DDOS attacks etc

    • @YukioKokoko
      @YukioKokoko 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kphaxx also where where the stated VPN company operates is a huge deal. I wouldn't use yet alone buy one that is based in the US since they have to comply US laws.
      I get that they are probably given a script to read off of but still. Nonetheless I enjoy Laos and serpentzas content

  • @MTerrance
    @MTerrance 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    There is an axiom in the construction business. You can build a project fast with high quality, but it will be expensive. You can build the same project with high quality and reasonable costs, but it will not be fast. You can build a project fast and cheap but it will be of low quality. Do you want to build a project fast, cheaply, and of high quality? Pick two and call me back. China built a huge high-speed rail system faster than anyone imagined it could for less per mile than anyone else has, so now it is paying the quality price of that decision. The other thing about high-speed rail systems - they are very maintenance and operating cost-intensive. If maintenance gets skimped on, it doesn't really matter how well it was built, it is going to start falling apart. Derail a regional freight train at 50 mph and you have a serious problem but likely can repair the damage to the guideway in a few days (Norfolk Southern not withstanding). Derail a high-speed passenger train at over 150 mph and you have a disaster that is going to take weeks or even months to repair.

    • @norihiro01
      @norihiro01 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They can also do repairs fast and cheap. So no problem!

    • @MTerrance
      @MTerrance 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@norihiro01 😆😆😆😆😆

  • @rerun3283
    @rerun3283 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    2 things you'll never see me riding on are those busses on that messed up road in Bolivia and a Chinese high speed train.