Kenya opens massive US$1.5 billion railway project funded and built by China
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The second section of a China-funded railway connecting Kenya’s capital Nairobi to Naivasha, a town in the Central Rift Valley, opened on October 16, 2019.Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who was on board for the maiden journey, used the opportunity to reject criticism that the infrastructure project is a white elephant.Critics say the project known as the Standard Gauge Railway will be unable to generate enough revenue from cargo services to cover its cost.
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"Without infrastructure,
there will be no investors.
Without investors,
there will be no jobs for youth"
- wisdom quote
Randy Marsh was it not funded and built by china tho
*When there are no investors. *There are no jobs for the youth. Maybe the "wise" should check their grammar.
ah yes, i love wisdom quote’s teachings.
@Yasoboy Have you been to Kenya? There is already infrastructure. Kenya is big.. the train station only links Kenya to port city, 150 km... that's it... its not the holy grail, barely even a start.
@@pseudorealityisreal double checked👌😊
Kenyans cooperated with the Chinese and got a train service from Nairobi to Mombassa. Kurds cooperated with the Americans and got lots of turkeys
ROFL.
LOL
They got a train that they cannot pay for and become slaves to China. US fought with Kurds for years while China was cowering and hiding, selling arms to Syria who were attacking the Kurds. Sorry to spoil your party : )
@laurance lee at least they built something for country development not just war and war
Laurence Lee Have you the US have nothing to offer to the world other than warfare and violent wars?
The next step, Kenyan engineers must learn how to do it by themselves, so they can create jobs for young Kenyans and Africans. The more you produce, the more you can print money without risk of inflation. It's a simple mathematical equation: just multiply what you have done by repeating it many times.
China wants Africa to be strong and prosperous . Then China can have a group of African friends to speak for China against the western bullies.
You can notice the tickts clerk is an african woman . Who can make a decent living on herself through this job ,Maybe she can support her children to go to school and become more usefull to the sociaty .When I see African people working hard . I see hope in their furture .It takes few generations for a nation to rise.
China only send Chinese workers. They don't want them to get knowledge how to built it themselves
@@TakashiNippon Kenya engineering is kinda poor only tech startups thrive as it's much easier to learn as self taught with passion. Engineering degrees here are much low end
Just multiply ... Ummmmmmmmmm tat is easier sed than don son because even if u can do one ting once u alredy find it excruciating 2 do one ting twice mo 2 lons on a hot day come bak tell me I'm not rite
I am actually proud of China for this.
Lol China play mind games, their sole reason for this is different
Which countries that USA has helped so far without involving with bomb and oils?
So you said China hasn’t help country with bomb and oils, heh?
@@moslyjeb3090 Except he isn't saying that? Way to twist someone's words lol.
@@moslyjeb3090 when? china never ever did that
They've lifted many out troubles, in South East Asia, Africa, middle East Israel, as long as you walk with them you're safe
Your comment didn't age well. How do you feel now after WUHAN VIRUS?
$1.5 billion for a railway project is a debt trap? California has spent SIX TIMES that amount so far on their high speed rail and didn't build diddly squat.
@J At this rate we will become a Chinese proxy state in less than a decade
@J GDP means nothing, Africa is 4 times the size of the US and is rich with minerals. Africa is the future.
@J you don't adapt to make more money.
Actually California built one , about 30 miles, cost the state 6 billion dollars.!
@J thats why california is literally the worst place to live in with like sky rocketed price of housing
2021 update: Kenya is already broke because of the project and had to delay some payments. This will cost them money for a long time.
Then they will be forced to lease a piece of land to china for 99 years just like how Sri Lanka did
How exactly do you think developing countries actually ‘develop’?
@@whatsgoingon07 they never do, never will because there literally is no definition of being 'developed'. But still never forget what china dreams of is huaxia or something and wants to control the whole globe.
Source: bro trust me
@H.A. "debt trap" is a myth that has been thoroughly debunked
Oh man, absolutely EPIC piano playing man! That person is just shredding those keys! =) I'd LOVE to jam with whoever wrote and played those riffs.
Fr
Yes
What you meant by jam?
@@AmandaRussell903 jam, musical accompaniment.
(Play together).
@@Stop_Elitists_Wars exactly =)
China is very smart to invest in developing countries as they know these countries will be on their side in the future.
They're building allies😱
Yes, and if the nations cannot pay their debts, the Chinese will just take back the infrastructure or something else from the nation as payment/collateral..
Lol, USA invests in 3rd world countries too. But only if they have oil and require military support.
Shawn Li not sure which is worse. China’s loans are not 1.5billion in cold hard cash, the infrastructure could be valued at cost of 1.5billion (construction, inventory, etc). But often, the construction is done by Chinese companies who bring in their own Chinese workers and supply of materials are from China, etc. local companies or economy gets a small portion of this revenue.
Much of the 1.5billion doesn’t cycle within the borrowing nation’s economy.
I m not sure what is the agreed interest rate with China for these nations. So cannot say if IMF Interest or China’s interest rate is worse.
In the end, when nation is unable to payback, is austerity worse or losing part of your nation’s sovereignty worse? That depends on individuals opinion I guess.
Wakanda forever
*China is also building rail lines and train stations in my country Nigeria.*
*They are also building factories, roads and refineries in my country.*
well, your country will be bankrupt soon. China just ripped off your people. Your future generations will be paying for the trains after it breaks down years before.
Great to know that both Nigeria & Kenya is slowly & readily making progress & developments!
Thanks, we help others building the country, rather than destroying them.
@@vikarna you help destroy them economically. They will not be able to repay the loan, then China will take Kenya natural resource. And then it will create black slavery again.
They're strong people. The difficulty is just living in such a hot and dry environment. I get too exhausted to work on 25 celcius and these people have 35 commonly. So much respect from me, being able to build a society in such a hostile climate
Visit india
Lol....hostile environment.
@@abdulmalik2824 climate* :)
@@eetuthereindeer6671 sorry lol. Got mixed up with the previous sentence. But same goes for us. We honestly dread ur freezing winters.
@@abdulmalik2824 well at least working hard keeps us warm. For you it just makes it worse
Without Infrastructure there with be no Investors, without investors there will be no jobs for the youth. Now there will be a better future for the youth of China
True
Yea, maybe soon chinese will flood this place, but lessee if this country will become the next singapore or the next south africa.
Im honestly happy to see progress in africa. Congrats!
The total bill is not $1.5 billion, it is actually US $3 billion. The railway was not 75 miles, turns out to be only 60 miles. That is $50 million USD per mile... go Google. China totally took Kenya for ride 😉
It will take Kenya at least 70 years to repay the loan. Utilization is only 10%. The cost of a ticket is USD $10 each way while the average person earns $8/day. This project cannot even pay interest. That's why China even funded the port, they are ready to help "take" Kenya's oil
@@xijinping4228 "It will take Kenya at least 70 years to repay the loan. Utilization is only 10%"
You are assuming Kenya will never grow and further develop...thats insulting...
Abraham Shekelbergstien he is chinese from Taiwan who brainwashed by the western propaganda media!
It’s short terms happiness, in long terms you got everlasting crying to the Kenya people.
To be in a bit of debt is better than forever like dirt. God's willing,Kenya will progress & prosper.
This news will be not shown in any western mainstream media:
www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3009174/chinese-engineer-made-nigerian-tribal-chief *_Chinese engineer made Nigerian tribal chief for role in development_*
Dicky Doggy well said.
It's going to bleed the nation for generations just to pay off the debts..
Jibril Saneko How much debt America is in?...
@@yuchenyang1708
It's ok with them as long as many countries including China are buying into their bonds..
Even though I disagree with the communist ideals, China is doing wonders for these nations helping build infrastructure that would benefit the population and country as a whole.
Current Chinese mainland isn't really communist, they're capitalism in practice. That said, they now are full on economics, and besides improving their own ability about business (which already huge because of huge masses of people and resources), they need "broader" trading partners, which in this cases, those who didn't much capped by the western economics power. Improving their economy would improving china mainland economy at the end too, thus raising their power of influence as the current western power do (there's so much video about this). Different than Soviet communism, chinese communism is a practice of government handles all control of power while giving it's citizens freedom of work for themselves, which on my opinion is much efficient than the current western power are doing.
What happens when the people don’t have the monies to pay back to China when the bill comes? Beware the wolf in sheep’s clothing.
@@NyuuMikuru1 that's another cause. At first, it's just power that chinese mainland give to raise those countries that in turn would help chinese mainland economy at the end. Win-win. Both benefits doesn't give westerners any benefits and credit, thus make them envy.
If they're at first realize they wouldn't able to turn the loans back, they wouldn't pick them up. But hey, it's very hard to denying easy loan if you were dead poor. It's happened everywhere, not only from the chinese mainland. That's how capitalism works.
If you think China is a Communist country then you must be another racist American who thinks George Floyd had it coming.
@@montumeroe9593 they pretend to be communist
They r communist in censoring stuff but capitalist is making the Benjamin’s
I like how there's so much people still commenting about their concerns while this video already made at the end of 2019, almost 2 year ago. If this thing really proceeds, how much move that china mainland already does.
It's their debt that they can't repay
@@ireallycant4416 Tofu-dreg project
@@ireallycant4416 thats exacly why china chooses country's like kenya. They hope the money will not be paid back..
@@mentos93 Would you like China to ignore the third world entirely? What's your prescription for how to life the Third World.
@@jamesmichael1503 Don't give multi-billion dollar loans to poor countries. It's like banks giving people with bad credit millions in loans. They are not going to pay back or payment will be late. But China wants that so that they can take their ports and resources as collateral.
why didnt the US do anything like these, besides slavery.
Nah, they like to bombed and making chaos, so they can sell their weapons.
Then, steal other resources with their _wisdom quotes_ is "democracy" or "freedom"
Last time I read the history books, it was the Dutch that sold Afican slaves to the New World, called America.
@@dmaverick9525 that's true Dutchies used to be one of the main traders of the old world
@John Kevin really? where are those black people come from in america? england? i don't think so🤔
Because they are white..
Whenever China helps other countries , these western media would say some “buts”
no, dept trap,! but truth is developing country need money for infrastructure. once the infrastructure is done, the civilian feeling, the environment for investor will be very different. 逆水行舟,不进则退。only 8 word in chinese, but telling the truth.
The difference here is this one will include the first half too, while some will just skip the positive part altogether
They are envious because US can’t even built their own railroads without Republican cheapskates and Democrats Environmental Nazis protests.
@@shilongtang549 yes...kindly see the srilanka case nd bark...dnt talk like blind people...
The Chinese govt doesn't spend money to help others unless there is some benefit to them.
I'd love to do that rail journey. It would drop a mile in altitude leaving Nairobi.
I've only ever flown it and that was impressive.
There's nothing more expensive than something free. Let's see :)
Free debt trap. Lol
they have big plans for kenya in exchange for the cheap chinese train rails :))))))
The world is not a zero sum game. Both countries can benefit
So many countries are fallen in trap of China. Let's see about Kenya.
@@kunsangchoedon1199 apart from sri lanka who built a useless seaport in the middle of nowhere, which other countries are you talking about?
"White elephant project."
I think it's not, think about it. A port city connecting to the capital. Capital is power.
Port city is economy.
and that is what Chyna is after in Kenya...the port
Oh you mean like the port in Sri Lanka that the Chinese now owns cause the government can't pay them back? It's called the Chinese Debt Trap. Yes port city is economy but now it belongs to china not Africa. china doesn't do charity work, nothing comes for free from them. You will always be giving more than what you are receiving.
@@iamteddy87 Why being racist? Really no need for that.
@@linshen962 How is any of my word portray racism. I'm listing facts in my statements.
@@iamteddy87 you are racist because you think you are so much better than the African people. You think they are not able to make informed decisions for themselves. Only you, who probably haven't spent a single day in Africa can tell that this is a trap made by China. Such arrogance.
Washington doesn't like this development, They view it as a threat...
They like wars
If so, it is a backward thingking?
When did "Washington" say they don't like this?
@@straight-up-shots Why do you need US to say that? Their actions during the past decades speak itself. Haven't you heard "non-verbal communication speaks louder than words"?
@@straight-up-shots no guns sales!
It will result in Chinese occupation of Kenya's railway just like that happened in Sri Lanka.
India is jealous. India rail is still same what Britain left in 1947.
@@nmew6926 Do you know Democracy 😂
@@vsai34 how does democracy play a role in that sentence?
@@manwithstds7503 our governments developed railway system with help of people cooperation that's called democracy and we never forced to take any land for infrastructure development this is called Democracy our people involved any developments because people's government not like our neighbours.
@@vsai34 no your railways was developed with the help of Britain and there are still many railways which run on British made trains and tracks.
This is how china brings small nations like this into there hands
At least they’re helping them. I get you’re Indian and you hate China but if they’re willing to help kenya there is no reason for Kenya fall into their sphere of influence
@@TheWorldInsider one train equals to unlimited resources that's how chinese do their business.
@@rainclover59 but in the end it helps Kenya too, improves their trade infrastructure and give jobs to locals . So what’s the problem? Kenya does not have the capital to start their own ventures, China does and China also want their resources, it’s a win win, sure China might get a overly favourable deal but for Kenya beggars can’t be choosers
china makes africans rich
rich africans have money to buy more made in china.
it's a win-win🙂
tk Africa is already rich though
@@abdulrisark4782 😄
Are u dump?
@@abdulrisark4782 rich in what
@@Tangled1111 rich in minerals nd resources.
China...u need trains and infrastructure !
USA....u need weapons!
poo eater USA: We need oil.
poo eater Lol pentagon troll 😂
poo eater u must be the most idiot in the world
@@AlphaDuck1990 pooeater =shit for brains.
🙄
@@oldshoes4290 Chinese are mining oil in war torn south Sudan.
Why couldn't other rich countries do the same? China is doing its best
@DEGALA LOHIT KUMAR well other countries can do it ethically to prove there point
Ha ha ha... That moment when Kenya's railroad system becomes better & more modern than that of the US. Priceless!
Isn't it strange that west tried sooooooo hard to help Africa but never succeeded but china some how knows the right formula and the progress start happening !
Because western countries only want to grab instead of giving.
They never tried they was doing the opposite they they destroyed those countries with coups and arms for militant groups like they are doing now in the middle east
The right formula to help is simply .... help... not NATO No Action Talk Only
Because China was poor too, so they been in their shoes and knows how to slowly grow poor countries economy.
West never try to help. They just wanna selling weapons to Africa
Wow. Their current trains and stations look more modern than America's. Reminds me of the modern trains and stations here in South Korea.
China helps building the train and stations. While China learns a lot from South Korea and Japan.
SORRY....USA HAVE FELL BEHIND ALREADY. 4TH RATE COUNTRY.
As in 3rd world. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
America is way behind when it comes to train. Even the stations aren't comfortable to be in.
Kenya borrowed more than $3 billion from China to build the 472-kilometer railway from Mombasa to Nairobi. It borrowed another $1.5 billion for a second branch from Nairobi to Naivasha. Critics of the projects say they are putting the country into a debt crisis and making it indebted to China.
I took the old train from Nairobi to Mombasa in 2016. This looks like a massive improvement. At that time the train line between Naivasha and Nairobi didn't even have a passenger train.
Trains look so much more beautiful than military :)
Meanwhile no fast train from San Francisco to L.A, lol!
@Ronnie Siew slow was considered really fast back in the old days
I heard they built some express trains in US for billions.. its only 15 minutes faster than the old trains xD
XPAT RAN .
This train is not hsr dude
@@giveaway999 its not but you know China can build bullet trains all over Africa in 5 years if they wanted... meanwhile America is still waiting for their first buller train xD
access .
Do you mean "if they want"??? Lol
make more money, fight fewer wars. This how the world Should be.
Land for everybody. No wars. THIS is how the world should be.
@Daniel Nguyen Why would China against a peaceful world?
@@deadringer2349 Elites believe in monopoly on land and everything else. Their personality is Psychopathic and with Narcissistic self entitlement
Dead Ringer “Land for everybody “ Emmmm that’s sound very communism.
Not in American standards unfortunately.
Accordingly to SCMP, all projects must be feasible from day one. Notice how they mentioned that the project will only be feasible once it reaches Uganda. SCMP is a British mouthpiece.
I don't think so. It is probably the most friendly express to China among worldwide-influential news agent.
its nice to see other countries trying to actually help instead of helping dropping bombs on it.
Helping? It's called lending money and trapping them in debt.
China helping? Were do you live?
Happy to see that at least someone is focusing on African countries. They are also human and they also have their right.. China 🇨🇳 ❤️
we love our African brothers and sisters
Everyone business itself are to make profit but its either in legal basic or the twisted mind basic...
China is not helping any country. They are controlling them by building these projects. Watch Palki’s video on wion about china’s economic plan
@@sriharshakoduru wion? Isnt that an indian channel thats the least credible source
India,eu,china,us,uk and cannada all investing in infrastructure inside of Africa it will emerge as a global hub
the railway and station looks like in Europe countries
because europe hired chinese before. you can see from IP man movie. they used intelligent people while they are still in power.
Better than some railway stations in Europe which are old style (Victorian)
this looks dated.
@@thomasduke4402 victorian era train stations have got the culture and history, they need to be preserved.
They look like Chinese railway stations.
Congrats Kenya! So happy for Kenyan brothers!
And China tricked you again
Hope this doesn't end like Hambantota port of Sri Lanka. The Lankans were also very happy when China was investing & trolling/dismissing the warnings from Indian officials. Now the port is leased out to China for 99 (ninety nine) years.
China is no different from america
And it's still benefiting Sri Lanka in the long term. The western suppressed truth is that SL debt has nothing to do with the port. Instead the leasing of the port to the Chinese company has allowed some relief for the overall SL debts to the IMF and the WB. The other lie perpetuated by the West is that the port is now "owned" by the Chinese company. It is being "leased" to it. But the gullible are blinded by such manipulation of languages used to portray anything China and Chinese.
@@stephenlock7236 what if the Chinese build a military base & make Sri Lanka a vassal state of China. You would still argue that the Lankans are still benefiting from it
@@stephenlock7236 They built the port knowing they wouldn’t be able to pay it. They basically enslaved them in debt. And when they saw the opportunity, they took it. Now China had another port, and India lost one.
@@stephenlock7236 such usage of the port and chinese funded infrastructure will be in chinese sponsored control from the Sri Lankans government anyways, bypassing domestic laws and prompting their control further outside their domain "Leased" is just another silver word for ownership.
Yeah, not like this is a part of China’s multi-faceted and complicated aggressive foreign policy or anything. But at least they’re helping someone, much unlike the U.S.
I prefer the word ‘cooperate’ than ‘help’. China and African countries are equal and they learn from each other through cooperation.
Equal how?
@@pengdesign647 but how.. R u guyz blind.. Have u read that they're spying u guys and get debt trap...
Hmmm, I recall Americans sending aid to Africa to curtail hunger or natural disasters.
@@tinolax7724 do you preffer they selling guns and bombing them?
_"Without infrastructures, there will be no investors. Without investors, there will be no jobs for our youth"_ by President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Very well said Mr. President!
Job is the way to tackle criminality, radicalism, and the seed of terrorism. That's how China is currently doing for low-economic class Uyghurs in Xinjiang, but western never admit it.
Without China's money 😂 there will be no debt
Imagine if they can't pay the depth like Shri Lanka
atleast they are not bombing countries or killing nation's leaders
@Usha kumari The Narendra Modi-led government has taken two loans worth over Rs 9,000 crore from the Beijing-based to Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to meet challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, Union Minister of State Anurag Thakur told Parliament on Wednesday.
@Usha kumari source: www.google.com/amp/s/www.news18.com/amp/news/india/modi-govt-took-loans-worth-over-rs-9k-crore-from-china-based-aiib-anurag-thakur-in-lok-sabha-2882683.html
@katlekho umphela indians don't have a single reason to love china
Chinese government always wanted to grab our land forcefully using military or some other tactics
And many more things
You know as an American, I read few of the comments and all I gathered was... Western people seem quite jealous of China's progress in Africa. Call it a debt trap or future China colony.... If I was an African and China made my life better with new infrastructures and major progress toward the future, I think I would be fine being a proxy of China. Would I rather walk or ride a donkey for hours (just to make it to work) on dirt roads or have modern day transportation system that will get me there in under an hour or so on paved roads? This is a no brainer. I would pick China any day of the week
Everyday,I'am astonish by China's news for development....
can any of the 50 cent bots here tell me what happened in tianamen square 1989? they all seem to go silent!
Timic83tc you tell me first what happen in Kent State University 1970 ? CCP just learned that from America. XD
2019 is about to end & your still thinking of 1989 try to move on.
@Fatih Matsu what happened in tianamen square 1989?
@@zhangburnham7226 what happened in tianamen square 1989?
Long live the friendship between Kenya and China!
It will take Kenya at least 70 years to repay the loan. Utilization is only 10%. The cost of a ticket is USD $10 each way while the average person earns $8/day. This project cannot even pay interest. That's why China even funded the port, they are ready to help "take" Kenya's oil. This will send Kenya back into slavery again...
I will definately expect a few words mentioned below: 'debt trap', 'Chinese devil plot', etc. No matter what they say, Kenya now has a great railway. Will Kenya gets worse with this railway? Time will tell.
Californian congressmen thinks the same way. That's exactly the reason why they cannot build a high-speed railway.
@@danpan7175 right
+10 Social Credit!
Now China can claim that part of the world belongs to them .
Hahaha ....
Been to Kenya before the pandemic. Lovely country and friendly people
In their speeches, Chinese leaders always refer to the people of Africa as "OUR AFRICAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS".
China and Africa are equal partners.
Alistair Razi and also eastern Europe
In 1967 they also say our Indian brother and than after world know 😂😂😂😂.
Hahahahahaha yet another easily appeased hoping there be next to have there head patted
Just remember when we open liquor stores in the hood we messed up entire generations of black people . China may be friendly until you don't agree with China. Then what? Your rebel army's in soccer jerseys gonna fight the Chinese ? All your base belong to us!!
@@georgewbushcenterforintell147 hey there is a time an then we stop making excuses!!!
This is how you make friends around the world, instead of backstabbing allies
Haha you were disappointed when they went there and were disappointed when they left. It’s so disappointing for you isn’t it.
So nice to see. I've been to Kenya thrice with 2011 being the last time and didn't see this. Hope to go again and enjoy the ride.
In Oct 2022, China fines Kenya Sh1.31 billion for defaulting on railway loans.
100 million dollers per year Loss to Kenya Railway from beginning (total $500 million +)
This railway is even more advanced than that of the US
The average speed is faster than the fastest train in the US
People in the US own cars and don't need trains...
@@straight-up-shots Except those in the countryside who make little and only has the train as a usable transport
@@hamanakohamaneko7028 lol what? What countryside?
Cause the US don’t like railway transport system. President Eisenhauer instead built the interstate express ways to please the automobile & oil lobbies.
This is better than europeans countries or usa sending garbages to india or africa(sodoma and gomorra)🤣🤣🤣
Europistan*
Yes🤔🤔
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Europeans gave colonies: Christianity, democracy, human rights, sovereignty
@@adrianatgaming8640 tell that to Belgium and the Netherlands, they both failed in Congo and Indonesia. Tsk tsk tsk!
@@adrianatgaming8640 this is probably the funniest comment I've read today. Thanks for the laugh 😂
Though concerning, it’s needed.. would rather take the risk then stand stagnant weighing out the risk
some people don't understand and refuse to believe silk road is a win win
US distribute bombs and riffles. China distributes railways and roads and ports.
China doesn't do anything unless it benefits them. You're kidding yourself if you think this is some humanitarian play.
@@straight-up-shots You are right, that is why China always say win-win, not you win I lose or I win you lose.
China has never forgotten that African brothers have helped us return to the United Nations.
@@randymarsh1360 Yeah, the move of white people trading them as salves is far better than us LOL
Randy Marsh you are accusing something that hasn’t happened and I don’t see any big problems with it cuz that’s trade. comparing with the west, they just take it and doesn’t leave something for them.
China only does it so these countries vote for them at the UN
African brothers, your organs look very healthy
Huh?
Kenya's development is very fast 👍
#shippinginbox
We are suffering because of this project. The loan has made Kenya broke
so according to the logics of comments below… Chinese should not build this railway in the first place because of debt?
then who should biuld it? americans? europeans? there must be a reason why Kenya government chose to coorperate with China in the first place
or simply those commenters just want Kenya build their own railway which could take several decades for the same project that could be done in several years?
I mean the Kenya governers should be smart enough - probably smarter than those commenters - to make decisions themselves based on their need
last but not least…what is your business of criticizing the domestic decisions of the government of another nation?
arrogant and ignorant is so true
Im glad they did it, but there is no such thing as" doing it for free" when it comes to money. There's always a catch when the time is right
I think they will take share from the revenue generated through ticket sales.
China lends America money, is this free? Nough said.
They will claim that Africa is China's territory.
😂
There is nothing free in this world, just better deals.
So does IMF
So lao yang finally got his gravel?😂😂
I appreciate what China is doing in developing countries by providing infastructre they needed.African and Asian countries need more such projects to become reality as cities are connected by each other will have better growth prospectus.
US firms losing out billions in rail construction contracts to China
how they are losing, they dont have anything to compete with
? US hasn't build rail for a long long time, not even for itself. What's your point?
americans hate trains and i can't remember the last time i saw an american train
@@JewTube001 except Sheldon Cooper lol
@@InuCruiser Nice try Mr 747 but I know what Boeing and airline lobbyists did to trains in America, and it wasn't pretty.
Whatever infrastructure system built there, they will benefit generations living in that land.
Yes the Kenyan economy will grow and say decades later they can pay the debt back and so get richer and so can be happier, while the western people first slaved african people and now sell guns to africa to keep them poor, so its easier to western elite control them in their new dystopian world. Thats why China is much better friend, when will help africa get out of being poor and so africa will no longer be booring place with bunch of poor people, when africa can create something intresting with being richer.
Judging the background at 0:09 , I'm sure I'm gonna enjoy the view when riding that thing...
Kenya : It seems nice.. But why is your army here... 🙂
China : Well.. 😅
Happy to see developing Africa
Love and Respect from Pakistan
Railway in Pakistan is 100 yrs old given by British, so you have developed?
Pakistan.
Pakistan.
I disagree.
Meanwhile America be like: that’s communist that’s in humane!
@jay jay Iraq not selling any part of their country but still got free bomb, and lost everything, and they got free puppet government, free tyrant, and US corporation got control on their oil well.
China use money, US use bomb pick one dude to be your partner.
@jay jay nothing in my opinion concern about either it's capitalism or imperialism, or socialism. I only point out two different approach by US compare to China. Both is for greed for sure, but in a war where by force or by diplomacy a small country usually don't stand a chance, either by bomb or by loan make you choice.
Nobody gives a fk about africa
That train goes to nowhere, total waste of money. The final station was closed few days later due to inaccessibility. Now we'll be forced to pay for loans we didn't need.
iVince905 Dont fool yourself liberal. Chinese are not left wing communism. We are right wing capitalist communism.
Meanwhile US: leaves holey flags in Afghanistan.
I'm an african and i am happy to see the progress made in kenya 😁👏🏾💯
Nothing are free in this world, but I think this choice is better than the "other one"
Some take everything ,some giving not free. Something for the country,
Factory workers, people's HAVES something, JOBS transported,
Opportunity for the future
Yang mana? Yang itu 😂
Hi from india
No where in this video said it’s free. They paid $1.5 billion
I still remember a decade or two ago we mostly saw famine and poverty in Africa on TV, and the west was asked to help, to donate or raise money for some Christian charity but really, how can a country be established or strengthened through charities? China's business and infrastructure investment is building partnerships (and not this top down sympathetic charities and donations) and actually building long-term services to lift living standards and facilitate economy growth. This is way more substantial.
And those western media fed people still hate China lol bunch of clowns
So in conclusion: Mono means one
And rail means rail
I wish we weren't in a power struggle but work together with them to build a greater technology, and help others grow better
China "making Kenya great again."
HunterShows making it worse again
A cynical, neo colonial scheme to urbanize the globe and enrich China.
@@HunterShows That's Trump's words.
;))
I believe, the term is not just "infrastructure" but "strategic infrastructure". That is what you need to attract investors in any country. If the infrastructure has nothing to do with the investors business, then it's useless. Just another loan granted and to be paid by the citizens.
Would you be rather living in the mud??
Better than westerns “bombs and guns” .
@@s100flo3 ???
First and foremost it is the discretion of the country in which the facility is being built who decide on its viability. The BRI just facilitates them. The truth about "strategic infrastructure" has been the euphemism of the western colonial masters to built infrastructures purely to exploit and extract natural resources from their colonies. After hundreds of years of colonial exploitations, you should know why these countries are so underdeveloped in their infrastructures.
@@stephenlock7236 That is indeed interesting. Anyway, this is just my point of view, that in anything that we do, we should be strategic. Not because money is flowing, we can simply pour money on anything without proper studies. I still believe on doing research and analysis first before making huge expenses.
I am really happy for Kenya but I hope that there would not be any repercussions of this help.
No repercussions,all iz well,it is China,the incoming superpower .
Mutual benefit
Those trains look 40 years better than the ones we have here in California 😅
Understand that they’re showing the only great modern thing mostly, there’s so much more great things in Califronia
@@vincentchu7700 True, but infrastructure, roads, power grids, water, public transportation and homeless situation are not part of the great.
Despite of any negative comments at least china do something that helps not just tweets.
Tweets?. thanks heaven they didnt get bombed like the AmeriKKKans love to do
Thanks China for helping the world ....👏👏
Nothing is free.
No country will help another for free.
Let's see what's their motivation of helping Kenya.
That’s how you make friends. When you give, one day they might give back to you. And do you know most developed countries have something called Foreign Aid in their budget? Don’t be so cynical.
@@freemanol do you also believe in rainbows and unicorns and utopia for everyone?
A perfect world with no hate no racism and no wars?
As well as charities and tich countries helping poor countries for free without asking nothing in return?
If yes,
Then you're in the wrong world.
Hi SCMP,
Can you please share the song's name ?
Thanks
And ITS STILL CHEAPER than the 2nd ave subway!!!!!!’
Hahahah sooooo true plus complete faster too. MTA started the project decades ago but of course they have so many excuses. NYC was broke, then price too expensive need time and this is from the greatest country in the world.
No matter what China does, there’s always critics and haters 😆
Yup and it is such bs, go China 🇨🇳
@@yanglinluo 🖕China
@@kaydod3190 your mama
@@andr3w131 your mama
China is like Apple. I don’t care what u think about me. I just keep improve and show the world they are capable to shape the new future.
When they can't pay the debt... They will take your land... Like Chinese took srilanka port for 99 years
The forests of Kenya and hotels therein are a tourism fascination
Who says China is bad? Look at how they help this country..
With a loan they can't pay...and a mostly useless railroad...
@@martinblank1484 imf own 30+% of the loan . Meanwhile china 10%
@@ksam8987 So that's 40%....are you going to finish this little math problem? LOL....
@Ankit Mehrotra isnt it the same with IMF, no country would be ab,le to pay, rmember 98 crisis
@@martinblank1484 useless brain like yours
3rd world need to be more prosper.
What's is 3rd world...or are you as antiquated as the trains china is dumping in Kenya?
@@OjaysReel It's better then dumping bombs to poor countries.
Great work of Chineese Engineer. Really appreciate.
I wonder if this railway would collapse because of poor safety standards.
I’m an Indian and I hope India and China can become allies in the future. I believe China would be a much lovelier and better ally than the USA (no offence to Americans). China is already our largest trading partner and both nations are merging superpowers. Let’s hope we can put aside our rivalry and see each other as family.
Hindi Chini Bhai Bhai
🇮🇳❤️🇨🇳
Now we begin to understand the real hero. Thank you China!!! The West had not done this!
Is there a chance the track could bend?
Will be interesting to see how this turns out in 20+ years
Will probably be defunct
Railways are never meant to be Profitable. Its a service which makes Economy more than accessible. Indian Railways is in Loss. Chinese railways are in debt of $250 Billions. But this is a service to the people. I would prefer debt instead of no infrastructure.
@Shri Ram v well said. Not all government services are for profit only.
Its milestone for Kenya to have a new $bil electric rail line with latest technology. It exposed Kenyan to modern infrastructure and definitely connect people to improve on their standard of living.
1:14 "But some critics describe the project as a white elephant that will sink Kenya into debt"
🤡🤡🤡 Let me guess from which countries these critics come
Will they introduce social credit system here haha