This $1.7B Railway Is U.S.’s First Challenge to China in Africa | WSJ Breaking Ground
The $1.7 billion U.S.-backed Lobito Corridor Project aims to revitalize a rail system from Angola to the Democratic Republic of Congo, securing vital mineral supply chains essential for EV batteries and other green tech. It's a key move in the U.S.’s pushback against China's Belt and Road initiatives in Africa, reflecting its growing foreign policy focus on the continent.
WSJ explores the railway megaproject and examines the high-stakes battle between the U.S. and China for economic influence in Africa.
Chapters:
0:00 Economic influence in Africa
0:41 Lobito Corridor Project
2:47 China’s Belt and Road Initiative
4:07 U.S. engagement
5:24 What this means for Africa’s future
Breaking Ground digs into megaprojects around the world, uncovering what these developments might mean for the surrounding region and the ultimate costs.
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Read more about how this railway project is helping the U.S. derail China’s influence in Africa: on.wsj.com/3Q9XabD
@lm_b5080
Ай бұрын
WSJ could've done well to actually interview an Angolan for this? makes it seem as if you're very much taking the neo-colonial route i guess. not a good look for your brand
@DW-op7ly
Ай бұрын
Chinese don’t view infrastructure building by anyone else as zero sum game Or else they would not have passed on their HSR tech to Indonesia after building their HSR line
@carkawalakhatulistiwa
Ай бұрын
1:49 US debt trap
@carkawalakhatulistiwa
Ай бұрын
1:49 US debt trap
@user-zp6dz9jw3g
Ай бұрын
少说话,多做事。指责,谩骂,印刷美元无法改变非洲,非洲需要实业,而不是政客的口号。
4 out of 6 minutes of some white dudes talking China-US relations instead of actually talking about the railway project. Joke of a video.
@westside213
Ай бұрын
Thanks for the racist third worlder perspective. The real problem with this video is that it doesn't go into how we're wasting more money on other countries instead of building up the border wall on the Mexican border and deporting tens of millions of illegals.
@goutvols103
Ай бұрын
You mean colonizer.
@gabrieldsouza6541
Ай бұрын
@@westside213 i just want to hear from some Angolans working on the project not a British professor.
@westside213
Ай бұрын
@@gabrieldsouza6541 fair enough but WSJ is a globalist propaganda rag so you'll only hear from globalist bankers and NGO "experts". They hate the people who actually do the work.
@Booz2020
Ай бұрын
Slava 🇹🇼
Since when did the US show ANY interest in building infrastructure in Africa? What's funny every documentary that the WSJ does on China they never interview someone from the Chinese point of view.
@Hostessmoses
Ай бұрын
Rare minerals are in Africa. It's not hard to do a little bit of researching. Rare minerals for EVs and next generation technology. Every superpower wants a piece of the pie. China loves exploiting other countries resources until it's extinct and then moving on to another country.
@petergreen5337
Ай бұрын
Or people on the ground implementing the policy
@themiddlekingdom9121
Ай бұрын
When China come out of its external forces, aka a century of humiliation, internal turmoils, and then they opened up for businesses in late of 1970s, do all kind of diplomatic relationships and businesses and trades around the world, then the U S and its Allies are taking notices. After all, the Chinese go into any country to do busineses and trades but not to interfere in the locals' governments. Most importantly, they purchase the raw materials from the countries they doing businesses they have relationship with, they don't go to bomb, overthrow the government and then take the raw materials for free.
@lucios_7266
Ай бұрын
What do you think China is going to say? The usual “this is great for our mutual friendship, what environmental concerns? Never head of human rights and uigurs…” I don’t need a propaganda point of view use your brain
@mosijahi3096
Ай бұрын
When it’s good business since, that’s what works for US contractors for a business since . 5:28
an african news stroy without interview a single African people?
@baseball2662
Ай бұрын
I wonder why? 🤔
@MetalRocksMe.
Ай бұрын
They never bring the countries they want to exploit into the conversation.
@MrDarthBudda
Ай бұрын
It's all propaganda. The West does not care about Africa it's rather oblivious.
@peterleung8372
Ай бұрын
Good news How to collect money for the project
@peterleung8372
Ай бұрын
After their Minerals Uncle Sam
USA to build Railroads, Ports and Roads? More like USA will build Bases, Bars and Brothels instead.
@carkawalakhatulistiwa
Ай бұрын
1:49 US debt trap 😂
@carkawalakhatulistiwa
Ай бұрын
1:49 US debt trap 😂
@petergreen5337
Ай бұрын
This is just NONSENSE and talk. They AREN'T going to build ANYTHING. The railway is ALREADY built and maintainence and EXPANSION are in Chinese hands.
@Booz2020
Ай бұрын
Slava TSMC 🇹🇼
@Alastair_Adana
Ай бұрын
@Booz2010 Taiwan and Ukraine are both rebelling territories that should be returned to their owners.
Could WSJ tell Us government to save their own crumbling railway first? What a Pathetic report and government policy.
@taireport
Ай бұрын
its not like Angola needs a high speed line. It just needs a reliable line. The European companies involved are the best in rail line construction, the US is just financing
@DW-op7ly
Ай бұрын
Chinese don’t view infrastructure building by anyone else as zero sum game Or else they would not have passed on their HSR tech to Indonesia after building their HSR line
@vooteimer1234
Ай бұрын
We can fix ours later. There is a deadline in Africa
@yeetian2774
Ай бұрын
@@vooteimer1234 please ask the American taxpayers whether they wanna save Africa first. Africa has a deadline? Since when US started to care about Africa?
@Dave05J
Ай бұрын
@@yeetian2774 what part of "loan" don't you understand ?
Chinese Builders, American Bombers.
@kevinjenner9502
Ай бұрын
Don’t discount China’s recent history of illegal wars, occupations, regime change, and proxy wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, etc.
@westside213
Ай бұрын
Yea China has built a lot of concentration camps for sure.
@juanspyro4658
Ай бұрын
China builds so much because they have to constantly rebuild their collapsing tofu buildings
@Go4Broke247
Ай бұрын
@@juanspyro4658 it take the US 20 years to build back that half broken Baltimore bridge even hiring hispanics won't do the trick. Lol
@Go4Broke247
Ай бұрын
@@juanspyro4658 and the US government lies and can't even fix basic pot holes lol
US is just talking. Can you really tell us how many km railroad they built? how much money they really put in, not just "promise" to put in?
@dannytadashi4235
Ай бұрын
WSJ IS A BS FAKE NEWS AND LIES AND PROPAGANDA 😃👍‼️
@peterg0
Ай бұрын
American promise is a joke 🤣
@makoriasati4980
Ай бұрын
US IS BROKE. THE FAST DYING EMPIRE.
@willengel2458
Ай бұрын
as the saying goes, "I hear thunder, but i do not see rain." how about Build Back Better World? or the Spice Corridor from India to Israel?
@kenfern2259
Ай бұрын
more money for israel
China: Bullet Train USA: Bullet Brain
@goutvols103
Ай бұрын
"As of September 30, 2008, PEPFAR [ President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief] was supporting life-saving antiretroviral treatment for more than two million people living with HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa. When President Bush announced PEPFAR in 2003, only 50,000 people in all of Sub-Saharan Africa were receiving antiretroviral treatment."
@Booz2020
Ай бұрын
Slava TSMC 🇹🇼
@kevin_aldo
Ай бұрын
@@Booz2020slava palestine? Maybe its time for the US to stop funding the israel and ACCEPT PALESTINE TO ENTER THE UN
@Anonymous------
Ай бұрын
@@goutvols103 And with fakeccines!
@electromega3077
Ай бұрын
Because bullet and train are two incompatible words in the US. They associate these two words as a mass shooting in a train instead of associating with a highspeed train.
Don't most African countries hold more debt at higher interest rates to American and European firms?
@mamotalemankoe3775
Ай бұрын
Yes but we don't talk about that. Just like how the most valuble mines in wartorn DRC are owned by Canadian companies but we pretend they are all owned by Chinese firms.
@briantasca402
Ай бұрын
Usury, (((who))) created that?
@kevin_aldo
Ай бұрын
@@mamotalemankoe3775 The west ignorance/propaganda at its finest😂
@bluepearlagain
Ай бұрын
They do - th west pays 0.8% and Africa pays 20%
USA also lending. Thought uncle Sam was calling this debt trap!
@MayorMcC666
Ай бұрын
so is the debt trap bad or not?
@pagelu-mt7rh
Ай бұрын
@@MayorMcC666 US good,China bad.
@DW-op7ly
Ай бұрын
Depends on if you are American or not
@Bell_plejdo568p
Ай бұрын
China is not de8t trapping tho and also the US will use violence to get what it wants
@jogo798
Ай бұрын
They already have imf for that
As an African, It's astonishing that in a video discussing a critical Angolan issue, not a single Angolan was given the opportunity to share their perspective. This oversight is glaring and undermines the authenticity of the narrative.
@kwabenasakyi
Ай бұрын
Cause this procjet is to milk the ressource out of Africa. Both China and US just want the ressource and that has no benefits to Africans. It's better that we refine in Africa and sell it for the market value instead of sending it to other countries cause we don't what the contract is or can read it online.
10 derailments a year is extraordinary in a positive sense, if you look at the US there were about three per day last year...
I see white dudes talking. Can we please have an Angola person actually chime in on the actual situation?
@Ahoooooooo
Ай бұрын
No ! It has to be a white dude . Angola and China should ask his opinion before doing business.
@maherhamadouch2005
Ай бұрын
they can't because the media won't like it
@petergreen5337
Ай бұрын
Well said and well OBSERVED
Bcos US is sore abt China winning and now wants to spoil things for China. 😂😂😂😂😂
@MetalRocksMe.
Ай бұрын
They’re too late! While they focused on war and bullying, China focused on infrastructure and now the US is panicking. 😅
I recently got back from East Africa, and the only thing American was the Boeing plane that took me there and few iPhones.the the cars were Japanese And everything else Chinese
@teddylumidi
Ай бұрын
Boeing will kill us. So many problems with US Boeing
@Booz2020
Ай бұрын
Slava TSMC 🇹🇼
@york163
Ай бұрын
The cars will be also Chinese in 10 years.
@vinicio1089
Ай бұрын
@@york163 who is the toyota of the chinese market?
@kevin_aldo
Ай бұрын
@@vinicio1089byd or wuling
us haven't build trains at home, why does it think it can do it in Africa
@therminust4
Ай бұрын
its called Murican Dream, just a dream without reality
@buravan1512
Ай бұрын
not only that, that project is vulnerable ... any small misunderstanding those AFRICAN STATES will kick US out, yesterday NIGER did the same, in TCHAD... US is on hot seat. nobody fear US anymore.
@PauloAdriano-zo2ng
Ай бұрын
😅😂🤣@@Shadowless_Kick
@electromega3077
Ай бұрын
The funniest part is a great numbers of US railroad were build by the Chinese workers.
@Ynhockey
Ай бұрын
It says the Europeans will build it, not the Americans.
While in the last 23 years the US government has focused on wars, the Chinese government has been busy improving their country infrastructure while gaining influence in Africa and Latin America.
@Hostessmoses
Ай бұрын
"Gaining influence" is a strong phrase for literally exploiting MULTIPLE foreign countries RESOURCES for Chinas own good! And leaving countless people to suffer. They do it in Africa, Philippines, and they even have their hands in South America. Stop acting like China is doing all this for "good" causes.
@petergreen5337
Ай бұрын
Precisely. China has focused on DEVELOPMENT and WIN strategy. There's NO MYSTERY.
@goutvols103
Ай бұрын
Really you are a "wumao". "As of September 30, 2008, PEPFAR was supporting life-saving antiretroviral treatment for more than two million people living with HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa. When the President announced PEPFAR in 2003, only 50,000 people in all of Sub-Saharan Africa were receiving antiretroviral treatment."
@westside213
Ай бұрын
Are you planning to move to China? It's such a paradise after all!
@Hostessmoses
Ай бұрын
Don't even try replying in the comments. If it's anti-China, it'll just get taken down
the US should fix your own railway first.
It is a joke when "US" and "railway" come together.
Let me guess... this won't be called a "debt trap"!?
@mafumanelephoto4730
Ай бұрын
It will be called GREEN INVESTMENT 😅😅
In other words, it has nothing to do with Africans but rather economic interests competition eith China.
Past US involvement in Angola was to fight against USSR, and to date it is to stop Chinese influence. Infrastructural development is anathema to US. Dilapidated and embarrassingly wonky railways across the US testify to this fact. If current desperation for rare minerals push the US to invest in Angola’s railways, they make sure it is used only for the purpose of mineral extraction, lest Angola takes advantage of it for economic development.
Yeah right, when China did the rebuild, the railway was crumbling, and when American money came in, unlike Chinese a debt trap and exploitation, it will make everything and everyone better. Btw, Tanzania-Zambia Railway built by China in the 70s is still operating normally, so guess who's fault that the railway rebuild did not work.
@Bell_plejdo568p
Ай бұрын
Exactly and the US will voliance to get what it wants
@Dk-hu5je
Ай бұрын
Guys, use proper english
@carkawalakhatulistiwa
Ай бұрын
@@Dk-hu5je1:49 US debt trap 😊
“Battle over an African railway”? You meant, China builds it, the US bombs it? And see who can do it better and faster? Of course the US would always win. Bravo! 😂
talkin abt crumbling railways maybe America shouls ask China to build railways in the US
1:49 US debt trap
@packsedit8365
Ай бұрын
😙😗😗
Ask Google - In the USA. For the majority of 2023 the total number of train accidents increased slightly to 4,845, including more than 600 deaths. When comparing 2022 and 2023, the total number of derailments declined about 2.6% - but there were still nearly three derailments a day nationwide.3...!
WHy TF is America worrying about OTHER COUNTRIES INFRASTRUCTURE. FIX OURS FIRST
@Dave05J
Ай бұрын
Look up the infrastructure bill. Get some education for once.
@markosmataasii2000
Ай бұрын
@@Dave05J Tell me what significant infra has been done with that infrastructure bill? Nada... Only powerpoints only. Lo..
@basshunterdota625
Ай бұрын
US cities looks like village when compared with Chinese cities @@Dave05J
@pedroroque8681
Ай бұрын
They are not worried. They just want to steal the raw goods for their economy.
@kevin_aldo
Ай бұрын
@@Dave05J 1 triliion for 10years, so around +100 billion/year. While your military budget almost exceed 1 trillion per year😂😂
China's railroads and high speed rail systems are really as spectacular as I've ever seen.
Note that China is building infrastructure, in China, like craze -- USA should take that cue and build its own domestic infrastructure, which is crumbling.
The railroad is being built. The Chinese government are WAY AHEAD both POLITICALLY and FINANCIALLY. African GOVERNMENTS and people can SEE the results of China's economic policy
@goutvols103
Ай бұрын
The railroad that the communist Chinese built is falling apart.
China: One Belt One Road USA: One Bomb One Road
We need to build modern HSR in America before focusing on helping Africa. China has tens of thousands of miles while we have a few dozen…
@DW-op7ly
Ай бұрын
China is 14,000 miles USA is 50 to 70’miles depending on what your definition of HSR is
@DDDrumpf
Ай бұрын
@@DW-op7lyit's more than 45.000 km or 30.000 miles now!! They plan to build another 30.000 km in the next decade!!
@RespectLoveUnityPeace
Ай бұрын
@@DW-op7ly China actually has over 20000 miles. In America, it’s 125mph (200kmh) but I believe we should adhere to the common international standards at 155mph (250kmh). America is falling behind in so many categories right now.
@admiralwei
Ай бұрын
@RespectLoveUnityPeace Meanwhile, China is working on upgrading their high-speed train from 350km to 450km.
@DW-op7ly
Ай бұрын
Thanks for the updated numbers
1:26 10 derailments a year extraordinary... Meanwhile in the USA: over 1,300 per year in the last decade
So it's not okay to China to put its resources in Africa but it's okay for US how it is any different
The Copperbelt is in Zambia, please do you research before sharing otherwise that’s ignorance.
@petergreen5337
Ай бұрын
Precisely well said and well OBSERVED ❤
@ubulendo8788
Ай бұрын
@@petergreen5337and we look upto these countries interms of education but failing to research and post right information
@ambessaseway5594
Ай бұрын
Copperbelt is in Zambia and Congo DRC ist 2 largest copper producer in the World after chile
Learn from China
Another China and Africa joint cooperation 👍👍👍👍👌👌💪💪💪
Here in the US, we need to build up and fix plus update and upgrade our own railways and infrastructure first
@carkawalakhatulistiwa
Ай бұрын
1:49 US debt trap 😂
@huckleberryfinn6578
Ай бұрын
It's not just help, it's an investment to get access to minerals for the EV industry. But yeah, you need to invest in your infrastructure as well.
@sejjr79ify
Ай бұрын
For those of you who agree with me on the comment I made, I’m willing to invite you all to stand with me, we’re stronger if we all stand together in support of
@prajwal1341
Ай бұрын
no u need to fund proxy wars why u need railways?
We can't even build a dam railroads. But we do have money to throw around that other can't resist.😂
@andir7374
Ай бұрын
The US has the best railway system in the world. The problem is that they dont use it for people, only for freight. So the US actually as a valid partner in this field
@k-studio8112
Ай бұрын
@@andir7374really? Metro lines in China alone are almost unmatchable to that of US railway system
@Dave05J
Ай бұрын
@@k-studio8112 the US has the most extensive rail lines in the world !
@TAL142
Ай бұрын
@@andir7374 best railway with 3 derailment per day. I would say it is badly maintain too in the US.
@markosmataasii2000
Ай бұрын
@@andir7374 Pathetic standards, you call that best when US has average train derailment of 1300. Lol. It's the largest train network because it counts those dilapidated third world rail lines. Not to mention the electrification rate of the US rail lines is so akin to a thrid world one. Much more like a third world rate masked with gucci just to make a pretty face. Lol.
Africa will go with China not bullies.
@kwabenasakyi
Ай бұрын
they both bad
@user-vq1pt7yw9l
28 күн бұрын
@@kwabenasakyi Us is worse
They mention getting cobalt supply from the Congo but don't mention the horrendous conditions those people work in , we need to have a better way smh
@Noah-ws8ho
Ай бұрын
Improving infrastructure would mean that the supply lin wold become more simplified, which would lt th operations be run with more oversight by larger companies. That would likely significantly improve the working conditions.
@gabrieldsouza6541
Ай бұрын
they choose to work in the mines because it’s better pay than farming. no one is forcing them to mine cobalt.
@petergreen5337
Ай бұрын
Or the civil wars The CIA caused from the sixties to 00s JUST prevent access to these VERY MINERAL RESOURCES.
@thatoneguywholovesthena-4529
Ай бұрын
@@gabrieldsouza6541 i remember a 15 yr old kid walking up to me and telling me she wanted to be in a relationship with me so i got it on camera and allat, made her sign a waiver and everything, which she did of her own volition....she said i looked better than all the boys in her class which is why she did it...nobody forced her aftrerall so it's alright ig🤡🤡🤡
@thatoneguywholovesthena-4529
Ай бұрын
incase any mentally challenged person cannot tell, it's sarcasm
The question is why Angola is still poor with all these minerals. Who benefit here . 🤔
Meanwhile, US rail infrastructure at home is falling apart...
Read a lot of comments. The USA is not building the rails, it the Europeans. USA will just help fund the process so USA expertise or lack of in building rail isn’t in question here
China has been building Rail ways on the Continent of Africa for the last 200 years.
It does my heart good to see America succeed where the competition (China) fails. Probably because out stuff works as intended and is built to last.
I watched for four seconds, realized the railway isn't in the united states, exhaled, and clicked out.
No different from IMF loans.
@levismith7444
Ай бұрын
IMF loans don’t seize ports and mines when countries don’t pay😂 china on the other hand..
@DW-op7ly
Ай бұрын
China has not seized ports or mines If your taking the port in Sri Lanka the Chinese company that took over has invested even more money in the area
@DDDrumpf
Ай бұрын
@@levismith7444IMF loans don't seize your assets, only the Western MNCs will do that!! Hahaha.. hahaha.. hahaha..
@roystonboodoo7525
Ай бұрын
@levismith7444 .. Having previously employed Economic Hitmen, do you think they will stop there? Clandestine moves in tandem with corporations/(CIA) is their Forte.
Good thing the Europeans are building it. God help Africa if America starts building infrastructure over there. Ever seen the rail lines we Americans are trying to build in California? Huge Cost overruns, decades long delays, endless debates, and it's still not open. YOU DO NOT WANT AMERICA BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE, but we are really good at destroying infrastructure.
Why dont you do a progress report on all the Build Back Better World projects launched by USA and G7?
@kevinrock9802
Ай бұрын
JA JA JA
Yea let’s see how long that railway is gonna stay as PowerPoint slides before the US outsources the construction to a Chinese company.
POOR JOURNALISM
@RickBlaine
Ай бұрын
I don't think you can call it journalism. Just saying.
😂I don't think this is true, Angola was just sanctioned by the United Sn@kes of America...If it's true, they will soon regret it
@juvenaldasilva413
Ай бұрын
It is true
Lol to anyone actually thinking that either Angola or DR Congo will maintain that railway- which was the reason why the US and its allies are intervening right now.
Soon Angola will need democracy and liberation. You watch
So why they are building railway lines to where minerals are extracted? We don’t think same thing like during colonisation period
Has US built any railway in the last 50 years?
@luting3
Ай бұрын
But US tired down lots of those
Key words. Vital minerals. The U.S has been exploiting Congo for its minerals despite saying it would ban minerals dug up by child labour. Many other countries also exploit the labour force mining minerals that are used in cellphones, laptops and vehicles. Basically the U.S is trying to boost its Africa ties to secure more minerals and cut China, Chile and Peru out of the equation. One report by the United States Institute of Peace says that "To counter China's head start in Africa, Washington must roll out "more vigorous commercial diplomacy with a keen eye toward building critical minerals partnership in Africa,"
There is NO WAY congress would appropriate this kind of money for Africa, and private companies would NEVER touch it.
Comparing China and USA railway is only in west propaganda, in realty China is 100 years ahead
lol Merica only cares now....not before when the Africans really needed help
It’s unfortunate that the US only started really investing in Africa after already taking so much during colonialism because of competition with China. Also, is anyone going to talk about the child slavery happening in the Congo over mining the cobalt??
US Debt trap? Also it's not a chinese railway problem if the africans don't do maintenance
Good report. But at 1:26, saying the stations weren't well built is questionable. Perhaps they weren't? I conjecture they weren't well maintained~
When was the last time that anyone knows about “a successful US sponsored infrastructure project” anywhere in the world? US can’t do it in their own homeland. How can they do it anywhere else?
10 derailments per year is better than what the U.S. has at home. So why does Angola want railways fixed by the U.S.????
But what about America's own railways?
I dont understand the playing up the saddling africa with debt point. Africa being unable to repay the loans sounds like a china problem, not an africa problem.
@Mohan-jd8fc
Ай бұрын
True for in general but China doesn't extend the debt payment period instead they take over assets like ports airports etc, and used for their purpose mainly Military.
@abekatten4744
Ай бұрын
They have to pay back their loans, else they will never receive any more loans from countries or the World Bank, which is essential for them.
@levismith7444
Ай бұрын
@@Mohan-jd8fc that fact goes right over people’s heads
@alezacrespublik6655
Ай бұрын
@@Mohan-jd8fcYeah sure never saw Chinese Navy Ships in Hambantota Port
@jin_asap
Ай бұрын
@@levismith7444 nonsense. They have restructured many debts and forgiven numerous loans. Their interest rates are also lower than IMF's and world bank's. A significant amount of African debts are owed to westerners.
That is the very first time ever since 250 years that mericans seem to BUILD instead of destroy something.
Angola is going to win! The whole US v China is blow out of proportion and we already fought and defeated American Imperialism together with the Cubans. America has come back around and Angola needs the money and expertise while allowing for the US to maintain some sort of leverage in that corner of the world. Everywhere else it is being kicked out. As stated the Chinese built the original railroad. The US is simply making a 200 million investment to revamp and connect it to neighboring countries which should mean more money, peace and stability in the region.
But taking minerals just makes Africa more poor
@rap3208
Ай бұрын
It is the west that was taking natural resources for about two centuries. Shipping the raw ore to their home countries and making them into products that are much more expensive that they market back to africa. they were practically taking africa's natural resources for free. The chinese companies there are establishoing the refining and manufacturing plants there that gives more added value to afric's natural resources. Like for copper, the chinese instead of taking the ores to China, they erected smelters and refineries in the african nations so they can sell their copper at a much more value.
@annavalentinovna5267
Ай бұрын
@@rap3208 Sad that still not some ready products
Alstom France in marocco, siemens germany in egypt, turkey china in tanzania, china in kenya.
The project has no interest to people where the target minerals is coming from?? Will benefits Angola more than the Congo ?
America only talk no action .
Chinese Bots drinking Cope Soda realizing that China is spreading their engineering skills in Tofu Mad disaster skills...lol
Wait so China can't built a functioning railway? I'm shocked.
How can US help Angola while they can't build a single high speed railway in US. 😂
American politicians need to put real money to where their mouth is. Biden needs to go back to check how much money left in his pocket after sending tons of money to Ukraine, Izreal 🤣🤣
*Wumaos are all over the comment section.*
@rap3208
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If almost everybody are saying the same thing that is contrary to your comments, IT IS YOU.
@pr0newbie
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@@rap3208 Let them sleep
@jacksmith-mu3ee
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Bumao spotted
It will take america 250 years and cost 500 trillion. Just forget about it.
Maybe the US govt can work on the railroads in the US next…
China's lending to Africa is peanuts compared to the IMF and World Bank and Western private financial institutions. It's time to help Africa develop at the trade-off not helping US develop via it's Build Back Better. East Palestine could do with some help in fixing it's rail track too.
US is building railway to transport the mineral resources in DRC to port in Angola to load on their tanks to USA for battery manufacturers
Well, anyway, US finally notice there is a continent named Africa. It is a good thing, right?
When will the goods be delivered?
Providing loans and competing with China, while 33 trillions in debt ..... 🤔 Is there anyone good in math , who can explain this to me ?
Africa has to add maintenance costs to all projects
😂😂😂😂 Americans building train, y’all need to get a Netflix stand up special
China has a tendency to over-promise and under-deliver with respect to its initiatives. Other times, it also works in debt trap diplomacy that can be good for small countries in the short term and destabilizing in the long term.
‘’After we leave, they will build schools and hospitals for you, and increase your wages. This is not because they have a conscience, nor because they have become good people, but because we have been here.”
Haters gona hate but this empire aint falling any time soon
If US is actually building things due to pressure of competition from China, that's great. But the lack of details for the implementation of this project just feels very sketchy...
The working condition for cobalt excavation are terrible. I hope some of the US money will be directed to improving the condition.
TEAM CHINA NOW AND FOREVER ALL THE WAY!👍🙏🐲🐉🐼🇨🇳🙂❗️
There's always the "What have you done for me lately?" issue. If Chinese support stop and US steps in...
20 years from now, there will probably be another video on how *this* iteration of the railway got run into the ground...
This doesn't just describe Angola, it describes the state of the US railway also. How about offering the same money to fix our US infrastructure instead? Zero investment in exploding US rails but 55B for Africa? Charity starts at home.
"PROMISES "😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂