A train just traveled from China to London

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Something important just happened in the world, but you probably didn’t hear about it. A train just traveled from China to London. Its name? The Silk Road.

 

[Gibiin-Udug]

I wouldn't mind riding it. I love train, car, plane,boat trips.

Is it open for the public yet?

 

[DuctTape]

Now we need a Somalia-London express so we can export our qashin to them by land

 

[Inquisitive_]

The whole idea behind this silk road is to avoid the two 'choke' points, that is the 'malacca' aggressively patrolled by the US navies that regularly threaten to blockade the Chinese just like they did with Japan during world war 2 and the Strait of Hormuz which is another cess pit flash point.

This new routes over land, with rail-roads, pipe-lines and different sea routes with deep water ports they construct in countries like Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Burma, with fair deals that benefit each country in the transit route, will kill those war mongers in Washington,

They have no choice but to either destabilise all those countries in the path which will bring about their collapse or convince them not to take a deal that benefits their economies, which will not work unless they are bribed which again will bring their down-fall, it's a catch 22 master class from the Chinese while avoiding their traps.

They have no other option left but a Nuke war, a dream of a first strike with minor retaliation, a suicidal plan, they wont watch the rise of another empire taking over, without taking much of the world with them.

 

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The whole idea behind this silk road is to avoid the two 'choke' points, that is the 'malacca' aggressively patrolled by the US navies that regularly threaten to blockade the Chinese just like they did with Japan during world war 2 and the Strait of Hormuz which is another cess pit flash point.

This new routes over land, with rail-roads, pipe-lines and different sea routes with deep water ports they construct in countries like Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Burma, with fair deals that benefit each country in the transit route, will kill those war mongers in Washington,

They have no choice but to either destabilise all those countries in the path which will bring about their collapse or convince them not to take a deal that benefits their economies, which will not work unless they are bribed which again will bring their down-fall, it's a catch 22 master class from the Chinese while avoiding their traps.

They have no other option left but a Nuke war, a dream of a first strike with minor retaliation, a suicidal plan, they wont watch the rise of another empire taking over, without taking much of the world with them.

But the markets really love it.

I don't think it's enough to disrupt global shipping as many sceptics shorting logistics stocks would. But, this is great for the markets and a step in the right direction for the aging shipping industry.

If the Nasdaq and FTSE likes it; Washington loves it.

One analyst reported they would need thousands of Horizontal tracks to put a 5% dent on the sea shipment industry. This is Beijings time.

 

[Inquisitive_]

@LarryThePuntite

Shipping won't go, it's part of the strategy, look at Gwadar deep water port on that map, it will give them quick access to the Arabian sea shaving off weeks of travel through the Mallaca choke points patrolled by the US navies, using new rail-lines/roads built to connect China to Gwadar port.

Shorting logistic stocks is downright idiotic, you best believe the opposite is true if they are writing about it. The silk road to Europe is mostly via train with connection to Riga port controlled by the Russian's. The whole idea is to avoid going via the South China Sea which 90% of their goods go through, or at least limit it significantly.

 

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@LarryThePuntite

Shipping won't go, it's part of the strategy, look at Gwadar deep water port on that map, it will give them quick access to the Arabian sea shaving off weeks of travel through the Mallaca choke points patrolled by the US navies, using new rail-lines/roads built to connect China to Gwadar port.

Shorting logistic stocks is downright idiotic, you best believe the opposite is true if they are writing about it. The silk road to Europe is mostly via train with connection to Riga port controlled by the Russian's. The whole idea is to avoid going via the South China Sea which 90% of their goods go through, or at least limit it significantly.

Riga is fucking so Macaan!

 

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Riga is fucking so Macaan!

Visiting riga during your youth.

 

[Mudug-Madman]

How do they handle the fact that the goods will be crossing several borders? Seems a lot of time would be wasted on customs. I don't know much about this topic, but it seems like this would be considerably more expensive than shipping by sea.

 

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How do they handle the fact that the goods will be crossing several borders? Seems a lot of time would be wasted on customs. I don't know much about this topic, but it seems like this would be considerably more expensive than shipping by sea.

There isn't much customs done on shipping, it's impossible to check every single container, there simply isn't enough time nor resources, so customs would not be an issue.

The freight trains are a lot cheaper, they are a hybrid and extremely efficient with fuel and most of the time run off the electricity, the diesel is back-up, much like a backup generator for areas that haven't, they also take half the time to arrive to their destinations.

The ships are very expensive and run on a ridiculous amount of expensive fuel with months at sea, unlike freight trains, there are regular issues with spillage and maintenance, but the prolonged time is the biggest disadvantage, it also consumes ridiculously far more fuel with no efficiency.