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Few people in the world
have not heard of the

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Belt and Road Initiative.

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This is the massive
trading partnership

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initiated by China in
2013, which has now grown,

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beyond any initial
expectations,

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to become a major economic
challenger to the

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G7 group of nations.

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This project (which
is still growing),

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when combined with two
other initiatives,

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the BRICS (a trading block
composed of emerging

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market countries) and
the Shanghai Cooperation

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Organization (SCO),
is in a position to

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revolutionize the global
economic structure.

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Together they will impact
every nation and every

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economy in the world.

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All three of these
organizations have one

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thing in common, CHINA.

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For a long time, China has
been seen as a mystery,

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and even today, despite
extensive efforts from

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Chinese agencies to foster
improved understanding of

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their nation, much of the
Western world finds China

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hard to fathom, creating
the potential for

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misunderstanding.

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It is interesting that for
most of over 2000 years,

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from 200 BC to AD 1800,
China was the wealthiest

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nation or empire
in the world,

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even during the period
of the Roman Empire.

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At the time, its
governmental bureaucracy

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was the best organized
and most efficient

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on the planet.

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Its inventions, such
as the printing press,

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the magnetic
compass, paper,

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and gunpowder were
revolutionary.

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Its silks and other
products were sought after

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across Asia and Europe.

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Yet the nation remained a
mystery, as periodically,

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concerns about corrupting
foreign influences would

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cause the leadership to
shut off contact with the

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outside world.

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Such actions further
deepened the curiosity

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of foreigners.

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Today China is reaching
out to engage much of the

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world in a massive project
called One Belt OneRoad.

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In this program we will
examine the Belt and Road

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Initiative and consider
just how this economic

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force may impact all of us
for better or for worse,

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depending on how
we may respond.

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This initiative offers
our Western nations an

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opportunity to examine
themselves and do a

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reality check on how we
are doing in comparison.

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It should also carry a
message causing us to ask

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why so many nations around
the world are looking away

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from the nations of the
West to find partners and

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opportunities.

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There is a serious
warning for the West,

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much less a warning about
China and its partners

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than a warning about what
the West is becoming.

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It is a warning of
impending collapse of

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Western wealth and power
brought on by ourselves.

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Stay tuned.

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What is the background to
China's present political

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and economic situation
and ambitions?

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This is seldom referenced
in modern news media.

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China fell on hard times
in the early 1800s.

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Even in the late
1700s, China,

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already weakened by
internal strife,

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civil unrest and competing
warlords in various

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provinces, was not
prepared for contact

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with Western powers.

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It was afflicted by the
two Opium Wars (1839-42,

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1856-60) which saw the
Chinese monarchy's central

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authority severely
weakened followed by

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humiliating concessions
being demanded by

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European governments.

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About the same time, the
nation was devastated by

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the terrible Taiping
Rebellion (1850-1864),

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the bloodiest civil
war in human history,

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which left tens
of millions dead,

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and China's government
struggling to hold the

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country together.

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This revolt was blamed by
many in China on Western

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religious influences,
further reinforcing their

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suspicion of
Western values.

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The once vibrant economy
of the Chinese Empire was

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all but destroyed.

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Eventually the monarchy
was overthrown by a

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popular revolt in 1911,
but the new government led

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by Sun Yat Sen was
hard-pressed by civil

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conflict, political
disagreement,

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cultural arguments and the
hardship and poverty

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that produces.

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To make matters worse, in
the early 1930s China was

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brutally attacked by
the Empire of Japan,

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whose forces inflicted
unimaginable terror and

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vicious oppression on
China for over a decade.

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Following the defeat of
the Japanese in World War

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II, China again fell
back into civil war,

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this time between the
Communist forces led by

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Mao Zedong, and the
Nationalist army under

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Chiang Kai-shek.

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This civil conflict ended
in 1949 with the defeat of

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the Nationalists, whose
forces then fled to the

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nearby island of Formosa,
which was renamed Taiwan.

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The Chinese mainland was
then reunified under a

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strong central government
under the Communist forces

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and the leadership of Mao.

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China's suffering
was not over.

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Communist or rigid Marxist
ideology was increasingly

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enforced under Mao's
policies such as the

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collectivization of
farmland (The Great Leap

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Forward 1958-1961) and the
later Cultural Revolution

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(1966-1976).

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As a result of these
policies the nation was

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reduced to impoverishment,
starvation,

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and serious repression.

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Following Mao's
death in 1976,

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Deng Xiaoping became the
national leader and began

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the challenging task
of restoring China to

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economic and
social viability.

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In 1982, Deng repudiated
rigid Marxism,

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and opened the door
to gradual economic

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development.

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Leaders that followed,
Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao,

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oversaw the social and
economic restoration of

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China which is now carried
on by the administration

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of Xi Jinping.

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Marxist-Leninism and
Maoist ideology are

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actually hard to find
in today's China.

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Western politicians often
refer to China as a

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Communist state, yet
it has a Congress with

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elected representatives
from eight political

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parties, of which one, the
Communist Party of China

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is dominant.

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Its economy looks
very capitalistic,

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with nearly 80% of urban
employment in the

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private sector.

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This is currently equal to
or higher than in western

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Europe, Canada, or the US.

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This free-enterprise
model,

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governed by a strong
central authority has

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worked in China since it
is compatible with the

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cultural history
of the land.

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The speed and extent of
China's internal economic

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development is nothing
less than astounding.

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While some wish to
minimize what China has

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achieved, the fact of the
matter is that China,

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between 1982 and 2022, has
grown faster economically

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than any other
nation in history.

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Note a comment from

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the Congressional Research

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Service of the

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United States

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The rise of China at the
end of the 20th century is

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one of the great success
stories of all time.

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From a century of
humiliation and despair,

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the nation has, through
extremely hard work,

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become a world power.

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But is this power a
partner or a challenger

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to the West?

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In many ways that depends
on how the nations

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of the West react.

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Let us now examine in
this program the economic

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development called
by most people,

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The One Belt One
Road Initiative.

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This Initiative is the
most visionary and

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far-reaching international
development since

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the 1940's.

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It draws its name from
the ancient trade routes

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between China, the Middle
East and Europe that were

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known as the Silk Road.

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There were several
overland routes travelled

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by caravans, as well as a
maritime or sea route that

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carried silks, spices and
other valuables from Asia

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to Europe.

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The new Silk Road is a
remarkable trade network,

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unprecedented in
scale and potential,

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which now promises to
stimulate not only trade

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and commerce
across Eurasia,

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Africa and beyond,
but also has,

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as a stated target, to
contribute to economic

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development in
emerging economies.

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The Belt and Road project
refers to two

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trade routes.

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The Silk Road Economic
Belt is the overland

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trading network of roads,
rail lines and pipelines

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that can connect China to
the nations of Asia

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and Europe.

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The Maritime Silk Road
is a network of sea

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connections linking
ports in Asia, Africa,

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Europe and South America.

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Together they serve
to link Asia, Africa,

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South America and Europe
into the largest trading

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zone on earth.

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The BRI was officially
announced in the autumn of

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2013 during President
Xi Jinping's visits to

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Kazakhstan and Indonesia.

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Even more remarkable than
the visionary proclamation

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is the fact that within
a ten-year period,

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much of the vision has
already become a reality,

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with planning, engineering
and construction completed

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at a pace that could only
be dreamed of in the

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Western nations

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In 2018, 65 countries were
linked in this Initiative

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by land and/or sea links,
which represented 30% of

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the world's GDP, 62% of
the world's population and

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75% of the world's
energy reserves.

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By December 2023 this had
grown to 154 countries

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formally affiliated
with the Belt and Road,

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with seven more
considering joining.

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It is already the largest
trading community in the

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world, with partners
on four continents and

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numerous island nations.

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This represents a
massive and potentially

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self-sustaining trading
block that offers much

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development potential
to both developed and

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emerging economies.

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So why is it that there is
so much negative reporting

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about this project
in Western media?

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More importantly
we need to ask,

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why have so many
nations in Asia,

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Africa and South America
chosen to embrace either

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the One Belt One
Road Initiative,

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or are seeking membership
in the BRICS trading

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partnership instead
of looking to the West

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and the G7 nations?

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This is an important
question and the answers

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are not comfortable to
the average Westerner.

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Yet if we do not look
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known for so long.

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The world order, as
established largely by the

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United States and Britain
at the end of World War II

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is unravelling rapidly.

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New structures are being
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the old order.

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As of December 2021, the
total investment in Belt

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and Road projects
exceeded US $4 trillion.

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This represents a
massive expenditure in

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infrastructure to enable
everything from resource

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extraction, manufacturing
and transportation of

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products to various
markets within the BRI

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partner network.

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Yet in Western-based media
one frequently reads of

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decline in investment
in the BRI,

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and developing nations who
are involved being caught

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in debt traps and other
problems that would cause

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one to conclude that the
project is a failure and

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will soon fall apart.

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Is this true?

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Is it wishful thinking?

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Or perhaps just
sour grapes?

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It is true investment
in infrastructure is

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declining, but this is
largely because the major

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infrastructure development
phase is coming

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to completion.

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A report by the Chartered
Institute of Building,

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the world's largest
and most influential

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professional body for
construction management,

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in a report entitled "From
Silk Road to Silicon Road:

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How the Belt and Road
Initiative Will Transform

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the Global Economy,"
published in 2019,

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states:

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To give an idea of the
impact of the Belt and

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Road on the economy
of a region,

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one need look no further
than to two examples in

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Africa, a continent in
which most nations are

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Belt and Road partners.

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In November 2023,
construction began on a

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massive new project.

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This will result in the
opening of a new gateway

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to Africa.

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An agreement was signed to
start the development of a

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new super port at
Bagamoyo in Tanzania.

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The planned size
is breathtaking.

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Tanzania, in a
very short time,

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will be home to a port
with greater capacity than

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any in Europe.

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It will be a BRI gateway
to twelve resource-rich,

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landlocked nations in
Africa with a combined

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population of 300 million.

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It will be an export exit
for billions of dollars of

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resources and an entrance
for Chinese goods.

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Combined with this is the
policy of the present

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Chinese government to
focus on what it calls

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"developmental aid."

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An even larger port has
been developed in the

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Ivory Coast at Abidjan.

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While resources are
exported through the port,

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a massive flow of goods
from China and other Belt

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and Road nations
are entering.

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At the same time Chinese
experts are sharing skills

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and technical expertise
in new technologies with

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local citizens. I attended
a presentation in 2015

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given by then Chinese
premier Li Keqiang,

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who explained BRI
philosophy behind

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"developmental aid." This
is somewhat defined in a

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paper published by the
<i>Carnegie Endowment for</i>

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<i>International Peace</i>which
points out that the

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Chinese policy paper on
Developmental Aid notably

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targets poverty reduction,
food security, healthcare,

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high-quality education,
infrastructure,

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sustainability,
economic growth,

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and environmental
protection.

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The focus in the Chinese
delivery is to create

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within the assisted
country the incentive and

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skills to develop their
own resource and market

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them through the
facilitation of the Belt

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and Road Initiative.

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The idea is to provide
aid that creates truly

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sustainable
economic growth.

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Now the same paper points
out the criticism that the

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debt incurred by some of
the developing countries

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is such that it becomes
an unpayable burden.

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Yet, as the Chartered
Institute of Building

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pointed out, in the long
run the legacy to these

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nations is the continued
means to create wealth.

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In cases where debt
has been unpayable,

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the Chinese have bought
back the facility on terms

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of a 99-year lease, where
Chinese companies operate

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the facility, and still
permit economic benefit to

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occur to the
local population.

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The debt load to Sri Lanka
as a result of the huge

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Hambantota International
Port has been resolved

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in this way.

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One other aspect of
the Belt and Road is

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seldom mentioned in
the west but

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is important to note,

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and that is the
academic development

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of partner populations.

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Already many
joint-investment

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scientific laboratories
have been developed in

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which academic research
and information sharing

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among partner nations
is occurring at an

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accelerating pace, often
catching up to or passing

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Western research
activities which often

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lack sufficient funding.

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The Asia Times reported
in October 2023:

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The BRI is now consisting
of a massive number of

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facilities including
super ports,

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tens of thousands of
miles of rail and roads,

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as well as pipelines
between all continents

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except North America.

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From the Chinese
perspective the project is

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now moving, to return on
investment and from the

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development of
partnerships and

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infrastructure to one
of a sustained "Global

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Development Project," which
is becoming its new moniker.

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The fact that to date, 150
nations from at least four

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continents have bought
into this massive

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undertaking means they
have hopes that it can

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assist in generating
increased prosperity,

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and is one that does not
demand social

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or political change.

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The other reality is that
these nations are no

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longer looking to
the United States,

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the United Kingdom or
western Europe for

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leadership or support.

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This should be a canary in
the mine for the nations

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of the West.

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In the last part of
the program today,

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we will examine just why
these nations have turned

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away from the West, and
are rejecting what we have

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to offer.

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The reason is something we
should carefully consider,

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what our peoples have to
correct before we become

20:21.800 --> 20:25.549
isolated and rejected
by most of the world.

20:25.549 --> 20:28.301
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20:33.549 --> 20:36.549
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20:36.549 --> 20:40.549
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20:40.549 --> 20:42.301
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For many decades the
nations of the West have

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been providing various
forms of aid and

20:59.759 --> 21:03.384
assistance to nations of
the developing world.

21:03.549 --> 21:05.468
In the 18th and
19th centuries,

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western European powers
were able to acquire

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empires that occupied a
large part of the world.

21:12.092 --> 21:14.884
The European empires
imposed their culture and

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often their religion on
societies that were deemed

21:17.925 --> 21:20.050
less developed or weaker.

21:20.050 --> 21:22.759
Now much can be said about
the negative effects

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of colonialism.

21:24.050 --> 21:27.009
Honest historians will
acknowledge that some

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peoples fared better than
others depending

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on which empire they
were a part of.

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There is also the fact
that in most cases some

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positive development in
terms of modern education,

21:38.301 --> 21:42.675
health care, standard of
living and such did occur.

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However, upon the
dissolution of these

21:44.550 --> 21:46.675
empires there was,
in many cases,

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a lingering resentment,
which initially was

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somewhat softened by the
granting of independence

21:52.134 --> 21:55.301
to new countries that were
residual from the days of

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European imperialism.

21:57.050 --> 21:59.426
In the thirty to forty
years after the Second

21:59.426 --> 22:02.426
World War, the quest for
local development was at

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times assisted by various
aid programs

22:05.259 --> 22:06.549
from Western nations.

22:06.549 --> 22:09.884
However, as some of these
nations began a new social

22:09.884 --> 22:12.301
revolution (for that is
what it must be called)

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over the past 25 years,
many of the peoples of the

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developing world have been
increasingly repulsed by

22:18.884 --> 22:22.009
what they perceive as
pressure or even coercion

22:22.009 --> 22:25.259
from some Western nations
or agencies to accept

22:25.259 --> 22:28.549
social changes that are
deemed improper

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by the local cultures.

22:29.592 --> 22:33.009
Western ideas related
to birth control and

22:33.009 --> 22:35.967
abortion, gender roles,
gender fluidity,

22:35.967 --> 22:38.549
the role of women in
society and other such

22:38.549 --> 22:42.009
constructs, are often
severely at odds with the

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social, cultural, and
religious traditions

22:44.884 --> 22:46.050
of other nations.

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The Government of
Canada, as an example,

22:48.549 --> 22:51.468
put forward Canada's
Feminist International

22:51.468 --> 22:52.550
Assistance Policy.

22:52.550 --> 22:55.509
This set a framework for
social change on the part

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of any government that
would expect to receive

22:57.633 --> 23:01.549
certain types of aid from
Canada. Governments of the

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United States and some
nations of western Europe

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did the same.

23:05.549 --> 23:08.259
This has largely been
deemed interference in the

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social lives of
independent nations on the

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part of many
developing countries.

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They view us as pushing
that which is immoral and

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improper upon them, citing
a new manifestation

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of colonialism.

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In some cases, they must
acquiesce to such in order

23:25.134 --> 23:28.967
to acquire aid or even
economic partnerships.

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This sort of coercion
is not experienced in

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dealings with Belt
and Road partners.

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Sadly, many of them see
the Belt and Road as

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preferable to that which
is offered by nations

23:41.549 --> 23:42.509
of the West.

23:42.509 --> 23:45.509
They see the latter as
requiring change to the

23:45.509 --> 23:48.800
social, moral and societal
norms of centuries,

23:48.800 --> 23:51.549
including a demand
that Western styles of

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governance be implemented,
which also can be unsuited

23:55.549 --> 23:58.217
to the cultural traditions
of the nation in question.

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Clearly, the majority of
nations are choosing a

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non-Western alternative,
and may even soon adopt a

24:06.342 --> 24:09.509
non-Western currency
of exchange.

24:09.509 --> 24:11.549
It might be wise for
Western leaders to

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consider that if they had
been more respectful,

24:15.301 --> 24:17.259
things may be
different today,

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as they watch
resource-rich areas and

24:19.426 --> 24:23.800
developing markets chose a
non-Western alternative.

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Maybe we of the West
could have been a better

24:25.884 --> 24:29.426
example-maybe
we still could.

24:29.549 --> 24:32.675
Two millennia ago one of
the greatest scholars of

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his day wrote
down some advice,

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which if it had been
followed would have

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resulted in a different
view of the West,

24:39.342 --> 24:42.301
and would have been
very good for business:

24:56.549 --> 24:58.717
As we at<i>Tomorrow's World
</i> have shown through both

24:58.717 --> 25:01.717
Biblical and historical
evidence over the years,

25:01.717 --> 25:04.342
the nations of the
Anglo-Saxon world and some

25:04.342 --> 25:07.009
of the peoples of western
Europe are clearly

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identified in
Biblical prophecy.

25:09.675 --> 25:12.176
With that identification
comes a warning of the

25:12.176 --> 25:15.050
kind of decadence we would
embrace at the end of the

25:15.050 --> 25:18.301
age, and the details and
characteristics of our

25:18.301 --> 25:21.800
predicted impending fall
are assured if we as

25:21.800 --> 25:25.549
nations do not alter our
attitudes and behaviour.

25:25.549 --> 25:28.509
Many nations in the world
view our peoples as

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corrupt, immoral,
and violent;

25:31.092 --> 25:34.549
they no longer believe
we are seeking the best

25:34.549 --> 25:35.633
interest of others.

25:35.633 --> 25:39.549
Long ago Israel was warned
that there would be severe

25:39.549 --> 25:42.468
consequences for
repudiating the guidance

25:42.468 --> 25:45.509
provided to them by the
God who had made Himself

25:45.509 --> 25:49.509
accessible to them through
His teachings and laws.

25:49.509 --> 25:51.549
There were severe
penalties for violating a

25:51.549 --> 25:55.675
way of life that defines
what morality and decency

25:55.675 --> 25:56.759
should be.

25:56.759 --> 25:58.800
Israel was
prophesied to become,

25:58.800 --> 26:01.050
for a time near
the end of the age,

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a great and powerful
entity that would be

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unchallenged.

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However, if they departed
from the morality defined

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by God through the text He
had preserved for them,

26:10.967 --> 26:13.550
they would afterwards be
hated by the nations of

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the world, who would turn
on them because

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of their ways.

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As we conclude,
think of this.

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There are 195 recognized
nations in the world

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today.

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At present 150 are members
of One Belt One Road,

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with others
considering joining.

26:31.550 --> 26:34.884
It is not popular
to say this,

26:34.884 --> 26:37.050
but the English-speaking
world and their western

26:37.050 --> 26:40.549
European allies are having
their modern culture

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rejected by the
vast majority.

26:43.549 --> 26:45.967
There is a cause
for every effect.

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We have stepped so far
away from the directions

26:48.759 --> 26:51.592
of Biblical law,
especially in the last few

26:51.592 --> 26:54.549
decades, that we are
losing the respect of the

26:54.549 --> 26:58.301
world due to our behaviour
and even the behaviour of

26:58.301 --> 27:00.549
those who lead
our peoples.

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We like to put the blame
for our problems on other

27:03.717 --> 27:06.550
nations, when we should
really be looking in the

27:06.550 --> 27:09.009
mirror, doing some
self-reflection and

27:09.009 --> 27:12.549
correcting behaviours that
are self-destructive.

27:12.549 --> 27:14.884
It is not too late
to change this,

27:14.884 --> 27:18.176
and this change must come
from all walks of life,

27:18.176 --> 27:21.176
but especially from the
leaders of the nations.

27:21.176 --> 27:23.884
I hope you will take the
opportunity to order our

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This DVD outlines some
of the key causes of the

27:30.549 --> 27:34.092
impending collapse of our
Western civilization.

27:34.092 --> 27:37.092
The rejection of the
family and the concept of

27:37.092 --> 27:40.592
patriarchy, a repudiation
of proper morality and

27:40.592 --> 27:43.759
excessive greed
are destroying us.

27:43.759 --> 27:46.549
Please join us again next
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27:46.549 --> 27:49.426
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bring you not only the

27:49.426 --> 27:52.549
truth of today's world,
but the hope of a great

27:52.549 --> 27:56.468
and wonderful future
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27:56.468 --> 27:57.717
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