Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - DW - 20171229:12:23:00
Subsidized by the chinese government as part of a long term strategy. that also includes the new train link. it may not be making any money for beijing yet but the financial commitment makes do is confident that when it comes to the new silk road and future trade the chinese really do mean business. you grow it is a gigantic project costing the chinese hundreds of billions of dollars will it all be worth it let's bring in philip build ski he's the head of china desk and joins us now from bonn philip what is the long term strategy behind this. well what china's trying to do here is to find a ne...