duisburg after eleven thousand kilometers one trade route of the new silk road ends here twenty five trains a week arrived with goods and hope for the future chinese investors are very welcome here. and we re building a china trade center here on this land behind us we will have one hundred twenty thousand square meters of office space over five stories. tall. that s appealing to a region with high unemployment the coal industry lost tens of thousands of jobs last year duisburg is also one of europe s largest inland ports an ideal hub to forward goods on but how reliable is china as an investor. good question how reliable is china as an investor it could be engaging in massive
along this route in our series finishes at the end of one of the railroads in the west and german city of deuce ball it is home to the largest inland port in europe out of three point seven million shipping containers a year making it an ideal hub for china s new silk road project the railing bringing freight here from china is already up and running it s currently served by more than two dozen trains a week the transit time of around two weeks is four times quicker and the traditional sea route giving the rail link a competitive advantage because in international trade time really is money. but europe s largest in one port most containers arrive by ship but not all. that might look and spectacular but this is one end of the new silk road a freight rail route stretching eleven thousand kilometers and connecting duis book with chong ching in central china. instead of silk and spices typical cognos today
on old route 66, san bernardino was known as the last stop before l.a. moscow, san bernardino.. with three freeways and a major railroad station, it was the ideal hub, linking the ports of los angeles and long beach to the rest of the country with the promise of economic growth for middle-class america. it was the location of the first mcdonald s. but today, this city of around 210,000 has a shortfall of $46 million. over a quarter of its entire budget. unable to find the cuts to close the gap, san bernardino, on august 1, filed for bankruptcy. you have called this a stain on the city. oh, yes. patrick morris, a democrat, has has been the mayor since 2006. how did san bernardino get into this predicament? it was a perfect storm economically. when it hit in 2006 and 7, the
dollars in paul s roads and bridges between china and the west this week we ve been looking at some of the stops along the route we finished at the end of one of the rail lines in the western german city of do its work home to the largest inland port in europe. it handles three point seven million containers a year making it an ideal hub for china s new silk road project the rail link from china is already up and running and a two weeks for the journey cargo arrives there from china four times faster and by sea. but europe s largest in one port most containers arrive by ship but not all. that might look and spectacular but this is one end of the new silk road a freight rail route to stretching eleven thousand kilometers and connecting duis book with chong ching in central china. instead of silicon spices typical cargoes today include how select tronics and textiles. but for the truth the balance who