Bring a tank. Chinas legendary silk road was one of the wonders of the ancient world now this trade route is being brought back to life. The new silk road is a vast undertaking and a demonstration of power and might. Hundreds of billions of euros are flowing into new infrastructure right away lines harbors streets bridges and tunnels in 65 Different Countries its a project the likes of which the world has never seen. Its a powerful vision and for many an inspiring one for some it brings opportunity for others misery. The new silk road a testament to chinas revived ambitions on the global stage. Just 40 years ago this was a market town today shenzhen is a high tech metropolis with more than 25000000 residents china silicon valley. The cratering metropolis brimming with confidence is the face of the new china an ambitious china with eyes clearly focused on the west. And the way there is the new silk road we retraced 2 routes over land and sea from the chinese city of shenzhen to the germ
Legendary silk road was one of the wonders of the ancient world now this trade route is being brought back to life. The new silk road is a vast undertaking and a demonstration of power and might. Hundreds of billions of euros are flowing into new infrastructure right away lines harbors streets bridges and tunnels in 65 Different Countries its a project the likes of which the world has never seen. Its a powerful vision and for many an inspiring one for some it brings opportunity for others misery. The new silk road a testament to chinas revived ambitions on the global stage. Just 40 years ago this was a market town today shenzhen is a high tech metropolis with more than 25000000 residents china silicon valley. Look littering metropolis brimming with confidence is the face of the new china an ambitious china with eyes clearly focused on the west. And the way there is the new silk road we retraced 2 routes overland and city from the chinese city of shenzhen to the german city of do sport.
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Spirit here to the Asian Pacific american studio. Well, having a daughter, olivia, who was in a ballet school, i saw my share of nutcracker performances, community and professional productions. And even those not familiar with ballet, there is a feeling of holiday spirit that the audiences all share. And when you see it at its highest level, its inspiring. The traditional San Francisco ballet production provides one of those experiences. It starts its holiday run at the War Memorial Opera House december 13. We are proud and happy to have a soloist from the show with us today. Wang wei was born in anshan, china, and trained at the beijing Dance Academy before attending the San Francisco ballet school, joining San Francisco ballet in 2013, then elevated to soloist in 2016. Welcome to the show, and congratulations, i should say, thats a very fast ascension there. Now, give us an idea here in terms of, first of all, for people who arent familiar with it, the San Francisco ballet, the holid
And the highest silver mines on the planet back to for almost five hundred years. Packed into the rocks the deep shots are plagued by cave ins and accidents. In the thin dusty and the miners work without i protection breathing operators i mean often work drunk its extremely dangerous sometimes fatal and frequently carried out by children. Young children who worked in bolivia for generations almost three quarters of a million a doing so today. This culture led to the development of bolivias new liberal and highly controversial childrens code in two thousand and fourteen which gave children as young as ten the right to work under certain circumstances. Critics in the west said bolivia had effectively legalized child labor the government says the laws protect the rights and help for the young workers. Thing. To me. So all the new rules work has the situation got better since two thousand and forty. We work into any name have. The child that step by step so there was this five year plan ri