On July 19, Chinese Premier Li Qiang announced in Linzhi, Tibet that the Yarlung Zangbo River downstream hydropower project with a total investment of 1.2 trillion yuan officially started. The project is also known as the "project of the century". 1.2 trillion yuan is 5 times more than the investment in the Three Gorges Project! The following will analyze in depth the three strategic intentions behind this project, which is known as the "largest project in human history".
Video chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:31 Unprecedented scale of super project
2:12 First intention: Strategic layout for energy security
3:49 Second intention: Comprehensive take-off of the western economy
5:21 Strategic game of geopolitics
7:22 Technical challenges and engineering miracles
8:38 International response and Western misunderstanding