China's Belt and Road Is DEAD

Donald Trump brokered peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan that brought the US influence in the caucus right in the middle of China's Belt and Road Initiative. Welcome to China Uncensored. I'm Chris Chapel. Real quick, I've warned you that YouTube is secretly unsubscribing people. I know that sounds unbelievable, but check out these comments. Clips board says, "I check every time you say something around the subscription. Yesterday was the third time I've resubscribed. And even if you are subscribed, YouTube won't notify you of new episodes. Nick Rogers says, "I've been subscribed for years and always got to search you to get videos. I even click the notification bell." So, double check that you're subscribed. And if you haven't subscribed, now's the time. And if you want to make sure you get notified of new episodes, subscribe to our free weekly newsletter. The link is below. Now, on to the story. For years, the Chinese Communist Party has been hard at work setting up a new and improved quote unquote Silk Road economic corridor around the globe. It's Bel and Road Initiative or BARRI. As a refresher, the Barri is a trillion dollar series of Chinese-run ports, railroads, roads, and multi-use infrastructure projects in countries around the world, making China the center of a new world order and ultimately ins snaring these countries to Chinese interest. And Trump has just put a pretty big thorn in this plan. And it comes in the form of peace, specifically peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia. The two countries have been at odds for decades over Nagoro Kubach, an area currently inside Azerbaijan that historically was majority Armenian and even had its own ethnically Armenian republic between 1994 and 2023. You can probably tell where I'm going with this since I'm referring to it all in the past tense. In the wake of the Soviet Union's collapse, Armenia and Azarbaian, both former Soviet territories, tussled over the area until Armenia finally captured the region. But in 2020, Azerbaijan defeated Armenia and regained the area with most of its Armenian population fleeing. And the two countries have been fighting over the area ever since. So this new peace deal is actually a pretty big deal. But the White House didn't just broker it for good press. Trump came away with a pretty nice bag of goodies for the US. And the crown jewel of this bag of goodies is, I kid you not, the Trump route for international peace and prosperity or trip for short. This 20-mile transit corridor links Azerbaijan to its exclave, Nakchivan, and allows for both Armenia and Azerbaijan to open new trade routes much more easily. It's also smack dab in the middle of the Caucus region at the crossroads between Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, which is a plus, especially since Armenia has a plan called the crossroads of peace to reopen Soviet era transport links and turn the country into a transit hub between the Black Sea, Mediterranean, Caspian, and Persian Gulf. With TRIP, the US is now a part of that. A US-led consortium will develop and operate trip. And both countries will be able to use the route for trade and maintain peace, which is basically a win-win for everyone except China, as well as its no limits partner Russia and its little friend Iran. The fact that peace hurts them proves how cartoonishly evil they are. They were literally beaten by the power of friendship. According to the diplomat, with this new peace deal, the United States has signaled support for infrastructure free from Russian or Chinese influences and for a regional order in which western commercial and political standards prevail. In short, Trump just landed a US-run economic corridor right in the middle of China's Barri. Take that, CCP. But how does this really impact China? What I'm about to show you will blow your minds. But first, if you like this kind of deep dive into what's really going on in China, you've got to subscribe to my premium website, chinaunensored.tv. That's where you'll see episodes and live streams we can't put on YouTube. And if you want to support China Uncensored, buying a membership is the best way you can. It's just the price of a bag of coffee. Once again, that's chinaunensored.tv. So, why does the Trump route for international peace and prosperity really bother China? Well, China's Barri goes through Central Asia. It has to in order to get to Europe. And since one of the many perks of the Barri is undermining Western cohesion in Europe, this area is a pretty important link in the chain. There's also Central Asia's strategic location at the crossroads of three major geographic and trade regions. For those reasons, China has been deepening ties with Central Asian countries. For example, in September of last year, the acting governor of Georgia's national bank met with the CCP's ambassador to the country to discuss China's state-owned banks potentially entering the country's market. China and Azerbaijan also have been tightening relations. Azerbaijan's president made a visit to Beijing in April where he and she signed a so-called joint declaration on the establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership or Yeah, the US is way better at acronyms. But this new agreement could be a serious threat to that and a big security risk for China. After all, in a time of war or other crisis, the trip could serve as a choke point on the middle corridor of the Barri that passes through Central Asia. This is the biggest story involving belts and something choking since David Keredine. that could seriously hamper the CCP's already faltering economy. Even the state affiliated South China Morning Post suggests that this revived Silk Route allows the US to steam ahead of China and Russia in the South Caucus. Meanwhile, Washington's NATO ally Turkey also sees this corridor as a way of expanding its influence in the Turk countries of Central Asia, which neighbor the Turk Weaguers in Shinjang, who are doing just fine. Why do you ask? This Turk belt along with the Organization of Turk States or OTS could be used to cause problems for the CCP in Shinjang. Elsewhere on its borders or with Barri projects in the region should war break out. Of course, none of this is necessarily a given. For one thing, when it comes to trade networks, China has a head start and it'll take the US a long time to catch up. And that's assuming it even succeeds since this isn't one of the world's most stable areas. It's also hard to predict if or when or where any such war would erupt or if any of these countries would help the US at all since a lot of them are cozy with the CCP, even Turkey. The important thing is the US has now put China on notice that it isn't ignoring this region any longer. The CCP hates that I make these episodes, but I can only keep the show going with your help. Click on this button to go to my exclusive website, chinaunensored.tv, TV. For just the price of a bag of coffee, you can help me stick it to the CCP. Once again, I'm Chris Chapel. See you next time.