China’s Proposal for a Tunnel to Hainan 

I totally trust China for building this, they built HK Macau and Zhuhai bridge, and typhoons didn't even do a single damage to it,

Hey guys! At 7:01, I mention that the Channel Tunnel is widely considered a failure. I should have mentioned that this is purely from an investment standpoint. As for its functionality and benefits to the public, the project is largely considered a success!

[The Chunnel] "is now widely considered a failure." Really??! Who can even imagine it not being there, now? After Brexit, it could be argued it's even more important than it was, softening the UK's new isolation.

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The channel tunnel is not considered a failure

Awesome video, I had assumed there was already a tunnel or bridge there lol

Great video. However, I'm not so sure that the Channel tunnel is "widely considered a failure", despite the costs that went into it.

6:52 🤔 The channel project between UK and France is not at all considered a failure. Its construction went over budget but investors made their money back and it’s a profitable piece of infrastructure even with Brexit….

I'm not joking, but I was actually thinking about a hypothetical tunnel between Hainan and The Chinese Mainland, when this video then came up.

Thanks for the video. As a Chinese, it’s basically a no brainer. Anything related to building a road. It’s a huge yes.

I can’t wait! I just want the world more connected

Yes please build it! Would loved to migrate to Hainan in near future!

“All of its provinces (...) share a land border except one” - That’s a sentence the PRC government probably doesn’t approve of :’ ) Interesting video, algorithm do your thing!

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The current ride across the strait is 4 hours in train, most of which spent on waiting, loading and unloading the train cars on and off the ferry. A very terrible experience.

China, you should have done it long time ago. You know how to do best tunnels under the sea.

next, bridge/tunnel to Taiwan island

For a country that seems to have few reservations spending large sums of money on huge infrastructure projects (mega tall skyscrapers, high speed rail, man made islands in the South China sea, etc) I doubt cost alone would ever be seen as a permanent detractor for a project that has the ability to physically connect a major province with the mainland. I’m actually surprised it hasn’t been done already.

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I have lived in China and while I was there, Hainan was a very ecologically sensitive area. Only electric cars were allowed. Hainan is also a militarily sensitive area as China's submarine fleet is located nearby. Bottom line: If China wants it built, they will build it.

I have an idea which maybe increase the safety of submerged floating tunnel: first we build a large tube, then we build a smaller tube inside it. The area between the large tube and the small tube we fill it with some jelly-like materials. If there is earthquake, the jelly-like layer absorb most of the damage, which can at least protect the small tube. Even if the small tube was broke, the jelly-like layer reduce the leakage speed within the small tube, which allows people inside to evacuate.

Hainan is already filled with visitors during the hot season. I am a little concerned the eco system can bare with the amount of tourists if the tunnel is built.

seems pretty silly for hainan to be an international shipping port when in order to leave the island goods have to be loaded onto ships again. i think it's inevitable that a link will be build eventually but i would like to see it soon rather than later, but that's just because it's exciting to see this stuff. The fact that the straight is hit both by tropical storms as well as earthquakes, making both bridges and tunnels impractical, would make it a good candidate to build the first undersea floating tunnel which would be amazing to see. But it might be too early to put an untested idea to the test with such a major project, catastrophic failure certaunly wouldn't look good.

O god next tunnel would be to Taiwan welp

China is not a pure capitalist country, it's a country with a mixture of central planned economy and market economy combined. So, you can not explain China economy with the Western Economics. China has built 39,000 km high speed railway since 2011. The average investment per km high speed railway is about 17 to 21 million US $, but every 100 million U.S. dollars of investment has driven the surrounding economic growth of 180 million U.S. dollars, not to mention the employment and industrial ecology that it drives. That is the reason you can see the big difference of infrastructure between China and US.

And Taiwan. Twin sisters 👯‍♀️

The island of Taiwan also does not have a land border with the rest of China. Even the small islands closer to the mainland are separated by water from the mainland.

Definitely, must build. Sod the Yankees, it is China territory, they can build as many military bases there as much as they like.

This and the Bohai tunnel would be greatly beneficial to the commuters. I'm personally all for it.

Nice video, watching from Shanghai Btw words ending in "ou", such as Haikou or Zhengzhou are pronounced as "oh" like in coconut.

I think its a tech demonstration tunnel of the mainland-taiwan tunnel. Taiwan will have a railway tunnel after it reunite with mainland China.

Also another tunnel to Taiwan

The tunnel would be a good idea as eventually it should be built. As for the South China Sea it should be administered by the international community and the military bases should be.used for.civilian purposes.

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4:25 The Chinese Government considers Taiwan a part of China, so not quite

The proposed tunnel will help Hainan grow as a financial hub for South China to beat Hong Kong, whose rioters have destroyed its future. Since these HK rioters aren't wanted by the West, they and their children can work as maids and cleaners in Hainan.

How dare you draw a map of China without including Taiwan!

Hainan is NOT the only island that's not linked to China's mainland. There are many small islands along China's coast and of course the island of Taiwan.

If the Chinese have already made mention of this project, then we can pretty much consider it done. You can argue about ROI, engineering challenges etc all you want, but trust the damn Chinese to have already ironed out and planned the entire project long time ago. They don't just sit on their hands and argue about "feasibility" and all that, they just plan and execute, usually achieving more than planned.

Great China and everything is possible.

climate friendly tropical tourism

Great video! You made a small error tho. There are actually two non-contiguous provinces in China, Hainan, and Taiwan.

Woah China is developing so fast it's unbelievable! 😀

I already imagine how CNN and BBC will announce the news about this tunnel. " China is building a large concentration camp under the Quiongzhou Strait" .

Why are there conflicts between the Chinese army and the US army in the South China Sea? This is a question worth pondering

what is $12b, China is rich, it will be done under budget and completed in 3 years, that's China's MEGA projects record 👍👍👍👍👍

Soon we’ll make a tunnel to Taiwan province

You can't say this map is the Map of China when TaiWan province is not included.

Not only the Hainan rail + road link, but including the Taiwan rail + road link will be completed by the end of the next decade

Crap, China construct a tunnel in its own island, why that has any to do with vsa?? Conflict what??

Been there, theres nostalgic value of having to fly to the island

Well done the Dragon. Anothrr achievement not even the west or US can bpast about

High speed train network in China is very successful and used with a very high rate by the population. Unlike individual societies in Western world who prefers cars, collective Chinese population likes using public transportation incl. high speed trains. This tunnel project will bring a lot potential for tourism in Hainan and will be a good alternative to expensive flights to Hainan.

China 🇨🇳 has its own infrastructure strategies to unite its provinces. Hope this tunnel will come to reality. 中国加油

so is there going to be a highway or is it going to be a rail only tunnel???

as an american living in china i really like what these guys do in terms of infrastructure. i live in a 3rd tier city rizhao in shandong. when i got here in 2013 it was a mess. mostly villages. my wife was born in 1990 and she remembers when there were no roads here. theyve done a hell of a job modernizing that it puts my native brooklyn to shame. i saw my apartment being built. i live on the 29th floor, i remember when this area was all villages. when i got here people were living in sub standard housing in many places. now theyre living better than people from my native bushwick, brooklyn. those apartments are made of brick and wood, built in the 1930's and cost about 2k a month to liv in those crappy railroad apartments. the average apartment here is 3 bedrooms with heated floors made of reinforced steel and concrete.

Nice video.

0:09 you missed out Taiwan province.

Bridge above = flow of Tourism. Tunnel below = Commercial, Military.

Are Pagal it's not Hainan it's "Taiwan"-It is a Independent & sovereign Country.

This talk about bridge or tunnel to Hainan Island was going for last 25 years and it never take off for one reason or others.

I’m sorry the channel tunnel is considered a failure? It’s bloody brilliant, the best thing since sliced bread even. Pre pandemic the trains were usually reasonably full and its far nicer than flying. PLUS its electric so no pollution, unlike flying from London to paris.

How awkward that you do not list taiwan alongside the other provinces. Kinda biased in my oppinion

Love the idea but no one bothered to mention the nuclear submarine base deep beneath the island. Hainan Island's hollowed-out interior resembles a scene from a James Bond movie. With berths for at least 15 submarines, five of which are nuclear, armed with 16 intercontinental ballistic missiles [ICBMs] the island commands the entrance to the South China Sea.

I'm actually surprised they still not built rail and road connection to Hainan. High speed rail already exist on both side of the strait.

It is not really true that the tunnel would be seen as a threat by the US - not much of one. It is also not true that the Channel Tunnel is a failure. It is beloved by both nations.

I think China should build this tunnel. Benefits are so much that the few issues are anything. China has a lot of money so even if the tunnel suffers from unexpected construction cost, they will be able to repay it

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China itself would disagree that Hainan is their only disconnected province - they officially still consider Taiwan to be part of China.

the Chinese Navy also has a huge submarine base just south of Sanya, Hainan

Those "flooring tunnels" look so f*cking good! I really hope someone builds one no matter where! 😂🐢

Good project ! Technically workable !

The Chinese Chunnel. And what is more important is the freight, not the carrying of people. Look at the economics of the Chunnel. People are transported, but it is the freight that is much more important. If the tunnel would also support high speed train, it would require additional lines since freight is what would justify the project. And if you just pushed a traditional line like in the Chunnel, then the high speed rail could be completed only if it made sense. China in the past has shown a willingness to put in infrastructure that was not economically justified to ensure a unified country. Chunnel traffic in 2016: 138 billion euros. Considered critical in Just in Time and Just in Sequence production.

Imagine the damage on the coral reefs. Hainan is so beautiful. No need for such projects.

And Taiwan … but to build a tunnel to Taiwan will be a monumental task … a bridge might be a better option. And just saw the news that mainland will start building next year and to be finished by 2035. That’s awesome to link all the chinese lands together.

You forgot that Taiwan is also Chinese theritory not linked by land

A floating tunnel might be the best idea in terms of the fault lines. It would also be more useful for semi-trucks, and cars that way a high-speed rail network won't need to be built. I'm also sure that certain steps can be taken to further protect the wildlife of the island from increased tourism and a larger human population. Hainan would also be a great location for international or regional diplomacy. It would be seen as a better place for intermediation as it is not located on the Chinese mainland and yet it is relatively close to many other Southeast Asian nations. As for the US, I highly doubt the US would declare war over it. Making Hainan into a large military and naval base just strategically makes sense, no matter how you feel about the South China Sea. I'm willing to acknowledge that as an American patriot. A tunnel and military base would certainly be alarming for the USA, Taiwan and their allies, but I doubt they would do anything about it. The US and its allies would want China to do something offensively first, like invade a Taiwanese, Japanese, Filipino or Vietnamese island, before committing to military action.

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What’s the point of listing the environmental concerns? Given the political structure of the nation and all

Very surprising they haven't done something before now.

The Channel Tunnel between the UK and France is 50km long and is about $20B adjusted for inflation. The Hainan tunnel is estimated to be $12B and is only 30km long. I thought Chinese construction would be much cheaper?

There was a mistake in 7.22s Wu Shicun not Wu Chicken

China can and will built this tunnel for sure. When, they will do it at the next economical crisis when they need to and use this project to boost infrastructure spending to stimulate economy.

One well placed torpedo and...

I don’t really like the PRC’s government, but this video made me interested in this topic

Can you please do a tunnel over the Straight of Hormuz? No one talks about it because of the politics but I think it’s feasible and would improve the economy of the area very much. Give Oman access to the world via land that won’t be controlled by Saudi; allowing them to hold even harder to their policy of neutrality.

WHAT NEWS??? Between Estonia and Finland is plan build over 90km long undersea tunnel

Nice... Thanks for sharing!

Hey, the scene @0:22 was from Hong Kong, not Hainan!

If you think the theme of this video is as suggested by the title--- ie. the tunnel, you have missed the point: The real cognition that the author wanted to drive into your head and reinforce is @ 0:05 --- a map of China without Taiwan

I have a question: What if Scotland had a proposal for a bridge to Türkiye?

your map is wrong, taiwan is a province of china

Main issue to built tunnel in Qiongzhou strait is there is sea Trench below strait, it make hard to built tunnel foundation and can be cracks during earthquake. if not china already built this tunnel 10 years ago. money not the issue. hopefully engineer found solution for it.

Yes, China can do it. Good investment .

I mean it makes sense that they would

The Tunnel will be an added essential project for Hainan's Free Port Tourism, efficiency transportation services of goods in and out, more importantly Arm forces will have better advantages.

would not take that long if the boreing company did it with bigger boreing machines..

This plan will give high affect to geopolitics of South East Asia. Boosting tension and ASEAN chain to PRC