Empire of Dust - Trailer / Best of 

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He did get him on the measuring tape part haha

-So the belgians built this road 50 years ago and you did nothing to mantain -Yes

Its sad to say, but this is even washed down. I did some contractor work over there and it was absolutley the worst experence ever. They get outfitted with electricity, water pipes which delivers fresh drinking water, get machinery to farm on the most fertile ground plus get taught (to no avail, the stupidity was jaw dropping) how to use the machinery for farming etc. You come back a few month later. The machinery is completely dismantled and everything sold for scrap. Same with the waterpipes and electrical wire. Everything was even worse afterwards. Then they complain and demand more handouts. Its all so tiresome. I will never ever step a foot on that continent ever.

Most of you are missing a point, the Chinese guy saw his own country come from a worse place than this 50-60 years ago and saw a lot of people die to make China is what it is today. His his contempt comes from the fact Africa gave up on it's self.

most real documentary ever

The Chinese are not shackled by western moralism / political correctness and just tell it like it is

This is why chinese was employing only chinese people to do the work. It also reveals a lot that since the Belgians constructed the road in 1954 none of the locals ever considered to maintain it. Foreigners build and develop infrastructure and many great things in african countries but the africans themselves cant take care of it or just doesnt care.

The moment where the Congolese dude pointed out the tape measure was made in China and the Chinese boss said nothing was great. To me, that could have been ordinary men from anywhere in the world taking the piss out of each other. 😂 Gotta give the Chinese boss props for not getting defensive or lashing out about it. He agreed without agreeing. 😂

"This measure sucks. It stops at 1 meter!" "Of course, it's made in China" 😂

'This Measure Tape sucks' "Ofcourse, its made in China" 'How do You Know?' "Because it says 'Made in China'" ... ... 'Let's Measure it' Its hilarious how passive aggressive the Chinese and Congolese are to eachother.

The yellow man's burden.

Good to see people from different cultures getting along so well.

Classic, it's all so tiresome...

The only infrastructure ever built in Africa was by OUTSIDE nations... They've never learned how to build or maintain a single thing, technically. That's why all vehicles are imported.

"It wears you down" I live and work in Africa and this is so true. The daily dose of frustration just leaves you depleted.

Kinda have to give respect to the chinese master's right hand man: the dude speaks his ethnic language, french (lingua franca in his country), english and mandarin.

the more successful cultures in modern times, see themselves as beneficiaries of society NOT as victims of society

The fact that measuring tape goes to 1 meter has nothing to do with made in China. When you buy measuring tapes, there are different types, so 1 meter tape is cheaper than 3 or 5 meter tape, no matter where its made, so worker was assigned to buy measuring tape and he just bought cheapest one, without thinking that it is insufficient for the job.

anyone worked in Africa knows why Africa is poor and it is not the colonization

I bet the Chinese guy would've loved Rhodesia back when the government actually maintained a modern level of living.

Lao Yang comes off as strict, demeaning but somehow still likeable while Eddy comes off as lazy and incompetent while still being likeable. Im sure they ended up getting along.

I visited Africa only once. But it was astonishing to me to the point I thought "This is gonna be IMPOSSIBLE to fix, not in a 1000 years", and the other bad thought I had was "It seems like they want (or are ok at least) to live surrounded by sheit". We were visiting a small city. Only to stay there one night. Only one decent place to stay. At night we went for a walk. We saw a building with one hole (less than a meter) on the bottom corner of one former nice building. Clay. Solid. The guide told us a non profit organization built it with european funds not that long ago as a multitask building (sports, meetings, medical attention if needed...) but it was being used by people to sleep there since it was nicer than their homes, but the rats were a problem. Big problem. They entered through the hole. He told us that the same non profit org that built it, sent funds to repair the hole a lot of times and the money disappeared. So, instead, they decided to send the materials needed to fix it. A LOT of them. More than necessary to fix that hole. Brand new tools better than the ones I use in my house in Europe. Well... the materials, the bricks, the tools... everything was there alongside the building. Few meters away to the hole. I asked the guide... since you now have everything you need to fix it, why don't you (or they) fix it?? He smiled with not that much frustration and said; "C'est comme ça" It is what it is. That experience summarizes Africa. As another comment said, they would sell a tractor by pieces that can make them earn 3000/year wrking, for 50 bucks but NOW and without working.

We are all this beleaguered Chinese man

My uncle directed a mine in Zambia, much the same job as this guy. He told me that the first 3 days after payday, none of the workers show up for work. They're busy drinking, gambling and whoring away their paycheck. And when they have nothing left, they come back to work... and then promptly ask for an advance on their next paycheck while making up fake excuses for why they need the money, it's always some sick relative. They're just like this, and it's why everywhere they live is shit, whether it's Detroit or Mombasa.

Now he knows why the Europeans left.

If a Belgian were to say 10% of this, it would be considered racist. But when a Chinese guy says it with a smile it's constructive criticism.

Third world gonna third world.

3:51 - As a white South African, I felt that.

Woke people need to go here for a few weeks to learn about reality

You cannot have pretty things in the hood. Now you see why America?

He didn't actually say "it's so tiresome" -- a literal translation is "this is so hard to accomplish"...it can certainly be construed as meaning "this is so tiring" (because something hard to do is often tiresome) but I think the connotation is more along the lines of "sigh this shouldn't be so difficult" rather than "this is so tiring." But yeah, it's incredible how Africa is basically stuck in neolithic times!!

The bible says, speak truth in love. I love the way this chinese guy speaks a bitter truth with smile on his face.

I like the chinese dude railing about the measuring tape and the black guy says "made in china" lmao

They are friends but the chinese guy is extremely candid when the measuring tape was wrong the guy said the tape was made in china as a joke and the guy took it

The Chinese is not getting paid enough for this

Snacka om kulturkrock - världens flitigaste folk möter världens lataste

Surprising you can still watch it on yt.

Should have been a series production following them until the road is finished (if it ever got finished).

The "bridge" discourse over st twitter brought me here. It's honestly a tragedy what the Africans do or fail to do for themselves, you cannot blame colonialism for this, not anymore. They have had enough chances to build back but simply do not do it. I will admit where I live in southeast Asia has issues like these but, damn, its just something else over there.

As a resident and teacher in Oakland CA, it's scary how similar this is to oakland

Reminds me of the story about when we did send them a ship full of farm animals, (cows chicken sheep pigs) they slaughterd all and ate them. On the question why they said they were hungry.. We then again explained animal products and breeding and send a new ship.. They also got slaughterd.. Hopeless.. Till the day of now they are stil hungry 😂

This Chinese guy is so nice. Very sincere, concerned, with tough love.

So kind hearted man actually. Real man.

I'm in a former British colony inhabited mostly by Europeans, Indigenous, and Asians and our road, rail, and electrical infrastructure in the 1950s was way more backwards or nonexistent than this part of Africa at the time. Most of the Interior was living off subsistence farming and hunting, we had no fully paved highway, power outside the major cities was nonexistent and so by that time sick of living in the dark ages people just started taking matters in their own hands building their own electrical systems with no oversight and little knowledge of electrical theory (in a heavily forested place most of which couldnt be accessed by firefighters quicky enough due to the dogshit road situation). We didnt truly recover from The Depression until 1960. This backwards and impoverished situation ended up being a deep stinging embarrassment that led to us dedicating 20 years to building thousands of engineering marvels that still form the backbone of our modern civilization. Maintaining the vital infrastructure you already have so you can eat to live another day is the bare minimum.

If you have spent any time, anywhere in Africa, it's the same.

@ 5:20 The shrugging of the shoulders, the resignation. All over the world there are those, "Like she'll be right mate, whatever, like, so what, like, he's Kenyan, like wasn't me, the other bloke did it like."

Det er oppfriskende å se fullengde-media uten spor av politisk korrekthet eller påtatt høflighet. Bare direkte og ærlig, uten å pakke inn ordene.

Gotta love Chinese. No BS.

This man is the embodiment of a long and tired * sigh *

Is this Rush hour part 5?? Cause it was hilarious!

My home city was the most prosperous city in the USA at one point very recently they took it over and it’s one of the worst cities in the USA an absolute nightmare. Yet we move and they eventually move where we are again and again destruction follows

He's probably not grumpy at home when people are actually doing the job right. He's grumpy because he has to deal with your lot and the nonsense that goes with it. This movie gets a bit tedious, but it's spot on. 56 years... And you can't even maintain a road...

Ok, but the Congolese guy at 4:50 had a sick burn.

Correction, he says that the trucks in China last 30 years (not 4 years as stated in the videos subtitle) compared to the trucks that only last 2 to 3 years in the Congo because they are not maintained and driven badly...

The African was as smart as the Chinese guy. In this short video I heard him speak Chinese, French, a bit of local language and Swahili with a few English words mixed in. He also had great sharp humour. "This tape is rubbish it stops at one metre." "That is because it is Chinese." "Why do you have to say that?" "Because it has Made in China written on the side!"

The Western World has sent millions and millions of pounds, euros, dollars to different African states. Where has it gone, where has it been used?

"So the Belgian built it and then it was neglected". Man that hurts

OMG! I haven't laughed this hard in a while🤣 The fact that this is a documentary and you know they aren't joking, makes it even more hilarious🤣 You know it's all true, and it's just so hilarious that they finally said it to each other. They both seem so embarrassed🤣 I have no clue how this ended up in my suggestions, but thank you algorithm😂

This guy is so good wanting. He knows they are robbing the locals off their minerals but wants to pass on some of his enginerial knowledge . Wants good for the locals.

They're stuck at mindset of minion

I love how the Chinese have a word for knobhead

Sub 80 crew

Well that's what not having Neanderthal DNA does. Different species

Specifically in the Congo, the indigenous population have been picking low hanging fruit and eating bushmeat for all of history. Culturally and biologically they are not cut out for collaborative work and creating/maintaining a large well organised society. Asians, westerners, Arabs, native Americans and even Polynesians have all overcame difficult circumstances to prosper. A lot of the Congolese people don't even want to progress because they are scared about losing their way of life, traditions etc.

6 minutes and 36 seconds of pure based.

Och dessa är ingen minoritet i världen direkt... 😟

My heart goes out to that poor Chinese dude. Must be very tiring having to deal with so many idiots and thieves on a daily basis.

A cultural shock, productivity and effectiveness Vs. we just don't care....

Lao Yang reminds of my Father. Honestly everyone who thinks Lao Yang is looking down on the natives or expressing racism simply doesn´t know about chinese culture. Lao Yang actually cares about the people there, he doesn´t simply want to do his job and be done.

I feel his pain.

Jag fick lära mig i Tintin att kineserna är ett ödmjukt folk, det verkar inte stämma längre. Älskar kinesens tålmodiga leende när de säger att chaffisen är kenyan, inte kongoles 🤣

That made it china measuring tape really had me lmao

Makes one think; that if it wasn’t for sports/entertainment ‘industry’ what would all the ‘athletes’ from NBA, NFL etc would be doing in America. Definitely, not very productive tasks.

When the Romans colonized Britain, and after they left, the British retrogressed. The Romans thought of British people as uncultured, uncivilized, backward and lazy. It was over 400 years after the Romans left that the British peoples started making progress. I think the same thing is playing out with we Africans. True, colonialism brought so much advancement to us, but our people are yet to warm up to it. I believe we will eventually, though. Maybe not today, but in a few generations’ time.

so this is where that screenshot that the funny men on 4chan keep posting came from

Samma problem vart dom än bor.

It takes a Chinese man to spit the truth.

This kind of reminds me of the first half of "The Bridge Over the River Kwai", except the Brits were screwing up on purpose.

This is fantastic. Thanks

But, dey wuz kangz !! Now they are taking orders from "Kang".

There’s something oddly fascinating about the Chinese boss. He’s so committed to his own misery. So committed to seeing Africans in the worst light possible, all while wearing a big smile and looking amused. I think the Congolese man somewhat enjoys the banter and the piss taking as well sometimes. To his credit, the Chinese boss didn’t lash out or get defensive about the ‘made in China’ tape measure comment. It’s like they both see a part of themselves in each other or something. There’s a lot to this.

Let this be a lesson

Of course, it's made in china. Bright comment lights up my day.

4:44 "Of course, it's made in China" 😂

Crazy. Just the other day i watched a documentary on the nilgiri mountain railway. All the infrastructure built by british and maintained by indians passing their engineering skills down. Here....nothing

It’s so true

Lying is their trademark. Those are just facts.

That Chineese guy reminds me of my dad... Always disappointed in me

Been there,can confirm

The Wrong Brothers.

When an unstoppable force meets an immovable object lol

You can hear it in the Chinese guys voice, slowly dying inside…

My previous boss was just like this Chinese guy, ex-military, they all have similar attitude.

Love how eddy speaks in 3 completely different languages but manages to not translate anything useful whatsoever lol

lol, bet they wish the Europeans never left.

We understand the environment in Africa is very tough to survive in and requires strength. However, this documentary shows them being lazy or stupid or having no sense of time and are more interested in drinking on payday. At least the Africans can attempt to complete small tasks (projects) everyday as a team instead of being lazy and chill

A Chinese man giving driving tips... now I've seen it all.

The black guy got him with a good one. “ the tape measure doesn’t work cause it’s from china” 😂

Chinese guy isn't as mean/brutal as he's made out in these clips. Although he is blunt and very critical, it's obvious if you watch the film he says a lot of these things in jest. He's an absolute wind up merchant. Reminded me of my late father a lot. Could not give a toss if what he said hurt people and half the time he didn't mean what he said. Just wanted to wind you up.