Image

New Silk Road: The Iron Dragon

As part of the New Silk Road agenda set up by Xi Jinping, the « The Iron Dragon » embodies the revival of rail freight transport through the economic cooperation between various Eurasian countries. Discover life on board the freight train that connects Yiwu, East of China, to Madrid, Spain, by way of Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany. « The Iron Dragon » leaves Shanghai for a 13,000-kilometre journey across 8 countries with over 60 drivers taking shifts to get goods to destination. Traders, railwaymen, customs inspectors: all those who play their role and make this incredible journey possible embody this new link between China: "The Belt and the Road" as it is called in China.
Year
2018
Production
RTS / CCTV
Director
Tim Robert-Charrue
Resolution
HD
Collection

Related Titles

See below for your title to view