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What if China dug a canal through the Balkans? This ambitious project could reshape global trade and bypass the Turkish Straits. 🌍

China’s Maritime Silk Road is a lifeline for its exports, connecting Asia to Europe. But transporting goods by plane, train, or truck to Europe’s major cities is inefficient. The alternative? A direct shipping route.

China’s plan involves a canal linking the Morava and Vardar rivers, connecting the Aegean Sea to the Danube River. This would shorten the distance by nearly 1,000 kilometers! But there’s a catch: cooperation between Serbia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Greece, plus opposition from Turkey, which would lose control of its straits.

Could this canal become reality? Watch to learn more about this fascinating geopolitical gamble! 🚢
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China plans to dig a canal through the Balkans. Here’s why!
You see, this is China’s Maritime Silk road, used to transports its exported goods and the only way to reach Europe is through A couple of major ports like the port of Piraeus and the Italian port of Trieste. The problem is that the goods have to be transported via plane, trucks or train to the major cities of Europe.
The only way to reach the rest of Europe by ship is to go through the Dardanelles and Bosphorus Straits and then sail upstream the Danube through cities like Belgrade, Vienna, Budapest and Regensburg. The Rhine-Danube canal could than be used to sail even further, all the way to the North Sea.
To shorten this distance with almost one thousand kilometers, China plans to connect the Morava river and Vardar river with a canal connecting this way The Aegean Sea to the Danube.
The main challenge of this project would be to make Serbia, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Greece work together. Also, Turkey will certainly oppose this project because if finished, the majority of ships will not use the Turkish straits anymore.

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