China's New Silk Road in Europe

Duisburg, Liège or Valenciennes have more in common with cities like Marseille and Trieste than is initially obvious. They are European bridgeheads of the new Silk Road initiative, which is intended to help turn China into the first modern socialist world power by 2049.

Europe plays a central role, and the Chinese campaign for influence and power in Europe is now in full swing. What are the concrete consequences of the Chinese initiative, where trade routes and logistics are being redesigned or rebuilt on a grand scale? What happens on the ground when a Chinese master plan and indigenous structures collide? How does this change the familiar working and living spaces? What different reactions does this trigger? We go to three places in Europe that are currently becoming "Chinese" at a rapid pace.