Media says China will invest $2 billion in Iran to build railways

Said it would weaken Europe and the US in Asia Influence global network reporter 王欣 reported that the final agreement between China and Iran on the Western rail network construction project will be signed on September 12, including China will invest $2 billion in the project.　　British media were highly concerned about the matter on September 7, commenting that China would use it to have a freight passage through Europe and would significantly weaken the influence of Europe and the United States in the Asian region. China's investment in Iran-built railway projects is expected to be completed in the next 2.5 years, The Daily Telegraph of London reported September 7.　　In addition to connecting several cities in Iran, the railway may continue to expand westward to Iraq in the future, eventually connecting Syria and the Mediterranean countries to become a corridor in the Middle East. Reported that China's investment in Iran's construction of the railway network will eventually give China a direct route to Europe. A railway expert said that for China, the railway would greatly reduce the cost of transporting Chinese goods to Europe. Politically, the railroad also has an extraordinary significance, because the US, Europe and Russia can theoretically intercept China's sea routes, but the road transport has brought China closer to its neighbors, which will "weaken Russia's influence in the region and ultimately reduce the U.S. and European influence in the region." The report also said that China was rapidly expanding its own high-speed rail network and announced plans to build a railway through Russia and Central Asia and eventually extend to London. China's largest railway construction company, the Chinese iron Group, also recently signed a preliminary agreement with South African companies to vigorously develop the railway construction in South Africa.