China-Central Asia Relations and Role of the Belt and Road Initiative

Yazdani, Enayatollah

doi:10.17265/1537-1506/2020.05.004

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“…The highest number of BRI projects in Central Asia is implemented in Kazakhstan’s oil and gas sector. As compared with five Central Asian states, Turkmenistan has implemented a few Chinese energy projects (Blank, 2010; Yazdani, 2020). Energy resources and geopolitical importance are two of the main purposes of Chinese investment in Central Asia (Bin, 2014; Toktogulova & Zhuang, 2020).…”

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“…China’s trade promotion and industrial development in Central Asia are very significant, and its investment has been on the rise since the 1990s (Sajjanhar, 2021; Yazdani, 2020). Trade promotion and industrial development have been divided into four categories such as industry, agricultural and food projects, finance and information and technology (IT) projects, mineral and petroleum extraction and processing projects, etc.…”

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China’s Belt and Road Projects in Central Asia

Manish

Behera

2021

FIIB Business Review

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This article aims to understand the evolving nature of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Central Asia. It examines how the BRI gives China an access to the abundant energy resources in Central Asia, alongside the trade connectivity, industry, infrastructure development, and expanding regional markets and facilitating regional cooperation, etc. While doing so, the article examines 261 small-and large-scale Chinese infrastructure projects in five Central Asian republics. As we understand, China’s BRI investments focus on rail and road connectivity projects, energy connectivity projects, trade promotion and industrial development, and people-to-people projects. This gives greater influence to China in the Central Asian region, thereby leading to a competition among the major powers such as Russia, the USA and India.

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Section: China’s Belt and Road Initiative Projects In Central Asiamentioning

confidence: 99%