Prospects of continuity and change of China's role in Central Asia: Case studies of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

Yunus Emre GÜRBÜZ

This study evaluates the prospects for continuity and change of People's Republic of China's role in Central Asia in relation with the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). There have been significant global, regional, and national events between 2020 and 2022, which might alter China's position in Central Asia. The possibility of change can be estimated by examining the developments so far. China's position in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan are taken here as examples for China's role. The One Belt One Road initiative, renamed in 2016 as the BRI, presents multiple trade routes, some of which pass through ...Более