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China’s Belt and Road Projects in Central Asia

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  • Alok Behera

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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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  • Manish & Alok Behera, 2024. "China’s Belt and Road Projects in Central Asia," FIIB Business Review, , vol. 13(2), pages 143-154, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:fbbsrw:v:13:y:2024:i:2:p:143-154
    DOI: 10.1177/23197145211042431
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