Tagged: China

COVID-19 and the Cracks in the Chinese model

Recently the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pledged stronger financial support to businesses to protect smaller companies and labour-intensive enterprises to shore up China’s foreign trade and foreign investment amid the global economic downturn. This...

East Turkistan – A New Bangladesh?

The name Turkistan is of Persian origin. This region, dating back to the 5th century encompasses what is now Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and East Turkistan (also known as Xinjiang). Numerous Turkic states...

Chinese investments in Central Asia

After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, China established official ties with the five former Soviet Republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. While originally the main focus of its political...