Berdimuhamedov’s China Visit Pushes Forward China-Central Asia Relations
1 year, 10 months ago

Berdimuhamedov’s China Visit Pushes Forward China-Central Asia Relations

The Diplomat  

Turkmen President Sedar Berdimuhamedov paid a state visit to China from January 5 to 6, at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. Last year, Xi visited Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in his first trip abroad since the pandemic began; now the Turkmen president became the first Central Asian leader received by China in 2023. At the regional and multilateral level, China proposed the establishment of a China-Central Asia cooperation mechanism, a new format of multilateral cooperation between China and Central Asian countries outside the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Running west to Iran and south to Afghanistan, the CKUT railway will be a Eurasian transportation artery and a main rail line connecting Central Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East. Therefore, a long railway across China, Central Asia, and South Asia may still be feasible in the future, and it could substantially change both geopolitics and geoeconomics in the region.

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China prepares to enhance ties with central Asia
2 months, 1 week ago

China prepares to enhance ties with central Asia

China Daily  

China pledged on Monday to enhance ties with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and strengthen communication, cooperation and coordination with the two Central Asian countries within the multilateral framework including the United Nations, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the China-Central Asia mechanism. While meeting with Bektenov, Li expressed China's willingness to work with Kazakhstan to deepen political mutual trust, firmly support each …

China prepares to enhance ties with central Asia
2 months, 1 week ago

China prepares to enhance ties with central Asia

China Daily  

China pledged on Monday to enhance ties with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and strengthen communication, cooperation and coordination with the two Central Asian countries within the multilateral framework including the United Nations, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the China-Central Asia mechanism. While meeting with Bektenov, Li expressed China's willingness to work with Kazakhstan to deepen political mutual trust, firmly support each …

China to drive pan-Asia rail development
5 months ago

China to drive pan-Asia rail development

China Daily  

A train on the China-Laos Railway travels through Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture, Yunnan province, in April, heading to Vientiane, the Laotian capital. Examples include the recently launched ASEAN cargo express and the China-Laos Railway, a key project under the Belt and Road Initiative. Boosting trade Tjia cited the ASEAN cargo express, which links Malaysia, Thailand and Laos with China, facilitating …

New railway will turn Central Asia into a major Eurasian hub
6 months, 3 weeks ago

New railway will turn Central Asia into a major Eurasian hub

China Daily  

WANG XIAOYING/CHINA DAILY A trilateral intergovernmental agreement on the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project was signed at a ceremony in Beijing on June 6. Currently, China-Europe freight trains connect 223 cities in 25 European countries and over 100 cities in 11 Asian countries, creating a service network spanning almost the entire Eurasian continent. The rapidly growing rail traffic volume shows that developing …

New railway will turn Central Asia into a major Eurasian hub
6 months, 3 weeks ago

New railway will turn Central Asia into a major Eurasian hub

China Daily  

WANG XIAOYING/CHINA DAILY A trilateral intergovernmental agreement on the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project was signed at a ceremony in Beijing on June 6. Currently, China-Europe freight trains connect 223 cities in 25 European countries and over 100 cities in 11 Asian countries, creating a service network spanning almost the entire Eurasian continent. The rapidly growing rail traffic volume shows that developing …

Meet in the middle
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Meet in the middle

China Daily  

MA XUEJING/CHINA DAILY In the context of the prolonged Ukraine crisis and an unstable Middle East, Eurasia is facing rising concerns over supply chain stability and transit security, which is of great significance for the world economy. Central Asia is an integral part in the EU's eastward expansion of its connectivity strategy, the EU's economic cooperation with Asian countries, as …

Reconsidering Eurasia connectivity and trade
8 months, 1 week ago

Reconsidering Eurasia connectivity and trade

China Daily  

WANG XIAOYING/CHINA DAILY The recent conflict between Israel and Iran has not only escalated tensions in the Middle East but also emerged as a severe and imminent threat to the global order, including maritime shipping. According to statistics released by the China State Railway Group, freight traffic on the China-Europe route reached 17,523 trips in 2023, carrying 1.902 million twenty-foot …

Reconsidering Eurasia connectivity and trade
8 months, 1 week ago

Reconsidering Eurasia connectivity and trade

China Daily  

WANG XIAOYING/CHINA DAILY The recent conflict between Israel and Iran has not only escalated tensions in the Middle East but also emerged as a severe and imminent threat to the global order, including maritime shipping. According to statistics released by the China State Railway Group, freight traffic on the China-Europe route reached 17,523 trips in 2023, carrying 1.902 million twenty-foot …

The West Is Eying Closer Relations With Central Asia
11 months, 3 weeks ago

The West Is Eying Closer Relations With Central Asia

The Diplomat  

An interesting development is occurring in Central Asia. Outside these economic relations, Russia is also attempting to strengthen its energy market within Central Asia. The most recent proposal is establishing a gas union, with Russia keen to boost its exports to the region and Central Asian countries in need of energy. During the meeting, U.S. President Joe Biden met with …

Railway can drive Central Asia's development faster
1 year, 3 months ago

Railway can drive Central Asia's development faster

China Daily  

Photo shows the mark of the ground zero of the eastern terminal of the New Eurasian Land Bridge at the China-Kazakhstan International Logistics Base in Lianyungang city, East China's Jiangsu province. The Belt and Road Initiative has built remarkably efficient railways connecting China and Europe via Central Asia. At present, most cargo between China and Europe is transported along the …

Railway can drive Central Asia's development faster
1 year, 3 months ago

Railway can drive Central Asia's development faster

China Daily  

Photo shows the mark of the ground zero of the eastern terminal of the New Eurasian Land Bridge at the China-Kazakhstan International Logistics Base in Lianyungang city, East China's Jiangsu province. The Belt and Road Initiative has built remarkably efficient railways connecting China and Europe via Central Asia. At present, most cargo between China and Europe is transported along the …

Experts' take on Belt and Road Initiative
1 year, 3 months ago

Experts' take on Belt and Road Initiative

China Daily  

Railway can drive Central Asia's development faster The Belt and Road Initiative has built remarkably efficient railways connecting China and Europe via Central Asia. Between January and August in 2023 alone freight trains made 11,638 trips and transported 1.26 million twenty-foot equivalent units of cargo between Asia and Europe. To facilitate that, the railway gauge will be changed from the …

China-Europe Competition in Central Asia
1 year, 4 months ago

China-Europe Competition in Central Asia

The Diplomat  

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered an unprecedented reshuffling of Eurasian geopolitics, and Central Asia is a testbed for emerging strategic shifts. Amid the war in Ukraine, Russia’s image in Central Asia has deteriorated considerably, but it would be a mistake to assume that Moscow’s sway over the region has fizzled out. Europe’s Weight in Central Asia The EU claims …

How Does China Approach Central Asia?
1 year, 6 months ago

How Does China Approach Central Asia?

The Diplomat  

On the edges of last month’s China-Central Asia summit, Chinese leader Xi Jinping hosted four of the five visiting Central Asian leaders for state visits and bilateral discussions. With international attention on the group summit, and the promised “important document” it produced – which turned out to be a declaration with very little novelty – it’s worth parsing the bilateral …

Russia faces a new neighbourhood threat: China
1 year, 7 months ago

Russia faces a new neighbourhood threat: China

Al Jazeera  

On May 18, Chinese President Xi Jinping held a lavish ceremony in the ornate Tang Paradise theme park in Xian, the heart of the ancient Silk Road, for five visiting Central Asian presidents who had arrived for the inaugural China-Central Asia summit. Commenting on the two summits, China’s state-run Global Times claimed that the “G7 speaks the language of an …

China’s Xi meets Central Asian leaders, calls for trade, energy development
1 year, 7 months ago

China’s Xi meets Central Asian leaders, calls for trade, energy development

Associated Press  

BEIJING — Chinese leader Xi Jinping promised to build more railway and other trade links with Central Asia and proposed jointly developing oil and gas sources at a meeting Friday with the region’s leaders that highlighted Beijing’s growing influence. The two-day China-Central Asia Summit in the western city of Xi’an came as President Joe Biden and other leaders of the …

China's Xi meets Central Asian leaders, calls for trade, energy development
1 year, 7 months ago

China's Xi meets Central Asian leaders, calls for trade, energy development

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Chinese leader Xi Jinping promised to build more …

China, Central Asia ties grow stronger
1 year, 7 months ago

China, Central Asia ties grow stronger

China Daily  

Containers are transferred at the China-Kazakhstan International Logistics Base in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, on Nov 25, 2022. Over the past decade, under the strategic guidance of Xi and the heads of state of the five Central Asian countries, the two sides have made a series of historic and groundbreaking achievements in cooperation. In January last year, a virtual summit was …

China’s Xi presents development plans for Central Asia
1 year, 7 months ago

China’s Xi presents development plans for Central Asia

Al Jazeera  

Xi Jinping meets leaders of five Central Asian nations at a summit in China, calls for trade and energy development. “That’s a message that he reiterated to the other Central Asian leaders, a message of the friendship of cooperation of China being a reliable partner for the region,” Washington said. “To bolster our cooperation and Central Asian development, China will …

Full steam ahead for rail marvel
3 years, 1 month ago

Full steam ahead for rail marvel

China Daily  

Lancangjiang, the bullet train for the China-Laos Railway Bridges, tunnels On the Lao side, much of the territory through which the line passes comprises mountain ranges, highland areas and plateaus, with rivers winding their way through the terrain. Like the bridges and tunnels along the line, the railway tramps over hills and dales and connects people's hearts and minds," said …

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