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Based on more than a decade's writing, research, and travel, this
book offers a rare glimpse into China's expanding economic,
cultural, and political power in the Eurasian heartland. China's
rise is changing the world. Much attention has been given to how
China's geo-economic vision is playing out in the global economy,
or how its technology is reshaping the planet, yet it is over its
western borders, in Central Asia, that China's influence has been
quietly expanding in a more pervasive way. It is here that you can
find the first strand of Xi Jinping's grand Belt and Road
Initiative, China's new Silk Road to the West. It is to the
Eurasian heartland that we can look for an understanding of China's
new foreign policy vision and its consequences. In Sinostan, two
acclaimed foreign policy experts recount their travels across
Central Asia to keep their finger on the pulse and tell the story
of China's growing influence. They interview Chinese traders in
latter day Silk Road bazaars; climb remote mountain passes
threatened by construction; commiserate with Afghan archaeologists
charged with saving centuries-old Buddhist ruins before they are
swept away by mining projects; meet with eager young Central Asians
learning Mandarin; and sit with officials in all five Central Asian
capitals, bearing witness to a region increasingly transformed by
Beijing's presence. Their stories and experiences illustrate how
China's foreign policy initiative has expressed itself on the
ground, and what it means for those living both within and beyond
the boundaries of its 'inadvertent empire'.
This Whitehall Paper is an examination of China's relations over
its western borders, looking at the interplay between China's
relations with South and Central Asia, and its relations with other
great adjacent powers. Based on a two-year research project that
included travel and workshops in South and Central Asia, this Paper
examines Beijing's changing impact and relationship with its near
neighbourhood. Conceived prior to the announcement of Xi Jinping's
'Belt and Road Initiative' research for this report was undertaken
in the shadow of the September 2013 announcement and the 'Belt and
Road' ultimately proved to be the driving framework under which
this report was drafted. The report sketches out the roots of the
initiative, and how it is being felt on the ground, exploring in
detail how it is being received in China's immediate neighbourhood
where its impact is most significant for China.
This Whitehall Paper is an examination of China's relations over
its western borders, looking at the interplay between China's
relations with South and Central Asia, and its relations with other
great adjacent powers. Based on a two-year research project that
included travel and workshops in South and Central Asia, this Paper
examines Beijing's changing impact and relationship with its near
neighbourhood. Conceived prior to the announcement of Xi Jinping's
'Belt and Road Initiative' research for this report was undertaken
in the shadow of the September 2013 announcement and the 'Belt and
Road' ultimately proved to be the driving framework under which
this report was drafted. The report sketches out the roots of the
initiative, and how it is being felt on the ground, exploring in
detail how it is being received in China's immediate neighbourhood
where its impact is most significant for China.
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