{"id":32179,"date":"2023-05-19T06:17:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T06:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=32179"},"modified":"2023-05-19T06:19:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T06:19:09","slug":"chinas-xi-meets-central-asian-leaders-calls-for-trade-energy-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=32179","title":{"rendered":"China’s Xi meets Central Asian leaders, calls for trade, energy development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ABC News: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2019s leaders that highlighted Beijing\u2019s growing influence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two-day China<\/a>-Central Asia Summit in the western city of Xi\u2019an came as President Joe Biden<\/a> and other leaders of the Group of Seven major economies met in Japan. It reflected Beijing’s efforts to develop trade and security networks centered on China, which resents U.S. domination of global affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

China is making economic inroads into Central Asia, including with its Belt and Road Initiative to build railways and other trade-related infrastructure. That has eroded Russian influence over former Soviet republics that look to the world’s second-largest economy as an important market and source of investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe need to expand economic and trade ties,\u201d Xi said in a speech to leaders from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a swipe at Western leaders, Xi called for the region to \u201cresolutely oppose external interference” and \u201cattempts to instigate \u2018color revolutions,\u2019\u201d a reference to movements that overthrew leaders in countries such as Ukraine<\/a> and Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

China accuses the West of abetting agitation against the ruling Communist Party in the western region of Xinjiang, home to predominantly Muslim ethnic minority groups that have ties to Central Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chinese leader promised to increase cross-border trade by developing highways and rail lines and encouraging China’s trading companies to set up warehouses in Central Asia. He promised to simplify import procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Xi proposed establishment of a China-Central Asia partnership to develop oil and gas sources. He said Beijing wants to speed up construction of an additional pipeline to supply Central Asian gas to China’s energy-hungry economy and to promote nuclear power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Xi promised Chinese help for Central Asian governments to strengthen security and defense and to fight terrorism. He promised to \u201cjointly promote peace\u201d in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beijing earlier announced plans for a regional anti-terrorism center to train Central Asian security forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Xi\u2019s government sees political Islam as a threat and is accused of detaining some 1 million people in Xinjiang in what Beijing says is a campaign to stop extremism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe should remain zero-tolerant to the three forces of terrorism, separatism and extremism,\u201d Xi said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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