Belt and Road Initiative

China and its Central Asian Neighbors

The leaders of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan met in Xi'an in May, 2023. Xinhua photo.
August 3, 2023

Central Asian nations increasingly linked economically to China. Russia, the U.S. and others have noticed.

Xi Jinping, China-Central Asia Summit Opening Remarks, May 19, 2023

Xinhua photo of summit participants from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
May 19, 2023

China hosted a summit with the leaders of Central Asian nations in Xi'an. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan, President Sadyr Zhaparov of Kyrgyzstan, President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan and President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan attended the summit as well.

U.S. State Department, China and Human Trafficking, July 19, 2022

July 19, 2022

The U.S. State Department issues an annual report on human trafficking across the world, including in the U.S. In addition to the usual section on China, which in recent years has highlighted the detention of Uyghurs and others, the 2022 report included a special section on trafficking associated with China's Belt and Road Initiative.

China, Ukraine and the United States

Canadian embassy in Beijing publicizes its support for Ukraine via Weibo.
March 10, 2022

The Canadian embassy in Beijing has shared its support for Ukraine with Chinese via a sign on its wall and via Weibo.
China and Ukraine have been building a significant economic relationship, one that has occasionally troubled the United States. Here we look at these ties in the context of Russia's invasion.

Looking at China's Belt and Road

October 7, 2021

Links to events USCI has hosted and documents it has collected relating to China's Belt and Road Initiative.

Video: Panel Discussion on China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Action

April 12, 2021

The USC U.S.-China Institute hosted an online panel discussion to examine the economic, environmental, social and political impact China's Belt and Road Initiative has in Southeast and Central Asia.

Congressional Research Service, China's One Belt, One Road Initiative - Economic Issues, Jan. 22, 2021

January 22, 2021

This CRS report was written by Karen Sutter, Andres Schwarzenberg and Michael Sutherland.

Congressional Research Service, China's One Belt, One Road Initiative, January 22, 2021

January 22, 2021

This report from the non-partisan Congressional Research Service was written by Karen M. Sutter, Andres B. Schwarzenberg, and Michael D. Sutherland.

PRC State Council, China's International Development in the New Era, January 2021

January 10, 2021

This government white paper was issued by the State Council Information Office.

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