Central Asia in Chinese Media is a project focused on the Chinese media and how they deliver the news and events concerning Central Asia to their domestic audience. This monitoring project offers a weekly bulletin of the most notable topics discussed by the Chinese media covering Central Asian domestic and regional politics, economy, and security, as well as the BRI-related projects and activities in the region.
This week, Chinese media reported on Kyrgyzstan's parliament's willingness to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with China's top legislatures, plans for an informal meeting between Uzbekistan’s and Kazakhstan’s leaders, an increase in Kazakhstan's sovereign credit rating, the arrest of three biotech company employees linked to deaths in Uzbekistan, and the export of 800 China-made buses to Uzbekistan.
This week, Chinese media covered the dissolution of Kazakhstan's lower house of parliament and the early election scheduled for March 19, the 26th meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Council of Ministers (COM) in Tashkent, the increase in Uzbekistan's GDP in 2022, and the establishment of an Uzbek-Kyrgyz comprehensive strategic partnership.
This week, Chinese media reported on the resumption of passenger clearance at Xinjiang's road ports, Uzbekistan's goal to add 4.3 GW of wind and solar power by 2023, and contracts and agreements inked between Uzbekistan and Egypt.
This week, Chinese news outlets covered Uzbekistan-Singapore economic cooperation agreements worth nearly $5 billion, a phone conversation between Uzbekistan's acting foreign minister Bakhtiyor Saidov and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, and Uzbekistan's plan to build 250 micro hydropower plants.
This week, Chinese media reported on a brief meeting between Uzbekistan’s acting foreign minister Bakhtiyor Saidov and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee Wang Yi en route to Europe for a visit, the China + Central Asia (C+C5) industry and investment cooperation forum, and the announcement of Afghanistan’s central bank to auction 17 mln more USD to stabilize the local currency.
This week, Chinese media reported on talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, the resumption of passenger customs clearance at the Horgos port, Kazakhstan's plan to send oil to Germany via a Russian pipeline, and Kazakhstan's GDP growth rate in 2022 and the country's economic targets for 2023.
This week, Chinese media reported on the meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council, the competition of the “Chinese Spring Festival Quiz” held at Abylkas Saginov Karaganda Technical University in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan’s foreign trade statistics, and Kazakhstan’s humanitarian aid to Türkiye.
This past week, Chinese media outlets reported on scientific research findings on the key factors causing the Aral Sea to shrink over the last 20 years, the Belt and Road News Network's (BRNN) Second Council Meeting in Beijing, Chinese envoy to the UN calling for more international support for Afghanistan, and the agreements signed on union (allied) relations between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and the demarcation of the border between the two Central Asian countries.