CHINA’S ECONOMIC PENETRATION INTO POST-SOVIET CENTRAL ASIA AND EASTERN EUROPE
CHINA’S ECONOMIC PENETRATION INTO POST-SOVIET CENTRAL ASIA AND EASTERN EUROPE

Summary/Abstract: This article examines China’s recent economic penetration into Russia’s post-Soviet strategic periphery. By focusing on the so-called strategic partnerships established throughout this huge area in the 21st century, the research analyses Beijing’s patterns of trade, investment and economic aid in order to assess the rate and depth of its influence-projection efforts. The article shows that China’s power and influence has grown particularly rapidly since the outbreak of the global financial crisis, and no longer confines itself to post-Soviet Central Asia.

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