CHINA’S “ONE BELT, ONE ROAD” INITIATIVE AND ITS IMPACT IN CENTRAL ASIA

Abstract

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, China has endeavored to build and strengthen its relations with the five Central Asian (CA) states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. In January 1992, only one month after founding of the new CA countries, China signed a series of agreements to establish diplomatic relations with all of them