Chitchat Central Asian countries fearful of Emperor Xi's One Belt One Road!

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http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1025934.shtml

In recent years, the "China threat" theory has been prevailing in Central Asia. In late April, a land reform program triggered nationwide protest in Kazakhstan as the program allows foreigners to rent farmland for 25 years. During the protest, the "China threat" was hyped.

The "China threat" theory in Central Asia is reflected in different forms. First, local people believe Chinese are taking their land. Some people in Kazakhstan think that Chinese people have leased a large area of their land, which is a form of "land grab." But it is other Central Asian countries and Russia that have taken a major share of the land Kazakhstan rented to foreign citizens.

Second, they believe that Chinese are exploiting local resources. There are concerns that the One Belt and One Road (OBOR) initiated by China would turn Central Asian countries into transit points for China's raw materials. In the theory, it seems that China has control of a large share of energy production in Central Asia, and some small countries in the region have become China's "economic affiliates."

Third, there is worry over Chinese population expansion there which holds that the presence of a large number of Chinese workers in Central Asia and transnational marriage are a form of population expansion.

Finally, Chinese are blamed for ecological damage. Some Central Asian media hype up Chinese threats to water resources in certain countries in the region, saying that construction of water conservancy facilities and increase of water consumption in upstream lead to less water downstream, which in turn results in ecological problems such as water pollution.

What is most worrying is that the "China threat" theory is spreading among Central Asian grassroots. In the case of lacking comprehensive understanding of Chinese investment in the region, local rumors can become the source of China's "threat." Such rumors are often led by forces with ulterior motives and evolve into the "China threat" theory.


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