虽然中国正在成为东亚和东南亚地区的关注焦点,在那里的经济存在和外交影响力与日俱增,但它也在静悄悄地增加着自己在中亚地区的存在感,而这一地区曾经主要是俄罗斯的地盘。中国将军刘亚洲说,中亚是上天给予当代中国的最厚一片蛋糕。 - Y+ t9 `+ [2 y( B/ V; p) S' n( R& ?+ V' I + U% H! i" d2 u) R
A new customs compound is to open this year on the outskirts of Murghab. It will help speed the flow of Chinese goods.5 O# M O2 a; |
; l2 p6 ?: h1 P: J/ v: ^" Rwww.csuchen.deCentral Asia, says Gen. Liu Yazhou of the People’s Liberation Army, is “the thickest piece of cake given to the modern Chinese by the heavens.” ! V% O! Y7 B, G) i2 K' m; k8 J , x, o6 Y* e5 k& D1 V: ^' w人在德国 社区www.csuchen.de4 E6 e1 [. ~0 ` w! `, f
Kyrgyz shepherds in Tajikistan packed a Chinese solar panel. Chinese goods like clothing, electronics and appliances have lately flooded Central Asia. / a" B" b! N1 {" z9 {4 H" W$ H' g: U' T" t) G" W1 s+ f3 ?$ p7 z ?% a+ ]$ L- U8 s7 IChinese merchants have set up shops inside containers at a market in Kyrgyzstan, selling items like DVD players and stuffed animals. & X: h% Z$ y4 f/ L$ m2 g$ S0 @9 w v! f; n2 f; m 人在德国 社区# `2 u" q$ Q- A* r& E# c8 I9 D
Chinese workers building a road on the Kyrgyz side of a key pass between China and Kyrgyzstan, which until independence in 1991 was part of the Soviet Union. C! z' ]/ ~) f/ `- Y+ Kwww.csuchen.de + V* j2 Q: o5 f. h0 U7 G$ f 4 m1 E x0 q8 O8 q3 F
Students learning Mandarin at a Confucius Institute in Kazakhstan. China has opened several of the institutes to teach Mandarin in cities throughout Central Asia.