Download This PaperBRI in Central Asia: People-to-People Projects
10 Pages Posted: 22 Mar 2021
Date Written: February 25, 2021
Abstract
Along with financing hard infrastructure projects, Beijing also promotes soft power projects in the form of peopleto-people initiatives. However, such projects are low priority within the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Central Asia. The Confucius Institutes, which appear to be an important vehicle for Chinese soft power in the region, are not directly linked to BRI and was launched before and independently of BRI.
Keywords: BRI, China, people-to-people exchange, soft power, Confucius Institute, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
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Aminjonov, Farkhod and Abylkasymova, Alina and Aimée, Anna and Eshchanov, Bahtiyor and Moldokanov, Daniyar and Overland, Indra and Vakulchuk, Roman, BRI in Central Asia: People-to-People Projects (February 25, 2021). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3792716 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3792716
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