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。& Q% Y J: k/ v2 f X
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A new customs compound is to open this year on the outskirts of Murghab. It will help speed the flow of Chinese goods.$ K/ C! H0 w" A
8 k& g+ o* ?* O' brs238848.rs.hosteurope.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.” rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de& ^- l( Y2 \8 Z$ n& d
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Kyrgyz shepherds in Tajikistan packed a Chinese solar panel. Chinese goods like clothing, electronics and appliances have lately flooded Central Asia.* ]& I1 g! z8 b/ y. s7 ?' C
' D8 D6 b3 T. ?" F) j- N5 _ 5 D% s! d: r+ G2 ]* Q3 J人在德国 社区Chinese merchants have set up shops inside containers at a market in Kyrgyzstan, selling items like DVD players and stuffed animals. / B9 d: z$ ? ` A7 b+ D Y; vrs238848.rs.hosteurope.ders238848.rs.hosteurope.de! M& q' T4 _. u' l' T7 X a s% W
+ X M) B' e$ T9 `* h人在德国 社区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. : }" B: d0 |8 ^& C4 Ers238848.rs.hosteurope.de rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de, V+ F6 \9 v* y( d
* H9 J) P# N# g0 p9 x9 d0 UStudents learning Mandarin at a Confucius Institute in Kazakhstan. China has opened several of the institutes to teach Mandarin in cities throughout Central Asia.