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。 S6 \8 a/ F: S人在德国 社区/ w. D! s! q3 V0 s; { / l* ^2 e: q& Q) |人在德国 社区A new customs compound is to open this year on the outskirts of Murghab. It will help speed the flow of Chinese goods.: ^* F6 B1 ?8 z- c1 n
& Y; M+ v" X o$ w; p人在德国 社区Central 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.” ' O4 R. Y3 a+ D( t( Q3 b1 X" ]# ~# m' Y4 h rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de4 h! w8 K) y; v5 \. a0 j( X! [$ j
Kyrgyz shepherds in Tajikistan packed a Chinese solar panel. Chinese goods like clothing, electronics and appliances have lately flooded Central Asia.: s: e7 U* c9 `# v( g
rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de9 ?, D+ |/ [5 b& j! ]/ @- k5 }0 T ; S F" _# \' q9 p* O; YChinese merchants have set up shops inside containers at a market in Kyrgyzstan, selling items like DVD players and stuffed animals. 6 K. @( G2 @; N X* a2 v \1 p3 }$ t% e& m& N" O 人在德国 社区7 U8 p3 j$ \& H2 O+ Q& W
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. ) j* ]- g# q# B) g0 @6 X! p- S% s% y 人在德国 社区9 \3 a; k/ G' Y2 }8 q6 K1 C 人在德国 社区: x7 n& P( {, Q7 P e# f- N
Students learning Mandarin at a Confucius Institute in Kazakhstan. China has opened several of the institutes to teach Mandarin in cities throughout Central Asia.