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。 # o9 K6 g& q c5 t* }3 a; V0 b( x/ g# N6 m0 W. R( q* t rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de- o/ G) U; t) C8 ]" C" L u+ U) B
A new customs compound is to open this year on the outskirts of Murghab. It will help speed the flow of Chinese goods. $ B! Z- O7 E" Z# Z3 p4 }% R! k3 w8 J! ?( u- a' B4 f0 T
. C( K+ F& c) T9 @- tCentral 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.” ) q; i9 \2 R/ D) {) a: r; ~# w' x( P
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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. $ V, j l0 ?* z 8 q2 U) m$ v6 s* A , b' a* G! Z- |- N/ M$ Z0 t3 wChinese merchants have set up shops inside containers at a market in Kyrgyzstan, selling items like DVD players and stuffed animals.9 s% p! Z6 j* g- S4 J7 W; e
: X6 x9 q; |$ P人在德国 社区 4 \4 P' q1 |: w9 wChinese 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. ) x" y& t3 N( H+ S! d 6 z5 _) q& r( H, a0 S! E ) M+ e$ Q- V8 ~4 a; _* e2 bStudents learning Mandarin at a Confucius Institute in Kazakhstan. China has opened several of the institutes to teach Mandarin in cities throughout Central Asia.