Chinese foreign minister visits Central Asia

 The Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi was in Kazakhstan this week, with meetings scheduled with the other four regional neighbours (Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan). 

Why this special meetup was necessary:

1) China's western region has a minority of Muslim Uyghurs, the same ethnic majority in Central Asia. We have known the existence of concentration camps for Uyghurs for a long time via satellite images while china still doesn't acknowledge its existence. hence this special meeting could have an impact on the ethnicity.

2) Apple will soon ban all the work in factories in the western Chinese provinces of Xianjing, because of unhealthy factory laws and discriminatory and harsh behaviour towards Uyghurs. Hence Xi's diplomatic visit could mean a crackdown on this situation, in the wrong way.

3) Central Asia has had low growth and poor GDP since the breakdown of the USSR. Since then, the people have been migrating to Russia for work. Ever since covid and the war began, this migration came down to a halt and the Russian dominance in this area reduced. hence to take advantage of this situation, the minister could have visited the region. 

4) It Could be an additional layer to strengthen the Chinese dominance in the region as the same thing in Pakistan.

 Key factors to look out for:

1) Whether any news comes out of western China over factory workers' issues.

2) Economic growth of Central Asian countries.

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