China preparing to absorb five Central Asian regimes – political expert Tsybulko

He shared his opinions with Espreso TV.

The political expert commented on China's intentions to expand its influence in Central Asia and the China-Central Asia summit to be held in the Chinese city of Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, which will be attended by the leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

"On May 18 and 19, China will host a very large and ambitious conference for the five Central Asian regimes and Xi Jinping, which is essentially a takeover, with some ethics, of these countries by China. China is building a huge infrastructure in these countries worth about USD 50 billion to be able to move goods and everything it needs quickly. This means that Beijing, fearing losses at sea, is forming continental communication routes for the movement of goods, people, armed forces, and so on," the political expert explained.

Volodymyr Tsybulko noted that today the EU is becoming the main market for China.

"Now, on the one hand, Putin seems to have room for maneuver, but he is afraid of dissolving in China, and on the other hand, China is approaching Russia itself. In the current circumstances, the war between Ukraine and Russia is only an element of more contextual efforts by many countries. For example, let's recall the opening of a NATO office in Japan or the unification of AUKUS (a new defense alliance between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) to put pressure on China within the Pacific theater of operations. There are many processes going on at the same time, so we must always adjust our Ukrainian ego to these events," Tsybulko said.

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