The Chinese Question in Central Asia: Domestic Order, Social Change, and the Chinese Factor

by Marlène Laruelle

Since the start of the 2000s, the People's Republic of China has become an increasingly important player on the Central Asian scene, both diplomatically and strategically, in particular through the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. At the economic level, China has positioned itself among the largest traders and investors in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. This growing Chinese presence has drastically challenged the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849041792
• ISBN13: 9781849041799
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Hurst & Co.
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.1"