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Abstract
The emergence of five central Asian states Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, as a result of the disintegration of Soviet Empire. These states are full of natural resources like gas and oil. So, for enjoying its abilities they make it open door policy and try cash there abilities for its internal development, strong economy and better foreign relations. In his regards her neighboring country china also there. To fulfill the huge needs of energy, to contain U.S. influence in this region, counter terrorism, and make this region as strong economic market, chinas make better policies to achieve these goals and try to enhance better relations with these Central Asian States.
Introduction
The disintegration of Former Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in 1991 and the five independent central Asian republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and
Uzbekistan opened up phenomenal opportunities for china to exercise and influence in the central Asian region. These states attracted the world, primarily for its vast energy resources and other raw materials. The geo-economic and geo-strategic importance of Central Asian States have attract the China to make polices regarding to enhancing its economic, strong its security to fulfill the Chinese principles of foreign policy independence. China, like other states bordering the central Asian region in which Russia, Iran, and Afghanistan, also faced a changed geopolitical situation on its borders. The Chinese Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous (XUAR) shares a long and common border with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Central Asia was the arena of the Great Game in which Russia and the British Empire competed for strategic primacy. Today, the U.S., Russia and china are competing for similar supremacy in the region. The U.S. involvement in the post 9/11 period is another significant factor in chinas policy towards central Asia.
Security
The primary factor driving Beijings engagement in central Asia is the need to; decrease the economic marginalization of the latters ethnic Turkic Uyghur population, and secure chinas western boarders against external support for the putative Islamic fundamentalist and separatist movements in the province. Beijing has made central Asia an integral part of its develop the west programmed, in which major economic redistributions from urban eastern china to the Chinese west, primarily Tibet and Xinjiang, have aimed to consolidate national unity and decrease incentives for separatism. The security situation in chinas west has been a marker in Beijings political and military relations with central Asia, and especially with the states that share a boarder with the Peoples Republic. Another security issue is to contain U.S. influence in this region, in his regards china has major influence over the politics and economics of these countries but it doesnt advertise it, unlike the others. Its a quiet policy of working against U.S. and Russian interests, 6 said by Dustov, an independent Tajik political analyst.
Summary
Independence is the principle of chinas foreign policy it is the eve of Mao Zedong so, to pursuing an independent policy, chinas determined to modernize their industry, agriculture, national defense, and science and technology through several decades, as a result china is fastest growing economy. To fulfill the huge needs for energy, china needs central Asian republics for its future energy security, both sides are mutual interests chinas interests is to accessing oil and gas reserves in central asia and to contain U.S. influence in this region china seemed that U.S. military presence would not be short term, and suspicious were raised that it had a hidden agenda of controlling the energy resources of central asia. An other interests are Russia has regained some of its lost influence in central Asia. So, china has up-graded its
political ties with Kazakhstan to the level of strategic partnership and through Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Strong politico-economic initiatives have been taken by china. With to contribute the interests of central Asian republics there interests are the south Asia as a giant market for its huge oil and gas reserves. It is a fact that china has major influence over the politics and economics of these countries but it does not advertise it. Finally, Chinese investment projects in central Asia that is changing the geopolitical face of this strategic, recourses-rich region and its a quiet policy of working against U.S. and Russia interests.
Notes
1 Ramakant Dwivedi, (2006). Chinas Central Asia Policy in Recent Times. China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly, Volume 4, No.4 (2006), p.147 2 Zahid Anwar, (2011). An assessment of chinas growing relations with central Asian states and its implications for Pakistan. IPRI journal XI, no. 2(summer 2011), p.67-68. 3 ibid. p.69 4 ibid. p.70-71 5 China boosts energy ties with Central Asia, The News International. Sunday, December 13, 2009 6 China lays path to power in Central Asia, The News International. Sunday, August 31,2008