Chinese President Xi Jinping has unveiled an ambitious plan for Central Asia’s development that includes building infrastructure to boost trade and taking on a new leadership role in a region that has traditionally been a Russian sphere of influence.
China is ready to coordinate development strategies with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan and promote the modernisation of all, Xi said in an address to a China-Central Asia Summit in Xian, northwest China, on Friday.
