• About Us
  • Careers
  • Brand Partnerships
TFI Official Merchandise
TFI English
TFI हिन्दी
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
TFIGlobal
TFIGlobal
Right Arm. Round the World. FAST.
No Result
View All Result
  • Premium
  • Indo-Pacific
  • Americas
  • Canada
  • Indian Subcontinent
  • West Asia
  • Europe
  • Africa
  • The Caribbean
  • Premium
  • Indo-Pacific
  • Americas
  • Canada
  • Indian Subcontinent
  • West Asia
  • Europe
  • Africa
  • The Caribbean
TFIGlobal
TFIGlobal
No Result
View All Result

Russia goes all out against China’s Central Asia ambitions, starts funding anti-China research

Sanbeer Singh Ranhotra by Sanbeer Singh Ranhotra
November 23, 2020
in Indo-Pacific
Reading Time: 3 mins read
0
Putin, Russia, China, Xi Jinping
1.6k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

China has been aggressively targeting the Central Asian Republics, eyeing to replace Russia and establish its own exclusive sphere of influence in the region. The same has not been given a miss by Moscow. In fact, almost irritated with the Chinese poking themselves in a region they have no business investing in, the Kremlin has started funding anti-China research of sorts, which has brought to fore the devious plans of Beijing to colonise Central Asia.

President Vladimir Putin and the Russian government are dead serious about the issue of Chinese plans in Central Asia. The same today is testified by the work of Vita Slivak, a specialist on China at the Moscow State University’s Information-Analytic Center, getting her research funded directly by the Kremlin. Under a presidential grant, Slivak is researching “The Levers of Chinese Influence: ‘Sinification’ in Central Asia and Russia.” Slivak’s analysis is said to be going directly to Russian policymakers.

Also Read

Decoding the Reason for the Bahamian Prime Minister’s Death Threats

South America finally flexes its Lithium Muscles

Read more: It’s Russia vs China in Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan puts Putin and Jinping on a sure shot collision course

The ‘Sinicization’ of Central Asia and South Caucuses by China has been troubling for quite some time now. In the past one year particularly, China has upped the ante when it comes to replacing Russia in the region. Moreover, the Chinese staking claim over the Russian far east and Vladivostok seem to have aggravated concerns in Moscow about Beijing’s ultimate goals in the region. How China is using economic and infrastructural investment in Russia’s exclusive sphere of influence to establish itself as the new hegemon of Asia has definitely not been given a miss by Putin. In fact, Russia has also realised that such investments, complemented with Chinese soft power projection via cultural, educational and people-to-people ties are ultimately aimed at kicking Moscow out of its own backyard.

Read more: As China plans to take over Tajikistan, it is bringing India and Russia together and it is bad news for Xi Jinping

The much-touted Belt and Road initiative, for instance, forms a primary tool of colonisation for China. Vita Slivak noted that since 2013, China has grouped its Sinicization initiatives under the “One Belt, One Road” program. And the scope of its plans for such cultural change is indicated by the fact that it is already operating these programs in “more than 60 countries,” only a small number of which border China or lie along the east-west trans-Eurasian routes Beijing’s leaders say they are focusing on.

Russia however is not buying the rosy narrative being peddled by Beijing any longer. As such, Moscow is said to have tacitly partnered with India to take on China in Central Asia. India, as reported by TFI, is looking to work on the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), in a bid to put Central Asia on the global connectivity map and cut across China’s BRI projects in Central Asia. While the former will run in a South-North direction, China’s BRI cuts Central Asia with an East-West trade and infrastructural route. The INSTC, which central Asian republics will be more interested to be a part of, hence dumping China, will roughly be a 7,200 kilometres long trade network, running from the Indian Ocean to the Persian Gulf via Iran’s port’s- Bandar Abbas or Chabahar, further into the Caspian Sea via Russia’s Astrakhan port, and finally reaching Europe via St. Petersburg in Russia and Baltic Sea.

Read more: “No alliance with China. We have India,” Russian top brass confirms after Putin rules out military alliance with China

India even held a meeting late last month with the central Asian republics, and the discussions are said to have specifically focussed on promotion of connectivity and development partnerships in the region. Therefore, while Russia has gone all out anti-China in its approach, its underhand understanding with New Delhi to put a leash on China’s ambition in Central Asia shows just how fragile the “strategic axis of convenience” between Moscow and Beijing is. Further, Russia letting it be disclosed that anti-China research is receiving the ‘Presidential Grant’ in itself shows how Moscow has also upped its battle of perceptions against Beijing.

ShareTweetSend
Previous Post

China’s desperate global QR system bid to stay relevant and connected with the rest of the world

Next Post

After Palau islands and Vietnam, Quad is now looking to choke China in Maldives

Also Read

Mongolia’s biggest shock to China is here

Mongolia’s biggest shock to China is here

February 5, 2023
EU Xinjiang

EU’s malicious encashment of forced labour is a revelation of its true evil face

February 4, 2023
China Children

China comes up with a bizarre idea to overcome demographic challenges

February 1, 2023
Czech Republic Taiwan

Taiwan friends a new ally in the Balkans

February 1, 2023
Load More

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

I agree to the Terms of use and Privacy Policy.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
US Ukraine

Russia unearths USA’s empire of terror in Ukraine

February 4, 2023
Mongolia’s biggest shock to China is here

Mongolia’s biggest shock to China is here

February 5, 2023
Did Ukraine use innocent civilians as human shield against Russia in the name of evacuation?

Did Ukraine use innocent civilians as human shield against Russia in the name of evacuation?

May 9, 2022
Jordan B Peterson

The proposed demise of World Economic Forum! Courtesy- Jordan B. Peterson

February 2, 2023
Nord Stream US

An energy-secured Germany blames US for Nord Stream sabotage for the first time

February 4, 2023
Philip Davis

Decoding the Reason for the Bahamian Prime Minister’s Death Threats

February 7, 2023
Lithium America

South America finally flexes its Lithium Muscles

February 7, 2023
Trudeau kneels down on Bill C-21 provisions but he needs to prostrate

Trudeau kneels down on Bill C-21 provisions but he needs to prostrate

February 7, 2023
Mexico China

Mexico Is Making a Killing Out of the West-China Tussle

February 7, 2023
Peru protests

There is only one way out for Peru. Fix the constitution

February 7, 2023
Youtube Twitter Facebook
TFIGlobal
  • About us
  • Contact Us
  • Terms of use
  • Privacy Policy

©2023 - TFI MEDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

No Result
View All Result
  • Premium
  • Indo-Pacific
  • Americas
  • Canada
  • Indian Subcontinent
  • West Asia
  • Europe
  • Africa
  • The Caribbean

©2023 - TFI MEDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist

Follow us on Twitter

and never miss an insightful take by the TFIGlobal team

Follow @tfiglobal
This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. View our Privacy and Cookie Policy.