中国与中亚国家的关系1Introduction1.1.SignificanceandBackgroundCentralAsiaisanextensive,havingnoexittotheoceanregionofAsia,whichincludes(notgeographically)Uzbekistan,Turkmenistan,Ta激kistan,KyrgyzstanandKazakhstan.Map1MapofCentralAsia^Theconceptof”CentralAsia"hasbecomefirmlyestablishedinthemodernpoliticallexicon,butinrespectofenteringofsomeAsiancountriesintotheregion,aswellasseparateareas,therearedifferentinterpretations(SeeMap2).Forexample,accordingtothe"GeographicalEncyclopedia"^CentralAsiaincludesMongoliaandalargepartoftheterritoryofChina.InaccordancewiththeRussianmilitaryacademy“MiddleAsia"includesKazakhstan,Uzbekistan,Turkmenistan,Ta激kistanandKyrgyzstan^.1.2.ResearchMethodTherehavebeenfewattemptsinanalyzingseparatespheresofSino-CArelations,mainlyfocusingoneithereconomicpartnership,orSCOfunctionality,orenergycooperation.WesternliteraturecontainsanalysesofChina-RussiaandChina-USrelationsintheCAregion,focusingonenergybattleandmeasuresofinfluenceintheregion,leavingthequestionofChina'sroleintheregionstillopen.AnumberofauthorsathomediscussthebenefitsofChina-CAcooperationforthedevelopmentoftheregion,whileothersnotethattheregionisbecomingmoredependentonChinaasitpenetratesdeeperintoCA.Itisinterestingthatthe.??notionof"greatgame"hasbeenintroducedtoexplainpoliticsinCentralAsia,althoughtheinformationavailableislimitedinscope.Chinesesourcesmainlystresstheimportanceofbordersecurityandpreventionofconflictandriseofextremistsgroupsintheregion.IntheonlinenewspaperstherewereseveralsthatsoundedthefearofChineseexpansionintotheregion.Sofar,whilescrutinizingthrougheconomic,political,securityandenergyaspectsoftheSino-CArelationsIwasabletodiscoverthatnoneoftheauthorsdiscussedthestrengthenedcooperationinitscomplexityandsuggestpolicycoursefortheCentralAsiancountries.SomyplanistoinvestigatewhatroleChinaplaysintheregion,thevectorofitsforeignpolicytowardsCAstatesandwhatimplicationsitcouldbringfortheregionandothermajorplayers.2ChinaandCentralAsiaSecurityCooperation:ShanghaiCooperationOrganization2.1.InterestsandPrioritiesItmustbeadmittedthatatpresent,China'srelationswiththecountriesofCentralAsiaareontherise.Volumesofexport-importoperationsfromyeartoyearincrease.Inplaceofthedominantcooperationinthecommoditysectorcomescooperationinthefieldoftransportandcommunications,logisticsprojects,thenon-oilsectorsoftheeconomy.ChinaisbecomingaleadingpartneroftheCentralAsianstates,andnotonlyintheeconomicsphere,butalsointhefieldofgeopoli
