Beijing’s BRI push will increase anti-China sentiments: Russian media
Russian media for the first time has pulled up China’s One Belt One Road, or BRI, and has claimed that more actively China promotes the “One Belt, One Road” policy and the more money it puts in, the louder anti-China protests will grow.
A recent article in a leading Russian daily newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta said many people in Central Asian countries believe that China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative exhibits the intention to “occupy Central Asia”.
Nezavisimaya Gazeta quoted a Kazakhstan sociologist saying that in 2007 only 18% of the local people disliked Chinese immigrants, which rose to 33% in 2012. By 2017, as many as 46% of the local people “hate” Chinese immigrants, said Nezavisimaya Gazeta.
The article stated that many people in Central Asian countries believe that China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative exhibits the intention to occupy Central Asia. “People who have this mentality are not only concentrated in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan where there is a strong anti-Chinese sentiment. Within a short 10 years, such an attitude has spread throughout Central Asia. It has expanded to different religions and different ethnic groups,” the article said. The newspaper also claimed that China’s implementation of the “Belt and Road” and its local business operations have destroyed the ecological environment of Central Asia and have become a hotbed for corruption.
A recent article in a leading Russian daily newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta said many people in Central Asian countries believe that China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative exhibits the intention to “occupy Central Asia”.
Nezavisimaya Gazeta quoted a Kazakhstan sociologist saying that in 2007 only 18% of the local people disliked Chinese immigrants, which rose to 33% in 2012. By 2017, as many as 46% of the local people “hate” Chinese immigrants, said Nezavisimaya Gazeta.
The article stated that many people in Central Asian countries believe that China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative exhibits the intention to occupy Central Asia. “People who have this mentality are not only concentrated in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan where there is a strong anti-Chinese sentiment. Within a short 10 years, such an attitude has spread throughout Central Asia. It has expanded to different religions and different ethnic groups,” the article said. The newspaper also claimed that China’s implementation of the “Belt and Road” and its local business operations have destroyed the ecological environment of Central Asia and have become a hotbed for corruption.