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Is China A Reliable Stakeholder in Central Asia?
Helsinki Commission
Presented on August 4, 2006
Русская Версия: "Является ли Китай надежным партнером в Центральной Азии"
Dr. Martha Brill Olcott
Senior Associate
Thank you very much for the opportunity to appear before you today.
China has a growing presence in Central Asia, but it should not be assumed that their activities in the energy sector will be of direct or even indirect threat to U.S. interests in the region. They are clearly not a direct threat to the U.S. and will only become an indirect threat if U.S. policy-makers decide that they by definition are threatened by any Chinese presence in the Central Asian region.
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