RFE: What Kazakhstan’s Crisis Means For China
As an unprecedented wave of protests swept Kazakhstan and spiraled into violent unrest, China remained largely muted about the crisis unfolding in the Central Asian country with which it shares a 1,782 kilometer border, saying it was an internal affair that it hoped would soon stabilize.
It wasn’t until Kazakh President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev gave a defiant, menacing speech on January 7 in which he blamed the violence on alleged “terrorists” trained abroad and said security forces were given a shoot to kill order to suppress protests that Beijing finally weighed in, with Chinese President Xi Jinping offering his support for Toqaev’s efforts to put down what Beijing deemed a “color revolution” in Kazakhstan.
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Xi says China fully supports Kazakh govt -- China Daily
What does China make of the Kazakhstan unrest? -- Eurasianet
GT Voice: China needs security coordination with neighboring countries over Kazakhstan -- Global Times
Beijing Watches Civil Unrest in Kazakhstan With Wary Eye -- WSJ
China could provide assistance, support to help Kazakhstan restore order, develop economy: analysts -- Global Times
Unrest in Kazakhstan May Affect Chinese Firms -- NTD
How will China's economic interests be affected by unrest in Kazakhstan? -- SCMP
As Kazakhstan models China's brutality, will China model its protests? -- Gordon G. Chang, The Hill
