US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attends a joint press conference with Kazakh Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tleuberdi in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, on February 2. Photo: EPA-EFE
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The US is all talk when trying to compete with Chinese investment in Central Asia and elsewhere
- Just as Central Asia’s dependence on China is an unfortunate reality, so is the participation of Huawei in Britain’s 5G network. Washington’s failure to acknowledge basic realities was on show during the US secretary of state’s recent tour
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attends a joint press conference with Kazakh Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tleuberdi in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, on February 2. Photo: EPA-EFE