The new 350km highway between Bishkek, the Kyrgyz capital, and Naryn was built with Chinese backing. Photo: Kalinga Seneviratne
China’s belt and road extends to Kyrgyzstan, but are new transport links worth all that debt?
- Beijing’s partners in Europe and Southeast Asia command much attention at this year’s Belt and Road Forum
- But there is much China-backed development in Central Asia – and much concern over whether Kyrgyzstan will pay back the billions it has borrowed
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Belt and Road Initiative
The new 350km highway between Bishkek, the Kyrgyz capital, and Naryn was built with Chinese backing. Photo: Kalinga Seneviratne