XI JINPING’S GRAND PLAN FOR CENTRAL ASIA TO HAVE POSITIVE EFFECTS ON UPSTREAM TEXTILE INPUTS

The China-Central Asian Summit that took place in China’s Xi'an in May 18-19 will positively affect Chinese textile and related input sourcing well beyond Central Asia, analysts’ comments and Chinese-language media reports indicate. China's President Xi Jinping used the event, that was also attended by the leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, to unveil an ambitious plan to help elevate Central Asia to the next level of its development — from building infrastructure networks to boosting trade (1). It included pledges to ...


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