{"id":13979,"date":"2007-08-01T20:39:29","date_gmt":"2007-08-02T03:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/08\/01\/tajikistan-a-chinese-road-to-the-future-david-trilling\/"},"modified":"2021-05-04T15:43:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T22:43:01","slug":"tajikistan-a-chinese-road-to-the-future-david-trilling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/08\/tajikistan-a-chinese-road-to-the-future-david-trilling\/","title":{"rendered":"Tajikistan: A Chinese Road To The Future? &#8211; David Trilling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Eurasianet.org:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Some might call it a branch of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Silk_road\">Silk Road<\/a>. But most major routes on the Silk Road bypassed modern <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tajikistan\">Tajikistan<\/a> altogether. Only recently &#8211; and with major Chinese help &#8212; has the dream of traveling directly from the Tajik capital, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dushanbe\">Dushanbe<\/a>, to the northwestern town of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khojand\">Khojand<\/a>, over treacherous mountains in all weather, started to become a reality.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-size: 0px;background-color: #fff;padding: 1px\" align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/apps.rockyou.com\/dot.gif?w=SS&amp;d=138EB&amp;c=1&amp;id=79122193&amp;=.gif\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockyou.com\/?type=slideshow&amp;refid=79122193\" target=\"_BLANK\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px\" src=\"http:\/\/apps.rockyou.com\/images\/tail_logo.gif\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #fff;padding: 1px;font-size: 0px\" align=\"right\"><a style=\"padding-right: 0px\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rockyou.com\/slideshow_create.php?refid=79122193&amp;source=cyo\" target=\"_BLANK\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px\" src=\"http:\/\/apps.rockyou.com\/images\/tail_create.gif\" \/><\/a><a style=\"padding-right: 0px\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rockyou.com\/show_my_gallery.php?instanceid=79122193\" target=\"_BLANK\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px\" src=\"http:\/\/apps.rockyou.com\/images\/tail_view.gif\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>[Slideshow: photos by David Trilling for Eurasianet.org, captions abbreviated for CDT, see original photos <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurasianet.org\/departments\/insight\/articles\/eav080107a.shtml#\">here<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The road construction, one of Tajikistan&#8217;s major infrastructure development projects, makes up part of the roughly $720 billion in Chinese investment in the country, according to the Chinese news service Xinhua. China presented much of the money to the Tajik government in the form of long-term, low-interest loans.<\/p>\n<p>But commerce, rather than charity, drives this assistance program.<\/p>\n<p>Since the opening of a pass between Tajikistan and China in 2004, trade between the two countries has steadily increased. Tajikistan&#8217;s economy is growing at eight percent per year &#8211; says Central Asia pundit Ahmed Rashid &#8211; and the capital is experiencing a building boom. Attracting resources from Central Asia and opening<br \/>\nlocal markets to Chinese goods, the Chinese construction projects are part of a broad network the Chinese government and other countries are building to expand industry and commerce in the region. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurasianet.org\/departments\/insight\/articles\/eav080107a.shtml\">[Full Text]<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Eurasianet.org: Some might call it a branch of the Silk Road. But most major routes on the Silk Road bypassed modern Tajikistan altogether. 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