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Kazakhstan: Multi-Sector Regional Development Framework With China

Kazakhstan: Multi-Sector Regional Development Framework With China
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Author(s): Weitong Zhang (Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University, China)
Copyright: 2026
Pages: 26
Source title: Cases on China's Partnerships and International Development in Asia
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Youssef Elhaoussine (Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University, China), Edoardo Monaco (Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University, China), Selçuk Çolakoğlu (Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University, China)and Michal Vavřík (Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University, China)
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3373-2990-1.ch004

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Abstract

This case study examines the evolution of China–Kazakhstan relations into a deeply institutionalized, multidimensional partnership centred on an integrated “resources–capital–infrastructure–market” system. It shows how Chinese trade, investment, and finance—particularly through the Belt and Road Initiative and AIIB—have embedded Chinese capital and technology across Kazakhstan's energy value chain, transport corridors, agriculture, and digital and green sectors, transforming the country into a pivotal Eurasian transit and energy hub. At the same time, it highlights a structurally asymmetric interdependence in which Kazakhstan exchanges resources, transit geography, and strategic assets for Chinese capital, technology, and markets, generating growth but also new vulnerabilities and domestic sensitivities. The paper concludes that future cooperation in digital infrastructure, low-carbon energy, and higher-value industries will be critical to shifting this relationship from asymmetric dependence toward more balanced, manageable interdependence.

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