Backlash: China’s Struggle for Influence in Central Asia

Asian Affairs 2026

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Authors: Eithne Thomson
DOI: 10.1080/03068374.2025.2607889
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Abstract

Backlash challenges the concept of China’s growing influence in Central Asia. As the authors – both leading figures in the ‘Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs’ – show, Beijing’s rise in the reg...

Fields of Study & Subjects

China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan Pakistan and Middle East Central Asia Education and Culture

Publication details

Journal / source
Asian Affairs
Volume
57
Issue
1
Pages
204–206
Publication date
2 January 2026
Language
EN