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Published on: 25. January 2022

Unrest in Kazakhstan is changing relations between China and Russia

210706 -- BEIJING, July 6, 2021 -- Nursultan Nazarbayev, chairman of the Nur Otan Party and Kazakhstan s first president, addresses the Communist Party of China CPC and World Political Parties Summit on July 6, 2021. The CPC and World Political Parties Summit was held via video link on Tuesday.  CHINA-CPC AND WORLD POLITICAL PARTIES SUMMIT CN CaixYang PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN
For the time being, Beijing will not challenge Russia's growing influence in Kazakhstan. This is because the goals of the two superpowers in Central Asia intersect. Both nations seek an end to the unrest in Kazakhstan and aim for growth in the unstable region above all else. Neither wants popular uprisings – and presumably, both are siding in the internal power struggle with Nursultan Nazarbayev, the nation's leader for life.

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