China In Eurasia Briefing: Why Xi Is Going To Central Asia

Welcome back to the China In Eurasia briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter tracking China's resurgent influence from Eastern Europe to Central Asia.

I'm RFE/RL correspondent Reid Standish and here's what I'm following right now.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping - who hasn't left the country since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic - will head to Kazakhstan and then on to Uzbekistan next week to atte