Central Asia – China's Xinjiang Interactions: Human Rights, Development Politics, and Regional Realignments in the Shadow of the BRI

• In Event: International Relations and the Use of Soft Power

Brief Overview

Assesses China's Xinjiang–Central Asia ties beyond alarmism: the status of the Uyghur issue, BRI debt exposure, Turkey’s hedging, civil society–state gaps. Uses UN/OHCHR evidence, datasets, and regional cases to map policy trade-offs.

Author

• Fatima Mendikulova