El ascenso de China en Asia central: ¿un nuevo hegemón regional en gestación?

Abstract

China has a growing role in Central Asia. Beijing leads the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the most dynamic regional forum, which has an increasing relevance on the Central Asian trade, energy and security issues. The Chinese rise entails a progressive displacement of Russia, the traditional regional hegemon and whose interests seem increasingly diverging with Chinese ones, in spite of the apparent atmosphere of understanding between them during the recent times. In this article, the action and interests of China are analyzed grouped under the border, Uighur, trade, energy and geopolitical dimensions.