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Since 2013, China’s leadership have been proposing a New Silk Road also called One Belt One Road to refer to the Silk Road Economic Belt (by land) and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road (by sea). This article focuses on the overland routes connecting Xinjiang in China to Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Pakistan, its historical antecedents, and the role of Xinjiang as a gateway to China’s contemporary Silk Road connections.
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