Labour in China is expensive, so instead of waiting for governments to act Chinese companies are just directly stepping in and lifting neighbouring economies' infrastructure up enough to offshore production lol
People only read the headline /smh
China is moving forward with a variety of investment and infrastructure projects in Central Asia designed to boost exports to the region and beyond.
In Uzbekistan, Chinese executives are seeking to tighten their grip on the electric vehicle market. The Chinese firm Henan Suda signed a deal earlier in December with Uzbekistan’s Energy Ministry to build upwards of 50,000 electric vehicle charging stations around the country by 2033. Already in 2024, 2,500 charging stations are to be constructed. The project is projected to serve about 700,000 electric vehicles when fully built-out. During the first 10 months of 2023, China exported over 20,000 electric vehicles to Uzbekistan.
This is more like they want to export more ev so they build more stations/infrastructures.
Chinese company, Gezhouba Group Cement Co., Ltd., has signed an agreement worth $220 million to build a cement plant in the Almaty region. In addition, China is mulling a 110 million-euro investment in a major hospital project.
Cement and hospitals, classically known as things used to boost EV consumption
China currently has one of the largest public high speed rail systems and continues to invest in its expansion. This is a complement to that to help establish more reliable trade routes with its neighbors while simultaneously boosting their involvement in those economies and their dependence on China. Much better use of resources than genocide and regional destabilization through war (like some other imperialist nations) if you ask me.
Cars area huge export market and are the foundation of a number of economies (Germany, Japan, and soon China).
They bring prosperity to the countries that manufacture them.
Also, frankly, a lot of Central Asia is really sparsely populated. Public infrastructure requires a certain density.