KAZAKISTAN-CINA Žarkent: Electric cars and Chinese tourists on the crossroads of the ancient Silk Road

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KAZAKISTAN-CINA Žarkent: Electric cars and Chinese tourists on the crossroads of the ancient Silk Road

On the border between Kazakhstan and Beijing, instead of cattle and goats, there are increasingly large fleets of trucks carrying new vehicles to Asian and Russian markets. Kazakhs are averse to the symbols of Beijing's "invasion," but the big trade center of the free trade zone is now a place of pilgrimage, like the historic wooden mosque.