The opening of the border crossing between China and Tajikistan can be seen as a sign of successful bilateral relations between two countries, strengthening their economical and political cooperation allowing for the rapidly growing Chinese economy to attract resources from Tajikistan, and Chinese goods to flow into Central Asian markets. The new road will provide an all year link for mountain communities to the broader lowland developed regions in Central Asian countries and China. More broadly, the event symbolizes the reconstruction of trade links that were blocked by the Soviet experience, and whose absence greatly contributed to the problems of the mountainous regions of Central Asia.
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