“丝绸之路”构想的历史的演变

Abstract:Ever since its proposal in 1877，the notion of “Silk Road” has become a symbol of the economic and cultural exchanges between East and West. However，the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union made the “Sild Road” an exclusive domain，where no meddling from other countries was allowed；the “Cold War” cut off the exchanges among various ethnic groups inside the Eurasian continent for several decades. It was not until the disintegration of the Soviet Union that the revival of the new “Sild Road” began its process. In 2011，the US designed its “New Sild Road” strategy，trying to absorb the Central Asian countries to participate in energy and transportation projects，with China and Russia being excluded and Iran isolated，with a view to reducing China and Russia’s impact on Central Asia. China’s “New Sild Road Economic Cooperation Belt”，by playing down the geopolitical color，is aimed at avoiding some of the negative interference on one hand and on the other crack the so called “China threat” theory once prevalent in Russia，Central Asia and some other countries，and steadily advance China’s interests in Central Asia. Therefore，it is conducive to promote the rapid economic development and longterm stability along China’s northwest border through linking China with Central Asia，Middle and Near East and Europe with geo-economic means.

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