By Mher Sahakyan

Abstract

This study examines the current state of the China’s “Digital Silk Road” in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) member states. It argues that the framework of the Digital Silk Road can allow China and these states to strengthen their cooperation in the technology sphere. China needs the EAEU for its geostrategy to stand the centre of production of high-tech and innovations in Eurasia. The EAEU member states need Chinese technologies for digitalisation and maintaining economic growth. The article outlines the challenges and prospects of China’s advanced technological cooperation with Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Armenia, in particular. It analyses potential opportunities arising from the 2018 EAEU-China Agreement for developing cooperation in digitalisation and technology. In conclusion, it demonstrates that following the eruption of the Ukrainian crisis in 2022, China’s technology companies have conquered the EAEU high technology markets with the notable exception of Armenia.

Asian Affairs

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03068374.2024.2421501

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