美国国务卿马尔科·卢比奥试图在资源丰富的中亚地区达成协议，并逆转中国在这一长期由俄罗斯主导地区的渗透。乌兹别克斯坦拥有丰富的稀土和关键矿产资源，而邻国哈萨克斯坦是世界领先的铀生产国，占全球供应量的40%。
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio sought to strike deals across resource-rich Central Asia and reverse Chinese inroads in a region long dominated by Russia. Uzbekistan holds vast deposits of rare earths and critical minerals, while neighboring Kazakhstan is the world’s leading producer of uranium, accounting for 40% of supplies.
卢比奥在访问该地区时承诺，美国正在向华盛顿历来低估的这一地区提供长期协议。但中国同样也在扩大其在该地区的文化影响力：越来越多的中亚人正在学习中文，许多人相信这是“未来的语言”，《詹姆斯敦基金会》如此写道。
Rubio promised on his visit to the region that the US was offering long-term deals in a part of the world Washington has historically undervalued. But so too is China, which is also expanding its cultural footprint in the region: Ever more Central Asians are learning Chinese, with many convinced it’s “the language of the future,” the Jamestown Foundation wrote.
