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For now, China maintains a low profile in the Sahel, primarily concerned with protecting millions of Chinese citizens living and working in the region, as well as safeguarding its investments
The economies of the Central Asian republics are fundamentally integrated into that of Russia. China can provide some investment support, but it cannot so easily supplant the 100-year-old Russian institutions that have played an important economic role there.