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It is often stated that China engages in win-win relationships with its partners. In Africa, in exchange for the commodities that China receives, the African country will have Chinese-built ports, airports, highways, railways. In addition, China will train local people in the construction and maintenance of the economy-supporting infrastructure. It is the old story of teaching a people how to fish rather than just giving them fish.

China’s partners have the infrastructure and the knowledge to continue to develop and innovate. The settlement of a disputed land/border issue between China and Tajikistan has been cited as an example of a non-violent win-win situation.


Above map from ResearchGate.

The below video by China Project Hub relates a win-win partnership.

Consider also Assel Bitabarova’s study — written while a PhD student at the Graduate School of Letters, Hokkaido University: “Contested Views of Contested Territories: How Tajik Society Views the Tajik-Chinese Border Settlement.”

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[1]https://dissidentvoice.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Map-of-the-buffer-zone-and-the-territory-transferred-to-China-located-in-Murghab-District-e1751815381136.png[2]https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Map-of-the-buffer-zone-and-the-territory-transferred-to-China-located-in-Murghab-District_fig1_301621786[3]https://src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/publictn/eurasia_border_review/ebr_v6n1/V6_N1_04Bitabarova.pdf[4]https://dissidentvoice.org/2025/07/depiction-of-a-win-win-relationship/[5]https://dissidentvoice.org/