Eurasianet (21 October 2021)

China's inroads into Georgia are much less significant than often portrayed, argues a longtime Caucasus watcher, despite a landmark free trade agreement signed four years ago.

“The relationship itself does not seem to be a strategic priority for either country,” writes Thomas de Waal in a chapter about Georgia for a new Carnegie Endowment report on Chinese influence in Eastern Europe.

“Georgians are more disappointed than enthusiastic” about the relationship. “For China, Georgia is ultimately not a country of strategic importance.”

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