Seven years on, revisiting President Xi's signed article published in Kyrgyzstan

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Aug. 28 published a signed article titled "Jointly Opening up New Prospects for the High-Quality Development of China-Kyrgyzstan Relations" in the Slovo Kyrgyzstana and the Kabar National News Agency ahead of his arrival in Kyrgyzstan for a state visit and attendance at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2026 in Bishkek. The article pointed out that China and Kyrgyzstan are good neighbors sharing weal and woe, good partners with a shared future, and good friends who help each other succeed.

Seven years ago, in June 2019, before his state visit to Kyrgyzstan, President Xi published a signed article in local media titled "May China-Kyrgyzstan Friendship Thrive Like an Evergreen Tree."

Seven years on, how have the aspirations laid out in the article reverberated across Bishkek?