China has invested into Kyrgyz economy extensively.
For example, only at the 2019 Kyrgyz-Chinese business forum 24 documents worth $7.5 billion were signed.
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The projects included a free trade cooperation industrial park, a precious metals exchange, a gold processing plant, an agro-industrial complex, water supply, sewage and sanitation projects, several residential complexes, an oil refinery, several trade and logistics centers, an electric car assembly plant, and others.
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The amounts invested ranged from $2.5 million to $2 billion per project.
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The volume of Chinese investments accounts for 33 percent of the total volume of direct investments in Kyrgyzstan.
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The annual trade turnover between the countries is about $2 billion, of which $1.9 billion is Chinese exports to the Kyrgyz Republic.
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However, most Chinese projects in Kyrgyzstan have been unsuccessful due to Kyrgyz government corruption, lack of strategic vision, and lack of information provided to the local population.
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The trust of the Kyrgyz people was especially undermined after the start of a criminal case against Kyrgyz government officials related to the modernization of a thermal power plant using loan funds from China.
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There has been a wave of protests against “Chinese expansion”.
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Local residents in various regions blamed Chinese companies for environmental damage to their areas.
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As a result, Kyrgyzstan owes China 30 percent of its GDP.
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Each resident owes $698.3.
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Kyrgyzstan owes approximately $1.8 billion (out of the country's total debt of $4.8 billion) just to the Export-Import Bank of China, which is not granting Bishkek a deferment.
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There are rumors in Bishkek that China has already begun to morally “prepare” Kyrgyzstan for the possibility of strict demands for the speedy repayment of debts.
The population is concerned that Beijing intends to strictly follow the rule of “resources and land in exchange for loans”.
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Warning: these questons and answers are not all representative of the way questions will be asked and answered in the pilot, because some questions are compound and some answers do not include citations.

Q: How many documents were signed at the 2019 Kyrgyz-Chinese business forum?
A: 24

Q: How much were the business agreements signed at the 2019 Kyrgyz-Chinese business forum worth?
A: $7.5 billion

Q: What project were the business agreements signed at the 2019 Kyrgyz-Chinese business forum about?
A: A free trade cooperation industrial park

Q: What project were the business agreements signed at the 2019 Kyrgyz-Chinese business forum about?
A: A precious metals exchange

Q: What project were the business agreements signed at the 2019 Kyrgyz-Chinese business forum about?
A: A gold processing plant

Q: What project were the business agreements signed at the 2019 Kyrgyz-Chinese business forum about?
A: An agro-industrial complex

Q: What project were the business agreements signed at the 2019 Kyrgyz-Chinese business forum about?
A: Water supply, sewage and sanitation projectsA: Water supply projectsA: Sewage projectsA: Sanitation projects

Q: What project were the business agreements signed at the 2019 Kyrgyz-Chinese business forum about?
A: Residential complexes

Q: What project were the business agreements signed at the 2019 Kyrgyz-Chinese business forum about?
A: An oil refinery

Q: What project were the business agreements signed at the 2019 Kyrgyz-Chinese business forum about?
A: Trade and logistics centers

Q: What project were the business agreements signed at the 2019 Kyrgyz-Chinese business forum about?
A: An electric car assembly plant

Q: What was the amount invested per project, from the business agreements signed at the 2019 Kyrgyz-Chinese business forum?
A: From $2.5 million to $2 billion

Q: What is the percentage of Chinese investments in the total volume of direct investments in Kyrgyzstan?
A: 33%

Q: What is the annual trade turnover between China and Kyrgyzstan?
A: $2 billion

Q: What is the annual volume of Chinese exports to the Kyrgyz Republic?
A: $1.9 billion

Q: Why have most Chinese projects in Kyrgyzstan been unsuccessful?
A: Due to Kyrgyzstani government corruptionA: Due to Kyrgyzstani government’s lack of strategic visionA: Due to lack of information provided to Kyrgyzstani population

Q: What do Kyrgyzstani protesters in various regions blame Chinese companies for?
A: Environmental damage to their areas

Q: What percentage of its GDP does Kyrgyzstan owe China?
A: 30 percent

Q: How much money does each Kyrgyzstani resident owe China?
A: $698.3

Q: How much money does Kyrgyzstan owe to the Export-Import Bank of China?
A: $1.8 billion

Q: Why is the Kyrgyzstani population concerned over the country’s debt repayments to China?
A: Because China may confiscate resources and land in exchange for loansA: Because China may confiscate resources in exchange for loansA: Because China may confiscate land in exchange for loans