[quote=The Nexerus]
Kazakhstan isn't in the Cominterm, or whatever that red shading on the map is called. If they're not an open slate, their summary should be changed to reflect that.
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They are open but they've had prior dealings with the Chinese state.

It's hoped by this, and that they agreed to have Chinese boots on the ground and to receive Chinese weapons, that the Kazakh political structure would be warm to China, though not necessarily Communist or socialist in itself.