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This publication outlines that in February 2020, protests in Kazakhstan drove a key project of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) out of the country. In response, the text’s author looks at 1) the role protests have played in Kazakhstan since it gained independence from the Soviet Union; 2) previous protests against China and Chinese firms in the country; 3) the potential impact of the abandonment by China of the project for the BRI, and more.