News Analysis The Winter Olympics held the opening ceremony in Beijing on Feb. 4, which was attended by representatives from 23 countries. Among them were five state leaders from Central Asia who came after China promised a $500 million donation. Beijing offered lucrative trade deals in a bid to persuade the leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan to attend the Games, China affairs commentator Zhong Yuan wrote in his column on Feb. 3 in the Chinese-language edition of The Epoch Times. In a Jan. 25 video summit, Chinese leader Xi Jinping pledged that China would import more of their products and to supply 50 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Central Asian countries. Xi also said China would donate $500 million, and offer training to 5,000 personnel in various industries over a three-year period while providing 1,200 scholarships over five years. Russian President Vladimir Putin also attended the opening ceremony …