Now, Chinese websites claim Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan part of China; draws ire of Central Asia

After claiming large portions of the South China Sea and Mt Everest, two Chinese websites are claiming that central Asian countries like Kyrgystan and Kazakhstan are a part of China and with Kazakhstan even "eager to return back to China". Tuotiao.com headquartered in Beijing during a recently published article titled "Why didn't Kyrgyzstan return to China after gaining Independence?". It elaborated that under the Khan dynasty, 510,000 square kilometre of Kyrgystan, which suggests the whole country was a part of Chinese lands but the Russian empire took over the territory. The article explained that like Mongolia, Kyrgystan has been a part of the Chinese territory. Toutiao.com features a readership of 750 million and is China's largest mobile platform of content creation. Meanwhile, Sohu.com, another major Chinese internet company headquartered in Beijing published a piece of writing which said: "Kazakhstan is found on territories that historically belong to China". This prompted an instantaneous summoning of the Chinese envoy to the country Zhang Xiao Pan American Day over the article. Central Asian countries have had huge investments from China, but that has made them also "financially vulnerable" to Beijing. Kyrgystan has borrowed $1.7 billion from Chinese Exim bank which is believed to be 43 per cent of the country's total external debt. When it involves Kazakhstan, China has an outsized role in its energy sector. These developments come whilst over the weekend China's CGTN tweeted an image of Everest saying "world's highest peak located in China's Tibet autonomous region". The tweet was later deleted and a replacement tweet was given saying "the world's highest peak located on the China Nepal border". Last month China had announced a replacement governance system for disputed islands within the South China Sea that irked the country's neighbours but has drawn sharp reactions from countries like US and Australia. China approved the establishment of two districts to administer disputed Paracel & Spratly island within the South China Sea. Each district will have an area government with the govt for the Spratly island being located on Fiery Cross Reef, a neighborhood fortified by China by land reclamation. one among the new district created in Sansha city in Hainan province will administer Paracel island. Before that Bejing had issued new names for 25 islands/ reef & 55 undersea entities within the South China Sea during a bid to "reaffirm" its sovereignty within the region. This has led to angry responses from the country's neighbourhood. Vietnam strongly protests Chinese action saying it violates the country's sovereignty and are invalid. An angry Philippines filed a diplomatic protest at the Chinese embassy in Manila. Australian secretary of state Marise Payne while condemning China's action within the South China Sea said it's "vital all countries ease tensions in order that they can specialise in combating COVID-19."