Beijing supports action in Kazakhstan

Beijing has expressed its support for Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s violent crackdown on protesters. President Xi Jinping specifically praised the Kazakh leader for his response to protests in Kazakhstan. „showing your position of responsibility and sense of duty as a politician, and of being highly responsible for your country and your people,“ Xi wrote to Tokayev on Friday, according to the state-run news agency Xinhua.