China 's leadership has viewed with alarm the creation after Sept. 11 , 2001 , of American military bases in Central Asia -- which China considers its backyard -- and has tried to woo Kazakhstan 's longtime president , Nursultan Nazarbayev , away from closer relations with the United States , he said .
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