Uzbekistan’s hardest-working students see China as a promising alternative to America and Europe. They often learn about opportunities on social media.
The country’s power companies are $1.5 billion in debt, but attempts to raise household electricity prices have previously run into violent public resistance.
Legacy and death must linger perennially even in the minds of the most megalomaniacal autocrats, and this is why preparations for Turkmenistan’s future are proceeding apace.
