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Spring is when unmarked uranium tailings are most vulnerable.

To many Uzbeks, China is not only an industrial behemoth with neocolonial intentions. It is also a source of scarce jobs.

Beijing is leaning toward buying additional Central Asian gas, despite reliability concerns.

Though years behind schedule and stinking of corruption, the government wants to proceed with the Chinese-linked project.

The expectation is that gas consumption will soar to 40 billion cubic meters by 2030.

Zhanargul Zhumatai is well known for fostering cultural exchanges between China and Kazakhstan and has worked for media in both countries.

Customs officials are part of the problem.

This latest winter energy crisis is undermining public confidence in the administration of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

Chinese buses have survived corruption scandals to become the most obvious alternative to ubiquitous but problematic minibuses.

It is so cold that Turkmenistan has suspending gas exports to Uzbekistan, Iran and even its most important customer, China. Our weekly briefing.

Glaciers are disappearing around the world. Here’s how it happens in Central Asia.

Kazakhstan was caught off guard by Beijing’s decision to relax coronavirus controls at a trade hub on the border.

In response, Beijing urged its nationals to leave Afghanistan. Then a Chinese firm signed a big new oil deal in the country’s north.

In a visit full of symbolism, Turkmenistan’s president won a lucrative promise from Xi Jinping. Our weekly briefing.

New research suggests that pollution thousands of miles away may be responsible for unusually strong summer downpours in Central Asia.

Central Asia’s most populous country is suffering serious energy shortages. Chinese companies will be part of the solution.

The region is newly strategic as Russia’s war shifts attention to the so-called Middle Corridor.

Astana accepts that it cannot force China to use less water upstream. But the BRI may help it reduce its own water waste, a new paper argues.

A joint venture with China has edged Kazatomprom, the world’s largest producer of uranium, into the nuclear fuel production cycle.

The Middle Corridor – an alternative route from China to Europe that skirts Russia – has seen a massive increase in freight this year.

President Tokayev had ordered exports be slashed to meet domestic demand.

Despite freedom of information laws, Kazakh officials often refuse to discuss what Chinese investors are doing. That breeds suspicion.

It is not the energy sector that employs most foreign specialists but construction.

The countries have agreed to systematize defense cooperation.

Turkmenistan is risking a reputation as a sanctions-buster. Our weekly briefing.