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An update on recent developments in Chinese-Central Asian affairs.

An update on recent developments in China-Central Asian affairs.

Following the twin blows of COVID and Russia's war in Ukraine, Dushanbe is struggling to pay for the dam itself.

Xi offers a helping hand in developing Central Asian political parties.

An update on recent developments in Chinese-Central Asian affairs.

A bulletin of recent developments in Chinese-Central Asian affairs.

Officials are interested in renewables on paper, but there is little evidence Ashgabat is committed to minimizing the environmental damage it is causing. Our weekly briefing.

Fully 40 percent of Kazakh-Chinese trade is accounted for by dealings with Xinjiang.

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.