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Sapar Isakov is in trouble because of his ties to the former president.

Beijing needed testing grounds for risky investments.

These gifts do not come without strings attached, however.

TBEA is getting the perks in return for building a power plant.

Dissecting what a groundbreaking new economics paper means for Central Asia.

The company introducing the technology says it will be used on public transport.

The pair tried to apply for asylum.

The pair say they were both subjected to years of harassment at the hands of Chinese authorities before deciding to flee.

China now buys almost 80 percent of Turkmenistan’s exports, cementing its grip on Ashgabat.

Sinophobia runs deep in many parts of Central Asia, where anxious perceptions of Beijing’s designs abound.

Georgia’s quest for Chinese investment has mainly resulted in a half-built city and a half-empty mall. But Georgians are pulling out all the stops.

The terms of the arrangement are undisclosed.

China’s Belt and Road Initiative seems to benefit only Central Asia’s richer countries.

The Kyrgyz government rushed a tender. It didn’t go well.

Ata-Jurt was key to spotlighting rights abuses in China.

Despite overtaking Tajikistan in the scale of its external debt, Kyrgyzstan seems to be managing better.

A crowdsourcing project in Kazakhstan is treating victims of Chinese detention camps.

China is exporting its model of invasive, all-encompassing surveillance to Central Asia, often for free.

Rallies began as talk circulated about plans to build dozens of factories.

Dozens of Chinese nationals were injured in fighting.

Bilash is viewed as a worryingly popular figure by authorities.

Dushanbe appears intent on outsourcing its security needs to Beijing.

The plight of Uighurs is object of an unspoken policy of censorship.