Kazakhstan: Asylum seeker trial begins, testing hawkish talk on Xinjiang This is only one of several ongoing cases involving ethnic Kazakhs fleeing repression in China. Chris Rickleton Jan 7, 2020
Kyrgyzstan: Former PM sentenced to 15 years in Chinese bribery case The alleged bribe-givers were never compelled to testify. Nurjamal Djanibekova Dec 6, 2019
Report: Tajikistan to yield share in aluminum plant to China China's state-owned CMEC has pledged to invest $545 million in Talco. Dec 5, 2019
Is new Russia-China gas pipeline a threat to Turkmenistan? Turkmenistan has been China’s largest source of gas. With the new Power of Siberia pipeline, Russia is muscling in. Sam Bhutia Dec 4, 2019
China to invest in electric cars, mobile phones and roads in Abkhazia? A Chinese delegation visited the breakaway region of Georgia for investment talks, eliciting diplomatic pushback in Georgia. Giorgi Lomsadze Nov 14, 2019
Istanbul assassination sparks buzz in Kyrgyzstan Aierken Saimaiti was named in a news report earlier this year as the moneyman for a shadowy powerbroker. Nov 13, 2019
As power plant trial nears end, Chinese company is a conspicuous absence Sapar Isakov is in trouble because of his ties to the former president. Nov 1, 2019
Event | Africa’s experience with Chinese investors. Some parallels with Central Asia Beijing needed testing grounds for risky investments. Oct 31, 2019
Tajikistan approves Chinese $360 million grant for highways These gifts do not come without strings attached, however. Kamila Ibragimova Oct 30, 2019
Tajikistan: Another Chinese company gets tax exemptions TBEA is getting the perks in return for building a power plant. Kamila Ibragimova Oct 24, 2019
Borrowing blind: Why we don’t know how much Eurasia owes China Dissecting what a groundbreaking new economics paper means for Central Asia. David Trilling Oct 23, 2019
Kazakhstan embraces facial recognition, civil society recoils The company introducing the technology says it will be used on public transport. Chris Rickleton Oct 17, 2019
Kazakhstan: Chinese Kazakhs arrested, face trial in remote location The pair tried to apply for asylum. Darkhan Umirbekov Oct 15, 2019
Chinese Kazakhs slip into Kazakhstan for asylum The pair say they were both subjected to years of harassment at the hands of Chinese authorities before deciding to flee. Darkhan Umirbekov Oct 11, 2019
Turkmenistan’s mainline to China China now buys almost 80 percent of Turkmenistan’s exports, cementing its grip on Ashgabat. Sam Bhutia Oct 6, 2019
Chinese investors in Kyrgyzstan work to soften their image Sinophobia runs deep in many parts of Central Asia, where anxious perceptions of Beijing’s designs abound. Niva Yau Oct 4, 2019
Undeterred by slow start, Georgia woos Chinese investors 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. Giorgi Lomsadze Oct 3, 2019
Tajikistan gifts silver mine license to Chinese company The terms of the arrangement are undisclosed. Kamila Ibragimova Oct 3, 2019
Who wins in China’s great Central Asia spending spree? China’s Belt and Road Initiative seems to benefit only Central Asia’s richer countries. Sam Bhutia Oct 2, 2019
Kyrgyzstan and Longhai: Chasing the dragon The Kyrgyz government rushed a tender. It didn’t go well. Erin Chen Oct 2, 2019
Events | Kyrgyzstan: Seeing no evil in Xinjiang The Kyrgyz foreign minister said he had not seen concrete evidence of rights abuses in Xinjiang. Oct 1, 2019
Kazakhstan: Xinjiang rights movement registered, but in neutered form Ata-Jurt was key to spotlighting rights abuses in China. Darkhan Umirbekov Sep 30, 2019
I researched Uighur society in China for 8 years and watched how technology opened new opportunities – then became a trap Darren Byler Sep 18, 2019
Data show Kyrgyzstan weathering debt load Despite overtaking Tajikistan in the scale of its external debt, Kyrgyzstan seems to be managing better. Sam Bhutia Sep 13, 2019
Kazakhstan: After Xinjiang, the long road to recovery A crowdsourcing project in Kazakhstan is treating victims of Chinese detention camps. Chris Rickleton Sep 11, 2019
