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

Rahmon is selling this as a triumph for his industrialization agenda, but there are concerns of mounting militarization.

Also, the state of morality in Uzbekistan as the state seeks to curb excess piety and unlawful immorality.

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

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

Some MPs are grumbling that the social media platform is corrupting the nation's youth.

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

And U.S. officials have been touring the region chiding countries for failing to prevent Russian sanctions-busting.

Rights activists say the case is politically motivated and designed to stifle state critics.

President Japarov's spokesman complained that Adyr Abdrakhmatova was sticking up for troublemakers.

The rights group's report suggests that troops on both sides knowingly targeted civilians with deadly force.

Amnesty International has called the ruling a major blow to freedom of expression.

The business ombudsman’s office says it has over three years dealt with around 170 complaints made by businesspeople against the government.

And can Central Asia’s poorest countries benefit from their new importance to Russia without suffering secondary sanctions?

Russia is hurting close allies, fueling frustration with the Eurasian Economic Union, or EAEU trade bloc.

Kyrgyzstan’s indigenous horses, adapted to the country’s high-mountain terrain, are at risk of extinction.

Advertising for illegal synthetic drugs is carried out with relative impunity.

A Q&A with economist Christopher Hartwell on incentives to making energy use more efficient.

It has already started importing from Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan this year.

The petitions to the president arrive thick and fast. Children are often enlisted for maximum effect.

Abirov's colleagues in parliament rallied to his support and were not eager to expel him.

Spring is when unmarked uranium tailings are most vulnerable.

Every unhappy country is unhappy in its own way.

Kyrgyz authorities do not want pollsters or journalists to probe public opinion about the war.

Children's rights experts say a better approach would be to invest in social workers.