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
Rubles in the Near Abroad: Arming both sides Planes, guns and gold: This and more in our monthly Russian business briefing. Maximilian Hess 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
Tajikistan: Money transfers grind to a halt Financial authorities are seeking to pressure money transfer companies to keep funds in Tajikistan Kamila Ibragimova Dec 3, 2019
Tajikistan: 31,000 clients at broke banks still awaiting cash The president promised three years ago that everybody would get their money back. Nov 22, 2019
Tajikistan keeps budget afloat on $1.1Bln bed of debt The plan is to raise the credit on preferential terms. Kamila Ibragimova Nov 20, 2019
Teachers toil in cotton fields as Tajikistan tries to fix trade imbalance Farmers are forced to grow it. Teachers are forced to pick it. And though everyone loses, the government still thinks cotton will fix its lopsided balance of trade. Nov 14, 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
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
Why is Tajikistan pawing migrant laborers’ cash? The central bank says it wants to improve efficiency in the remittance transfers system. Sam Bhutia Oct 10, 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