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A better-connected GBAO would benefit Dushanbe and Beijing, but could change the face of a unique region.

Expanding Ashgabat’s dependence on China, visiting Iran, and talking north-south transportation links. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Customs officials have admitted they may have a corruption problem.

A new book exposes the hollowness of many Western assumptions about China’s role in Central Asia.

Can customs data from either side be trusted?

Kazakh firms see an opportunity, but are tempering their enthusiasm for now.

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China-Europe cargo transport is shifting to the south, but infrastructure in the Caucasus is still relatively underdeveloped.

Religious mores, politics and the coronavirus have cast a shadow over one of the few Kyrgyz products China buys.

Bishkek is pinning its industrial hopes on a small Chinese company with no past. The opaque arrangement reflects how Kyrgyzstan’s government does business.

Will a railway connecting the two countries via Kyrgyzstan ever happen?

Tashkent is reducing subsidies and phasing out exports to meet rising domestic demand.

Most strikes to hit Kyrgyzstan’s mining sector involve Chinese companies.

The two presidents agreed to boost a transport corridor that bypasses Russia.

Dushanbe is dependent on Russia and indebted to China. Will the IMF come to the rescue?

Kazakh officials know they cannot be seen siding with a Chinese company.