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Rosy picture: Kyrgyz state media are hailing the state of relations with China. (Photo: KTRK screengrab)

Kyrgyzstan pleads for more Chinese help in building key infrastructure

Bishkek is also angling for yet more room to ease its debt burden.
Dec 9, 2020
Kazakhstan's parliament in Nur-Sultan. (Photo: Parliament website)

Kazakhstan to borrow $1.8Bln for COVID fight

The government is eager to stress that the loan is all but interest free.
Almaz Kumenov Nov 24, 2020
Nurlan Batyrov

Kazakhstan’s independent media losing advertising battle with bloggers, influencers

The government will help outlets that publish its propaganda.
Almaz Kumenov Nov 20, 2020
Kyrgyz MFA handout

Kyrgyzstan's China debt: Between crowdfunding and austerity

Beijing does not appear disposed to give too much leeway.
Chris Rickleton Nov 17, 2020
(Artem Podrez/Pexels)

Uzbekistan to begin Chinese vaccine trial

5,000 volunteers have been mobilized for the phase-three trial.
Nov 9, 2020
Yelzhan Birtanov. (Photo: Government website)

Kazakhstan: Former health minister arrested

The healthcare sector has been embroiled in corruption scandals for years.
Almaz Kumenov Nov 3, 2020
Participants of the Dordoi rally attempt to barge into the Government House. (Photo: YouTube screenshot)

Kyrgyzstan: Protests flourish as crises mount on all sides

Acting President Japarov came to power on the crest of rallies, but will he know how to deal with them as leader?
Nov 2, 2020
A bridge to a functioning state? Under construction in Zaporizhia (photo: Fabrice Deprez)

Ukraine: Zaporizhia bridge emerges as measure of Zelensky’s progress

The president bets on a big infrastructure program to reinvigorate his political fortunes.
Fabrice Deprez Oct 27, 2020
children outside refinery

Kyrgyzstan: Living in the shadow of a sleeping Chinese oil refinery

The country's largest oil refinery is no stranger to scandals.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Oct 22, 2020
Medical experts insist human infection is unlikely. (Photo: Bernd Focken / Pixabay)

Kazakhstan: Avian flu kills nearly 1 million poultry

The die-off has caused a shortage of meat and eggs in markets.
Almaz Kumenov Oct 21, 2020
Kazakh beef

China business briefing: Mooove over, Australia

Kazakhstan’s food producers look primed to benefit from China’s increasingly tense relationship with traditional trading partners. This and more in our monthly Chinese business briefing.
Niva Yau Oct 7, 2020
Dushanbe No. 2 thermal power station

COVID and the new debt dynamics of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

Before the pandemic, Central Asia’s poorest countries had been managing their Chinese debts quite well. Now they are asking for help.
Dirk van der Kley Oct 2, 2020
Happier times: Tengri Bank, which had its license stripped earlier this month, offered quick and cheap credit. (Photo: Tengri Bank)

Kazakhstan: Ever more borrowers unable to repay loans

Overdue loans have increased by 10 percent since January.
Almaz Kumenov Sep 25, 2020
What a state: Tokayev delivering his speech this week. (Photo: Presidential press office)

Kazakhstan: Presidential address fails to excite

Pledges to let people raid their pension pots were met favorably, though.
Almaz Kumenov Sep 3, 2020
A worker installs a turbine at the Moynak hydropower plant in Kazakhstan’s east. (Moynak GES handout)

Chinese hydroelectric investments in Central Asia: A snapshot

The first in a series of briefings on Beijing's investments in Central Asian renewables.
Niva Yau Aug 31, 2020

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