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Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan opposed discussion of Xinjiang at the UN Human Rights Council.

It sounded like Xi Jinping was warning Putin against any adventures in Central Asia.

Letters from Washington, cybersecurity cooperation with China, and negotiating with a bankrupt Taliban. This and more in our weekly briefing.

With an art school and international animation festival, a Georgian Orthodox bishop is trying to revive a village on the de facto border with South Ossetia.

Iran and Georgia considered as alternatives.

New pressure from Washington will make China look even closer at Central Asia.

Chinese personnel, whose presence Dushanbe denies, forbid reporters from filming.

The government’s lack of capacity helps explain the about-face.