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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
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
Land of plenty – for him (government handout photo)

Coronavirus adds to reasons to escape Tajikistan

The terminal state of the economy remains paramount in the minds of those wishing to leave.
Nov 13, 2020
(Artem Podrez/Pexels)

Uzbekistan to begin Chinese vaccine trial

5,000 volunteers have been mobilized for the phase-three trial.
Nov 9, 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
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
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
Abkhazia booth

Russian tourists flood into newly reopened Abkhazia

The territory's public health officials have warned against opening up to tourism, and the arrival of tourists has coincided with a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases.
Joshua Kucera Aug 11, 2020
Masked intentions: Kazakh First Deputy Foreign Minister Shahrat Nuryshev meets Ambassador Zhang Xiao in April (photo: Kazakh Foreign Ministry)

Kazakhstan squeezes China critics as Xinjiang anxieties spread

Kazakh activists are outraged at how their government kowtows to Beijing.
Chris Rickleton Aug 10, 2020
An article in Chinese news outlets last month claiming Tajikistan’s Pamir mountains reopened a festering wound in Dushanbe. (photo: David Trilling)

China business briefing: Unclear borders, uneasy neighbors

Our monthly briefing on China in Central Asia.
Niva Yau Aug 3, 2020
Not so jolly: This border crossing is supposed to see thousands of vehicles passing through daily. (Photo: Kazakhstan government website)

Kazahkstan: Coronavirus alarm forcing quick fixes for China trade

The Nur Zholy crossing has seen lines up to 50 kilometers long.
Jul 23, 2020
Train in Ukraine

Perspectives | Time to rethink supply chains; the Eastern Partnership zone is an option

Realignment would put the EU on sounder economic footing, and reduce the possibility of Chinese economic bullying down the road.
Anatoly Motkin, Debra Cagan Jul 10, 2020

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