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The increases have reversed a demographic decline that the territory has seen since the pandemic and war with Azerbaijan.

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

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

Central Asia’s largest nations are using unique coronavirus vaccines that haven’t been carefully studied. Do they have a choice?

A few months ago, the thought of taking a Chinese COVID vaccine was unthinkable to Georgians. Now it’s the norm.

Abu Dhabi invests in green energy, China gets another drilling contract, and Ashgabat cuts funding to universities. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Vaccine hesitancy in Uzbekistan is high, bred by social media conspiracies that seem credible in a country without accountable authorities.

It can take four days to get to the front of the line at this bitterly cold pass almost two miles high.

Hopes are being pinned on the Sino-Uzbek vaccine ZF-UZ-VAC 2001.

Uzbekistan, Tajikistan are taking triumphalist stances on coronavirus.

5,000 people are taking part in the trials.

Officials say Uzbekistan plans to produce its own vaccine when tests are done.

Independent Ukraine has held only one census, almost 20 years ago.

Articles on the U.S. Embassy-sponsored website call COVID-19 a "fake pandemic" and oppose vaccines. Health experts warn it could make the crisis worse.

The pandemic is undermining official efforts in China and Russia to foster mutual amity.