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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.

Middle-class Afghans with the means to navigate Tajikistan’s bureaucracy see the country as a springboard to the West.

While clumsy on COVID-19, Turkmenistan is being more sure-footed, or consistent at least, on the Afghanistan front. Plus, unsustainable agriculture. Our weekly briefing.

There has been a surge in the number of Pakistanis visiting for tourism.

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.

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