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Bishkek is also angling for yet more room to ease its debt burden.

Beijing does not appear disposed to give too much leeway.

5,000 volunteers have been mobilized for the phase-three trial.

Acting President Japarov came to power on the crest of rallies, but will he know how to deal with them as leader?

A facile and naïve plan being discussed in Washington risks backfiring on Iran’s minority Christians.

The president bets on a big infrastructure program to reinvigorate his political fortunes.

The country's largest oil refinery is no stranger to scandals.

Some are speaking out against the conflict despite fears the government’s strong support for Azerbaijan could fuel nationalist reprisals.

While it would be wrong to start pointing fingers and formulating conspiracy theories, clearly the risks are many and real.

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.

Before the pandemic, Central Asia’s poorest countries had been managing their Chinese debts quite well. Now they are asking for help.

Beijing is eager to show solidarity as the coronavirus pandemic rumbles on.

The first in a series of briefings on Beijing's investments in Central Asian renewables.

Many in the territory blame the rising numbers of coronavirus cases on the authorities’ decision to open up to Russian tourists.

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.