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The government is trying to lure investors as it moves to revitalize a sluggish privatization drive.

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

A draft constitution is causing anger in the autonomous region of Karakalpakstan, whose rights have been diminished by the changes.

Tashkent has also announced it will not return Afghan aircraft flown by pilots fleeing the Taliban last summer.

The billionaire had bought his stake only months ago from the president’s son-in-law.

Sanctions on Russia quickly impact its allies in Central Asia.

Researchers used a jointly manufactured Chinese-Uzbek vaccine in their experiments.

The government said the system was useless against the Omicron variant, but critics accused them of pandering to anti-vaxxer sentiment.

None could miss Beijing’s big moment.

Tashkent’s vaccination campaign is getting a shot in the arm.

Xi Jinping said trade has grown 25-fold over the last two decades.

Tbilisi’s world-famous nightclubs were the country’s last businesses to reopen following the COVID lockdown. But it took a confrontation with the authorities to make it happen.

The Uzbek blogger who first raised these concerns was smeared, beaten, and now faces trial.

Similar systems have been used around the world to encourage vaccinations. But under Georgia’s, you may be better off not being vaccinated at all.

Most of the tourists came overland from neighboring Turkey and Russia.