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Shanghai and computer connectivity. Image: iStock

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New Silk Roads define brand China

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Cancer patients rest on beds at Dr Bhubaneswar Borooah Cancer Institute and research centre in Guwahati in Assam. Photo: AFP

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Declaration of Alma-Ata: ‘health for all’ 40 years on

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About 1.5 million ethnic Kazakhs live in Xinjiang, a region that borders Central Asia and has long been home to ethnic tensions. Photo: AFP screen grab

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Kazakh families torn apart in China’s Xinjiang crackdown

by Christopher Rickelton and Gene A. Bunin October 3, 2018February 18, 2020

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Trieste aims to be China’s main port in Europe

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Central Asia markets feel Russia-Turkey pinch

by Gary Kleiman September 19, 2018

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev walk along a Caspian Sea embankment while participating in the Fifth Caspian Summit in Aktau, Kazakhstan. Photo: Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi

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All hands on deck: the Caspian sails towards Eurasia integration

by Pepe Escobar August 14, 2018February 18, 2020

The Kazakhstan Presidential Palace, Acorda, in the capital Astana. Photo: iStock

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The flaws in Kazakhstan’s approach to combating extremism

by Tatiana Kanunnikova August 6, 2018March 20, 2019

Asia markets ended up being a blur for investors on July 2 as they fell on trade war fears. Photo: AFP / Kazuhiro Nogi

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Stock safety scramble corrals candidates

by Gary Kleiman July 24, 2018

Infrastructure investment in China should hold up significantly better than the May data and market sentiment suggest, according to Goldman Sachs. Photo: iStock

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Cash infusion for Central Asia-Caucasus region

by Gary Kleiman July 2, 2018July 2, 2018

A man stands at an oil terminal at Fujairah, in the United Arab Emirates.Photo: Karim Sahib / AFP

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Oil and gas geopolitics: no shelter from the storm

by Pepe Escobar May 31, 2018February 18, 2020

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What Pakistan brings to the Shanghai table

by Zamir Awan May 24, 2018

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Shanghai Co-operation Organization is aiming high

by Sabena Siddiqui May 3, 2018May 3, 2018

The digital currency is on the rise again. Photo: iStock

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Central Asia trio tests investor conviction

by Gary Kleiman April 22, 2018April 22, 2018

The Caspian Sea is an important hub in a Eurasia-wide system of gas pipelines and trade corridors.

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Caspian games: Central Asian ‘stans’ vie for connectivity market

by Pepe Escobar April 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Fa Yuen Street in Mong Kok, Kowloon.
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101 arrests in raid on Mong Kok building with 200 brothel rooms

by Asia Times staff January 31, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev shake hands in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on January 16, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Kevin Lamarque

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Investor standoff sullies Nazarbayev’s international splash

by Gary Kleiman January 26, 2018

US President Donald Trump and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev shake hands in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on January 16, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Kevin Lamarque

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Nazarbayev plays ‘honest broker’ in new Great Game

by PK Semler January 18, 2018

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China’s landlocked ‘port’ in Kazakhstan doesn’t need water to succeed

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large January 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Asia emerged as the 'top destination' for US grades in the first half of 2017. India recently received its first batch from America, and maintained that the supplies will increase. Photo: Reuters

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Crises in Middle East could change Asia’s energy security dynamic

by Alam Srinivas December 5, 2017February 18, 2020

The Bayterek Tower (center) is a landmark of Astana, Kazakhstan. File Photo: Reuters / Shamil Zhumatov

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Kazakhstan makes its way in an uncertain world

by Nargis Kassenova December 2, 2017February 18, 2020

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Russia, Turkey, Iran meeting to discuss Syria strategy

by M.K. Bhadrakumar November 17, 2017February 18, 2020

A banknote shows horsemen competing at Buzkashi, a long-time Central Asian sport in which horse mounted players attempt to place a goat or calf carcass in a goal Photo: iStock/Getty Images

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Central Asian money trails come into corrupt focus

by Alan Boyd November 7, 2017February 18, 2020

Ratings agencies such as Moody's and Standard & Poor's have been monitoring Central Asian markets. Photo: iStock

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Tajikistan bond issuance stirs the pot in Central Asia

by Gary Kleiman October 3, 2017

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New Central Asian luxury hotels eye Chinese market

by Mason Hinsdale July 29, 2017July 31, 2017

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Central Asia’s seeping Silk Road patches

by Gary Kleiman May 19, 2017May 19, 2017

Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev in Almaty, Kazakhstan, February 27, 2017. Photo: Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via Reuters.

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Kazakhstan is using social media to tame rebellion

by Nurseit Niyazbekov March 26, 2017February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) chats with his Kyrgyz counterpart Almazbek Atambayev during a visit in late February to the Central Asia country. Putin promised to strengthen Kyrgyzstan's military to help combat Islamist threats. Photo: AFP/ Vyacheslav Oseledko

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Russia needs a strong Central Asia to combat terrorism

by Tatiana Kanunnikova March 23, 2017

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Kyrgyz counterpart Almazbek Atambayev at the Ala-Archa State Residence in Bishkek. Photo: Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via Reuters

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Putin tours Central Asia, glossing over Russian influence

by Sergei Blagov March 12, 2017February 18, 2020

On track? Syrians wave at passengers riding a train across Aleppo's devastated eastern districts for the first time in more than four years, on January 25. Photo: AFP

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Syrians review their new constitution … in Moscow

by Sami Moubayed January 27, 2017February 18, 2020

(L-R) Presidents Serzh Sargsyan of Armenia, Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, Vladimir Putin of Russia, Almazbek Atambayev of Kyrgyzstan, Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan and the organization's Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha pose for an official photo at a session of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in St. Petersburg, Russia December 26, 2016. Sputnik/Michael Klimentyev/Kremlin/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY.

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Kazakhstan chooses engagement, not confrontation

by Javier M. Piedra January 9, 2017January 10, 2017