Analysts attributed the hiatus to pricing disagreements between Beijing and Moscow as well as geopolitical factors, with concerns over secondary sanctions from Western countries levied against those seen as aiding …
Nearly 40 million people were living with HIV last year, more than 9 million were not getting any treatment, and the result was that every minute someone died of Aids-related …
The growing cooperation between China and Central Asia on green energy fits into Beijing’s own agenda of making more sustainable investments which take heed of environmental issues, creating a “greener” …
Despite misfires during previous infrastructure endeavours in Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia, China is now making substantial green energy investments in those regions – and finding eager takers. …
China is building, by present standards, the world’s longest highway tunnel – a project that will traverse one of the planet’s longest mountain ranges and open new pathways for exchanges …
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused the European Union of attempting to drive Russia out of Central Asia, and said the bloc was failing, in an interview broadcast on Sunday. …
On the cusp of what many visionaries hail as “the Asian century”, a palpable wave of anticipation is surging. Historically, while industrial Europe shaped the 19th century and the US …
In the past, this column has oft reiterated the crucial strategic importance of Central Asia, the area commonly known in US parlance as ‘the Stans’, with a special emphasis on …