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Travel to China has grown harder in recent years, a period coinciding with Beijing’s crackdown on Muslims.  Visiting China used to be a breeze for Karim Muhammadhodjayev. The Uzbek trader …

The government has limited fuel exports, citing the need to stabilize prices. Rises in the prices for fuel and food are posing a big headache for Kyrgyz authorities ahead of a season …

It can take four days to get to the front of the line at this bitterly cold pass almost two miles high. The drive from Osh up to Irkeshtam, at …

The referendum next month is expected to be approved easily.  Talk of a new constitution has dominated the news agenda for months in Kyrgyzstan, although few people fully understood what …

Dialogue is preferred to confrontation, although salary imbalances are still strong. The year has started uncomfortably for Kazakhstan’s mining and oil companies as workers become more vocal in their demands …

Dushanbe is desperate to resume flights to Russian cities.  Tajikistan has come knocking again at the Kremlin’s door in a bid to restore transportation links interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. …

China will play a decisive role in anointing Central Asia’s leader. A new dynamic governing regional integration is shaping up in Central Asia. Uzbekistan is challenging Kazakhstan’s position as the …

Opponents have labeled him a dangerous demagogue A CAMPAIGN ad for Sadyr Japarov, the newly elected president of Kyrgyzstan, shows him galloping across a snowy expanse on a white steed, …