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* China, Central Asian countries hold cooperation forum
Xinhua: “China and five Central Asian nations held a cooperation forum on Monday in Tongxiang of east China’s Zhejiang province. The forum, themed around mutual trust, cooperation and harmonious...
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* China could prove ultimate winner in Afghanistan
SCMP: “China, long a bystander to the conflict in Afghanistan, is stepping up its involvement as US-led forces prepare to withdraw, attracted by the country’s vast mineral resources but concerned that...
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* China’s Central Asia Problem
International Crisis Group: “Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, China and its Central Asian neighbours have developed a close relationship, initially economic but increasingly also political and...
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Settlers in Xinjiang: Circling the wagons
The Economist: “In a region plagued by ethnic strife, the growth of immigrant-dominated settlements is adding to the tension MANY hours’ drive along what was once the southern Silk Road, through a...
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Hauling New Treasure Along the Silk Road
NY Times: “AZAMAT KULYENOV, a 26-year-old train driver, slid the black-knobbed throttle forward, and the 1,800-ton express freight train, nearly a half-mile long, began rolling west across the vast,...
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China in Central Asia: Rising China, sinking Russia
The Economist: “In a vast region, China’s economic clout is more than a match for Russia’s LESS than a decade ago little doubt hung over where the newly independent states of Central Asia had to pump...
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Tiananmen crash ‘incited by Islamists’– BBC News
China\’s top security official says a deadly crash in Beijing\’s Tiananmen Square was incited by the East Turkestan Islamic Movement. The crash occurred on Monday when a car ploughed into a crowd then...
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Project Mausam, India’s answer to China’s maritime might: Explained – News...
In a significant move, the Narendra Modi Government will soon launch ‘Project Mausam’ for countering Beijing’s growing influence in the Indian Ocean region. This transnational program is aimed at...
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Putin Loses His Grip on Central Asia as China Moves In – Businessweek
As President Vladimir Putin strains to keep Ukraine within Russia’s grasp, he may be losing his grip on another part of his would-be empire: the former Soviet republics of Central Asia, which are...
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India beats own target to contain fiscal and revenue deficits | Reuters
The government said on Sunday it managed to better its target for containing the fiscal and revenue deficits in the last financial year. The fiscal target was 4 percent of gross domestic product for...
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Narendra Modi’s Visit to Central Asia: What to Know – India Real Time – WSJ
India is starting to latch onto the need to forge diplomatic relationships with other countries beyond simple exchange of embassies. However, in the two months of rest between PM Modi’s globe trotting,...
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GIFT, the Indian Smart City That Would Cost $23,500 a Person – India Real...
Two 29-story steel-and-glass office buildings rise above a dusty wasteland in the Indian state of Gujarat, the most conspicuous sign of progress on an ambitious project conceived by the man who is now...
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Is China Rattled By the India-U.S. Love-In? – India Real Time – WSJ
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made strengthening ties with the U.S. one of his key foreign-policy objectives, as the two countries seek to counterbalance China’s growing footprint in Asia. In...
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