Central Asia
Xi’s Central Asia outreach pays off with a fundraising blitz
Kazakhstan remains the largest recipient of Chinese FDI at US$11.4 billion
Japan sets US$19 billion business target in Central Asia
JAPAN unveiled a five-year goal on Saturday for business projects totalling US$19 billion in Central Asia as Tokyo vies for influence in the resource-rich region.
In Kyrgyzstan, world’s largest natural walnut forest thins away
The forest is affected by the overgrazing of livestock, illegal logging and rising temperatures
Xi takes push for global sway to Central Asia with Kazakhstan visit
China has sought to counter the US-led global order – a goal it shares with Russia – in part by courting the Global South
World powers focus on resource-rich Central Asia
HALFORD MacKinder, a founding father of geopolitics, claimed more than a century ago that the country which controls Central Asia and neighbouring nations shall be the “empire of the world”.