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Chinese President Xi Jinping, with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, greets a crowd in Astana, Kazakhstan, after arriving to attend the second China-Central Asia Summit on June 16. Photo: Xinhua
Central Asia

Opinion | Why China’s Central Asian footprint is about to get bigger

Boosted by proximity and broad policy objectives, Beijing is slowly gaining the upper hand in the region over Moscow and the European Union.

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Central Asia

Editorial | Central Asia friendship pact bolsters stability

Central Asia

China’s influence is growing in Central Asia. What does that mean for Russia?

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Central Asia

China and Central Asian leaders cap summit with friendship pact and aid pledge

Beijing commits more than a billion yuan to a region at the heart of its infrastructure and security interests.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping holds talks with Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov on the sidelines of the China-Central Asia Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday. Photo: Xinhua
Diplomacy

Xi boosts China ties in resource-rich Central Asia

A summit with five leaders from Central Asia offers President Xi Jinping the chance to snap up more raw materials for China’s economy in a region once viewed as Russia’s backyard.

Central Asia

Xi Jinping heads to energy-rich Kazakhstan for China-Central Asia summit

Xi is looking to foster solidarity with his counterparts against unilateralism and protectionism.

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China-Russia relations

Opinion | How China became central to Russia’s Victory Day parade

Russia may have hoped to send the message that it is not isolated but the event’s list of expected attendees is not entirely convincing.

Russian President Vladimir Putin at the military parade on Victory Day, which marks the 78th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2023. Photo: Sputnik/ Pool via Reuters
China-Russia relations

Opinion | Russia-China division of power in Central Asia is wearing thin

While Russia held a near monopoly over weapons sales in the region, the war in Ukraine has changed this, offering China an opening.

Fashion

No miniskirts, no hijab – ex-Soviet republic polices women’s fashion

Having banned ‘foreign clothes’, Tajikistan’s president is set to issue ‘scientific’ advice on what women should wear. Some are pushing back.

Global South

Opinion | As West cuts global aid, emerging powers must step up and contribute

Emerging donors from developing nations with significant economic growth should play a bigger role. Kazakhstan is doing so in Central Asia.

Afghan people carry food rations distributed by an Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority programme to support families impacted by natural disasters, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on January 1. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimates that 22.9 million people in Afghanistan will require humanitarian aid in 2025. Photo: EPA-EFE
Belt and Road Initiative

China’s top diplomat vows stronger security, anti-terror ties with Tajikistan

Wang Yi meets Tajik President Emomali Rahmon in Dushanbe as part of four-day trip to Central Asia, which will include an SCO foreign ministers’ meeting in Astana.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon at his official residence in the capital Dushanbe on Saturday. Photo: Handout
AFC Asian Cup 2023

Minnows Tajikistan stun UAE to reach quarter-finals of Asian Cup

Side ranked 106th in the world and playing in continental competition for first time win penalty shootout 5-3. Australia cruise past Indonesia into last eight.

AFC Asian Cup 2023

Tajikistan star missing Asian Cup after cancer diagnosis but with team in Qatar

Prolific Tajikistan hitman Manuchekhr Dzhalilov is missing the Asian Cup finals because of cancer, but has travelled to Qatar to support his teammates

AFC Asian Cup 2023

China coach vows changes after ‘lot of stress’ in Asian Cup draw with Tajikistan

Aleksandar Jankovic says ‘we need new energy’ for Wednesday’s clash with Lebanon after China struggle initially against debutants Tajikistan before having late goal ruled out by VAR.

China were dealt a blow when a late ‘goal’ was ruled out for offside in their draw with Tajikistan. Photo: AFP
AFC Asian Cup 2023

Hong Kong’s footballers follow historic win over China with loss in next outing

Much-changed Hong Kong team lose to Tajikistan in Abu Dhabi, but coach Jorn Andersen hopes to field his best team in the final warm-up against Saudi Arabia.

Hong Kong players celebrate Everton Camargo’s goal against Tajikistan on Thursday. Photo: HKFA
Earthquakes

Earthquakes shake Tajikistan, near border with China

The strongest earthquake shook a lightly populated, remote part of Tajikistan near China’s far western Xinjiang region.

Central Asia

Tajikistan says two ‘criminal leaders’ killed in restive east

The killings were reported in region that borders China and Afghanistan, formerly a bastion of resistance to government forces during civil war in Tajikistan in the 1990s.

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AFC Champions League

Hong Kong club Kitchee drawn against Shanghai Port in Champions League

Hong Kong side have been drawn in Group J alongside mainland Chinese team and Chiangrai United from Thailand.

Dejan Damjanovic (right) became the Asian Champions League’s leading scorer last season. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
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