BISHKEK (TCA) — As a new Great Game is just beginning in Eurasia with China being perhaps the key player on the vast region’s geopolitical map, we are presenting an abstract from a paper by Dr. James M. Dorsey, a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies and co-director of the University of Würzburg’s Institute for Fan Culture. The full paper is available here.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Publisher’s note: Central Asia is an important geopolitical area between Europe, Russia and China. It is in Central Asia that world powers have confronted each other for centuries; it is here that China needs to succeed with its new Silk Road Belt for direct access to the Western markets; and it is here that a large wealth of raw materials has its origin. Every week thousands of news appears all over the world in printed and online media and it is quite understandable that many of them may escape the attention of busy readers. At The Times of Central Asia, we strongly believe that more information can better contribute to peaceful development and better knowledge of the region, and for this reason we are presenting this Weekly Digest of Central Asia which compiles what other media have reported during the past week.
Maria Levina
BISHKEK (TCA) — According to official data, 1,130 state-owned enterprises are registered in Kyrgyzstan and 900 of them are idle, 166 regularly receive subsidies from the state, and only 33 enterprises are operating efficiently.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Russia opened meetings with top diplomats from Afghanistan, China, and several Central Asian countries in talks that are aimed at bringing peace to Afghanistan but are being boycotted by the United States, RFE/RL reports.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — The U.S. Embassy in Turkmenistan is sponsoring a screening of independent documentary films on Sunday, April 16, at Ashgabat Cinema, featuring three critically-acclaimed movies, and followed by a Q&A with American film experts.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — We need to focus on eliminating the existing barriers inside the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), Kyrgyzstan’s President Almazbek Atambayev said at the summit meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, the EEU’s governing body, in Bishkek on April 14.
