Chinese presence. Kazakhstan’s trade turnover with China increased by 20.5 percent in the first half of 2023, driven partly by an 87.3 percent rise in trade with China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, which accounts for 39.1 percent of trade between the two countries. Meanwhile, according to Kazakh media, the first Kazakh-Chinese business forum was recently […]
Limiting investment. U.S. President Joe Biden issued an executive order restricting U.S.-based investments in Chinese technology involving semiconductors, quantum computing and AI over national...
Chinese takeover. China replaced Russia as Kazakhstan’s top trading partner in the first five months of this year, according to official data. By June,...
Between East and West. New Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with South Africa’s minister in the presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, on the sidelines of...
Shakeup. China’s foreign minister, Qin Gang, was removed from his post and replaced by his predecessor, Wang Yi, according to Chinese state media. Once...
Russian drills. Russia’s Black Sea Fleet conducted live-fire exercises in the Black Sea on Friday after announcing earlier this week that it would consider...
Drills and redeployments. The Belarusian army announced the start of weeklong joint exercises with fighters from the Wagner Group within 13 kilometers (8 miles)...
Guns and oil. Indian and Russian defense officials met in Delhi to discuss spare parts and maintenance for India’s arsenal of Russian defense equipment....
Central Asia’s most populous nation, Uzbekistan, has been on a path of political and economic transformation. The process has been spearheaded by its president,...
China and Algeria. China will enhance cooperation with Algeria in key sectors such as infrastructure, petrochemicals, minerals and agriculture, Chinese President Xi Jinping said...
Expansion. Ethiopia has formally asked to join the BRICS grouping of emerging economies ahead of the bloc's annual summit in August. Though Ethiopia has...
