Sun Weidong, Ambassador of China in Turkmenistan Currently, COVID-19 coronavirus is spreading in many countries and regions of the world; its prevention and control have become an important task of the international community. After the outbreak, under the personal leadership of President Xi Jinping, the Chinese government has taken comprehensive and thorough preventive and control […]
Coronavirus reshapes the hydrocarbon market
Elvira Kadyrova The coronavirus continues its march around the world at a fast pace, destabilizing the already unstable global economy and hitting its most “volatile” spot – the hydrocarbon market. The entire transport systems are being paralyzed, currencies are collapsing. Delicately backed up OPEC+ commitments on oil production cut have been crashed like a house […]
Spiritual bonds of the Great Silk Road
Rashid Alimov, PhD, former ambassador of Tajikistan to China (2005-2015) and former SCO Secretary General (2016-2018) In Dushanbe, the capital of the Republic of Tajikistan, a robot guide meets the visitors at the cultural Tajik-Chinese exchange center. Slowly, but with knowledge of the matter, in one of the three languages (Tajik, Chinese and Russian), he […]
Please, can we resist the urge to exploit Wuhan virus saga?
Tariq Saeedi There is widespread dramatization of the Wuhan virus saga. Some of it is driven by political and economic aspirations and some of it is the product of the irresponsibility that is the hallmark of the social media. It has become a fire on which everyone is roasting their own marshmallows. First, let’s consider […]
Digital Currencies and Central Asia – Part 3
Tariq Saeedi With some understanding of the blockchain technology and P2P networking, let’s now look at the digital currency of China, and the hybrid digital currency of Facebook, both of which may debut in 2020. The full impact of these developments on Central Asia would only be clear when we also take into account the […]
Interview – Ambassador Sun Weidong of China
Ambassador Sun Weidong of China gave an interview to the Turkmen media on the 70th anniversary of the formation of the People’s Republic of China. Here is the unofficial, slightly paraphrased translation of the text: Q: October 1, the people of China celebrate National Day – the founding of the People’s Republic of China. What […]
Chinese embassy hosts reception to mark 70th anniversary of People’s Republic of China
The embassy of China in Turkmenistan hosted on Monday (30 September 2019) a reception to mark the 70th anniversary of the formation of the People’s Republic of China. Here is the speech of Ambassador Sun Weidong on the occasion: Dear Advisor to the President on Oil and Gas Issues, Mr. Kakaev! Ladies and Gentlemen! Friends! […]
Google distancing from Huawei could be blessing in disguise – no immediate impact on users in Central Asia
nCa Analysis The ever-widening trade rift between the USA and China has taken an ugly turn. The US chip manufacturers and Google have been forced to comply with the US government’s ban on the supply of technologies to the Chinese telecommunications leader Huawei. The ban is applicable on the hardware and the software including the […]
BRI of China – Uniting the world
nCa Report It is truly global in nature and scope, this BRI of China. Never before has the world seen so comprehensive and so inclusive drive to spread the benefits around the globe. Launched in 2013, the BRI (Belt and Road Initiative) of China has made unbelievable progress in little more than five years. Here […]
Central Asia and BRI could open opportunities for ‘combining efforts’ between Russia and China
Elvira Kadyrova Ambassador of Russia to China has called for more close integration between Chinese Belt and Road Initiative and main economic and security blocks in Central Asia, such as SCO and Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union. China’s engagement in Central Asia was mainly economic. Rather than a threat, Russia regards Beijing as a force to […]