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East Asia
China adds 7 new free trade zones
Chinese authorities have decided to set up seven new free trade zones (FTZs) across the country, bringing the total number to 11 as China looks to replicate the success of previous trials. The new FTZs will be located in the provinces of Liaoning, Zhejiang, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan and Shaanxi as…
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East Asia
Japan-Turkey consortium building big plant in Turkmenistan
Consortium of Japan’s Kawasaki and Turkey’s Ronesans is constructing a big gas processing plant in Turkmenistan’s Ovadan to produce high-quality gasoline from natural gas, said the Turkmen oil and gas complex in a message Aug. 31, Trend reports. The project’s customer is the country’s Turkmengas State Concern. At the current…
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Central Asia
Tourism in Mongolia: Quality or quantity?
Gantemur Damba is president of the Mongolian Tourism Association and heads a large group of influential organizations important to the development of this country. He has worked as a consultant and project director for major international organizations. Until recently, he was General Director of the Culture and Art Policy Coordination…
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West Asia
Azerbaijan and Georgia to organize transit with China and India
In order to transport cargoes in a large amount through the South Caucasus logistics corridor, Georgia must work together with Azerbaijan, as well as conduct dialogue with China and India about the scale of transit, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili said during his visit to Baku, Vestnik Kavkaza reports. According…
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Central Asia
Russia receives another batch of Sukhoi-34 bombers
Russia’s combat aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi has delivered another batch of front-line bombers Sukhoi-34 to the customer – the Defense Ministry, TASS reports. “The planes took off from the manufacturer’s airdrome in Novosibirsk to head for their location,” the company said in a news release obtained by TASS. The news release…
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Central Asia
Russia and Turkey to mull Akkuyu NPP, Turkish Stream
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan plan to discuss the construction of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant and the Turkish Stream pipeline at the G20 summit in China, RIA Novosti reported Aug. 30 citing Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, Trend reports. The discussion of prospects…
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West Asia
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East Asia
G20 shouldn’t be distracted by geopolitics
Liu Zongyi – People’s Daily The 11th G20 summit is set to convene in Hangzhou, East China’s Zhejiang Province, on September 4-5. In order to host a successful summit, China has made thorough preparations. Since assuming the G20 presidency on December 1, the country has hosted a series of high-level…
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Central Asia
Kyrgyzstan vows to punish those responsible for terror attack on Chinese embassy
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Kyrgyz counterpart, Erlan Abdyldaev, on August 30 discussed in a phone conversation the terrorist attack against the Chinese Embassy to Kyrgyzstan and pledged closer cooperation in the fight against terrorism. Abdyldaev said the Kyrgyz side condemned the suicide attack “in the strongest terms,”…
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