Lightly populated, underdeveloped, and mostly authoritarian, the former Soviet republics that straddle the Silk Road’s antique caravan trails—Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan ...

The construction of a railroad line from China to Kyrgyzstan and further to Uzbekistan was ceremoniously initiated. This project will serve as an alternative route to the new Silk Road path that ...

The main goal is to enhance investment cooperation in mineral development for clean energy technologies and open new growth ...

China is actively seeking a route to Europe that bypasses Russia, driven by Western sanctions that obstruct trade and ...

But in 2011 UNESCO proposed that, due to the vast scale of the Silk Road, the application should be divided into corridors. A joint proposal from China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan encompassing a ...

"The construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railroad confirms the high level of political trust and is meant to become the strategic flagship project of our countries, reviving the Silk Road ...

Thus, an investment agreement was signed between the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan and the Chinese company Shenzhen ...

Kyrgyzstan, a landlocked country in Central ... known as the "southern capital" and a pivotal point on the Silk Road; Jalal-Abad, famous for its hot springs; and Karakol, a popular base for ...