Belt and Road
Pakistan promotes Belt and Road port for Central Asian trade
Move expected to increase volume of goods moving through Gwadar
Politics
Opinion
For developing world, Belt and Road Initiative is best deal around
China's infrastructure offer supports economic growth in Europe, Africa and Asia
Coronavirus
Central Asia virus responses run gamut from crisis to nonchalance
Pandemic tests economies, health systems, China ties -- and folk remedies
International relations
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan spurn US call to confront China
Pompeo's plea to end 'repression' of Muslim minorities also draws Chinese ire
Japan immigration
Japan intensifies crackdown on student visa overstayers
Number of countries subject to stricter checks to increase tenfold
Belt and Road
Beijing-backed Pakistan port opens as hub for Afghanistan trade
Gwadar challenges Indian interests in region, but China's ROI remains unclear
Politics
Japan to honor Tetsu Nakamura, doctor killed in Afghanistan
Late humanitarian to be awarded Order of the Rising Sun
Politics
Afghanistan's Ghani claims narrow win in preliminary presidential vote results
Election commission says Ghani wins 50.6% of vote
Politics
Uzbekistan election exposes limits of image-polishing reforms
China's economic influence will inevitably become political, experts say
