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  Global Voices - EN : Uzbekistan
30  april     23h00
The hidden costs of Asia’s data center rush
Sydney Allen    Many countries in Asia have no requirement for environmental impact assessments, and regulatory frameworks, where they exist at all, are years behind...
04  december     22h00
Exploring China’s growing role in Central Asia
Brian Hioe    All five Central Asian landlocked states were particularly focused on turning the limitations of being landlocked into advantages of being landlinked...
24  october     04h00
Can Uzbekistan solve its waste problem with Chinese incineration plants?
Brian Hioe    Uzbekistan will get new waste-to-energy (WTE) plants to solve its mounting trash problem, and Chinese waste management companies get to expand their...
23  september     21h00
China’s electric vehicle exports fuel Tajikistan’s green transition goals
Brian Hioe    China has emerged as the key partner for Tajikistan’s green transportation transition. It is the country’s main supplier of electric vehicles (EVs)...
17  september     21h00
China is helping Uzbekistan save the Aral Sea
Brian Hioe    Once the fourth-largest lake in the world, the Aral Sea is now almost entirely a desert, having lost more than 90 percent of its surface area since...
11  september     16h00
What fuels anti-China sentiments in Uzbekistan?
Nurbek Bekmurzaev    Dismissing the anti-Chinese sentiments as lies and manipulation is an oversimplification of the complex and changing perception of China in...
31  august     05h00
A day in the life of a Central Asian tortoise
Vlast.kz    It emerges in late March, it mates and feeds, and then in May returns to its very long hibernation.
23  august     02h30
When digital democracy disappears, so does the power of the people
Muhammed Bello Buhari    The Synthesis Report reveals how grassroots and marginalized civil society actors are systematically excluded from digital spaces by donor systems...
10  august     12h00
BRI 2.0 in Uzbekistan: Funded by Europe, driven by China-Saudi cooperation
Guest Contributor    The combination of Chinese engineering muscle and European finance is also a beneficial development for host countries. For Brussels, the gains are...
02  july     13h00
Uzbekistan’s football success serves as a stand in for promised reforms
Nurbek Bekmurzaev    The country’s president Shavkat Mirziyoyev has sought to frame the footballers’ recent victories as a vivid and materialized example of his promised...
30  march     01h25
Rice farmers in Uzbekistan face water shortages and migrate
Vlast.kz    Before leaving, Bakhodir realized that his native Khorezm region would soon cease to be suitable for rice growing.
23  march     01h13
Complexities of decolonization of names in Central Asia
Nurbek Bekmurzaev    The complexities surrounding derussifying names are an example of how past legacies are still felt in the region, affecting even the most basic life...
26  february     17h21
How Uzbekistan’s Shamshad Abdullayev became one of the most important contemporary Russian-language poets
Ramil Niyazov-Adyljan    Our task now is to understand what Abdullaev has done and to maintain ourselves in dialogue with his works.
18  january     02h00
Uzbekistan seeks new labor markets
Vlast.kz    Russia and Kazakhstan remain the favorite destinations for migrant workers from Uzbekistan.
21  november     08h12
Failed assassination attempt sparks speculations of power struggle in Uzbekistan
Nurbek Bekmurzaev    The timing of the incident stirred discussions of a possible power struggle unfolding among different groups close to President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to...
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