China’s crackdown on Muslims in its far west has become a domestic issue for the Kazakh government.

As ethnic Kyrgyz and Kazakhs continue to disappear into Chinese detention, Bishkek and Nur-Sultan are staying quiet.

A Chinese-born Kazakh was fighting deportation in Uzbekistan. Now no one is sure where he is.

Efforts in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to garner attention on the Xinjiang camps have grown, but still to little effect.

Running across China, Kazakhstan, and Russia, the Irtysh carries with it a host of difficulties from floods to pollution.

Kazakhstan looks to increase its natural gas exports to China, and Turkmenistan may be gaining an old customer back.

With Xu Qiliang making stops in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, China is continuing to boost security relations in the region.

Catherine Putz joins the podcast to discuss recent developments in Tajikistan and Kazakhstan.

Sayragul Sauytbay, an ethnic Kazakh Chinese national, was released on a suspended sentence and will not be deported to China.

The complexities of international relations aside, is Kazakhstan going to choose China over Kazakhs?

Astana can't afford to push Beijing too hard, even on behalf of its own citizens detained in Xinjiang re-education camps.

Chinese authorities have put increasing pressure on ethnic Kazakhs and Kyrgyz in Xinjiang.

Three regional presidents attended the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing last weekend.

A look at the successes and complications of Xi’s signature project.

Central Asia's energy resources are increasingly flowing not to Russia, but to China and emerging Asian economies.

Central Asian countries are turning to China for funding -- but by default, not by preference.