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OPINIONS
CGTN
Amid rising protectionism and global uncertainty, can China and Central Asia boost connectivity, security and green growth together? Join host Mushahid Hussain Sayed for more!
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11:18, 16-Jun-2025
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11:23, 16-Jun-2025
Serik Korzhumbayev
By building railways and investing in logistics hubs, China not only helps Central Asia build freight corridors, but opens up new railway and aviation routes for cross-border tourism.
Opinion
11:23, 16-Jun-2025
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15:33, 16-Jun-2025
First Voice
China's direct investment in Central Asia has soared to $27.7 billion, with a clear shift from extractive industries to renewable energy, infrastructure, and manufacturing. Check out this episode to learn how the Chinese investment model is driving Central Asia's economic transformation, boosting industrialization, and helping the landlocked region better integrate with global markets.
Opinion
15:33, 16-Jun-2025

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Djoomart Otorbaev
Clear indications suggest that the collaboration between China and Central Asia in the green economy will intensify in the years ahead. The Astana summit aims to solidify the progress made and establish bold objectives.
Opinion
10:37, 15-Jun-2025
Yuan Sha
The heightened tensions between the Trump administration and the U.S. public reflect the enlarging divisions within the American society.
Opinion
18:06, 15-Jun-2025
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10:39, 15-Jun-2025
Radhika Desai
The 2025 G7 Summit will find the U.S. in flight from globalism but the rest still committed to it.
Opinion
10:39, 15-Jun-2025
Huang Yongfu
The tariffs war has disrupted the established international trade order. How can Central Asian countries promote external trade and diversify trade structure to achieve economic resilience amid the lingering trade turbulence?
Opinion
10:38, 15-Jun-2025
Zheng Jian
Amid unprecedented global changes unseen in a century, the compatriots in Taiwan should recognize the broader trend, stand on the side of the Chinese nation, and seize the opportunities presented by the era. 
Opinion
17:59, 15-Jun-2025
Jessica Durdu
Amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, maintaining open diplomatic channels, reaffirming commitments to international law, and initiating confidence-building measures are essential.
Opinion
16:08, 14-Jun-2025
WATCH
Opinion
12:01, 18-May-2024
CGTN
What is Taiwan? What is its history? Why does the U.S. keep undermining its one-China policy? What are its hidden motives? What role does Europe play in this situation? And how do youths in Taiwan envision the future? Follow George Galloway on CGTN's "Taiwan Untangled" for answers.
Opinion
12:01, 18-May-2024
First Voice
The second China-Central Asia Summit will take place in Astana on June 16-18. Central Asia is now at the heart of China's resilient trade strategy. As global headwinds mount, China is strengthening its economic connections through the Belt and Road Initiative – and the numbers are speaking volumes. Watch the video to see how the trade war has actually brought China and Central Asia closer, creating a vibrant new economic landscape together.
Opinion
13:03, 15-Jun-2025
First Voice
This is not just America's policy failure – it's a moral collapse.
Opinion
10:55, 03-Jun-2025

LETTERS

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16:17, 25-Sep-2020
Yin Zetian
Letters
19:28, 28-Oct-2023
Sushant Shrestha
The economic partnership between China and Nepal is underpinned by a strong people-to-people relationship that transcends beyond Sagarmatha and Qomolangma.
Letters
18:13, 30-Jan-2023
Bereket Sisay
Pragmatically, China has shown the ability to contain pandemics.
Letters
14:30, 13-Sep-2022
Queen Elizabeth II will be most fondly remembered for her compassion, public service and dedication which she maintained until her last week, receiving the resignation of former prime minister Boris Johnson and inviting Liz Truss to form a government on August 6.
Opinion
21:15, 09-Sep-2022
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