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China rail link in Malaysia’s sights as Bangkok cargo route gets go-ahead • May 4, 2025, 9:03 PM ET (South China Morning Post)
US deports 131 undocumented Central Asian migrants to Uzbekistan • May 2, 2025, 3:39 AM ET (The Hill)
China, Central Asia vow to uphold multilateralism • Apr. 28, 2025, 4:33 AM ET (The Star)
In Central Asia, psychologists to have a say in juvenile cases • Apr. 24, 2025, 6:41 AM ET (The Star)
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Central Asia in the Middle Ages
Map of central Asia created for the 1997 Britannica Book of the Year.
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Russian Empire
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