Fortunately, our new article will not make you fall asleep For my first blog post of 2021, I'm very pleased to share a new peer-reviewed journal article. It explores China and Russia’s efforts to construct a higher education region in Eurasia and also examines the responses of policymakers in Central Asia to these initiatives. The …
Tag: One Belt One Road
Jumping on the Silk Road bandwagon
Whether it's China's 'One Belt, One Road' series of economically driven initiatives, books* rewriting the history of this exotic-to-the-Westerner region or UNESCO's growing repository of Silk Road resources, it seems the world can't get enough of the (new) Silk Road(s) at the moment. Central Asia is right at the heart of both the ancient trading …
Chinese corporate social responsibility in Tajikistan, or, How to build a school for free
The might of Chinese businesses operating in Tajikistan is growing, with news emerging of one company alone that will build three new schools in the country [ru] later this year, supporting over 1,000 students. This is not the first such initiative, which is being posited as evidence of Chinese corporate social responsibility. Other road-building companies have already financed …
Emma Sabzalieva 