News Work on $8bn China-Uzbek-Kyrgyz railway to start in October The governments of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan have agreed to begin work on an $8bn railway to China next month, confirming a target set back in March, website BNE News reports.…
News China’s Xinjiang highway will have a 16km ice tunnel Chinese contractors will drill a 16km-long tunnel through a 2.4km-deep layer of glacial ice to build a major road in the far western autonomous region of Xinjiang. The West Tianshan…
News China to form company with neighbours to build railway to Uzbekistan China, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan will form a company to build a 523km rail link between western China and Uzbekistan, the Railway Supply website reports. The decision was made during a…
News Chinese group to build four hydro dams in Kyrgyzstan The government of Kyrgyzstan has signed an agreement with a Chinese consortium to build four hydroelectric power plants with an investment value of between $2.4bn and $3bn. The deal concerns…
News Chinese investors discuss construction of 1GW solar power plant in Kyrgyzstan The government of Kyrgyzstan has held talks with Chinese contractors over the construction of a 1GW solar farm in the Central Asian country, news agency AKI Press reports. Akylbek Japarov,…