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Russia's refineries falter, and Bishkek takes its fuel order to Urumqi
Kyrgyzstan's deputy cabinet chairman Erlist Akunbekov brought representatives of more than 10 fuel companies to Sinopec's table in Urumqi on Monday, with a mandate the cabinet's readout states in one line: “Kyrgyzstan is interested in increasing supplies of petroleum products from China.” About 95% of its fuel now comes from Russia, and Russia's refining is under drone attack.
The SCO summit has a date in writing from everyone except Beijing
The organisation’s secretariat has fixed the heads of state council for 1 September in the Kyrgyz Republic, the first date on its own site; China’s foreign ministry has still not said the summit’s name, two weeks out.
Uzbekistan’s satellite reaches orbit with its own AI on board
Samarkand-2028 went up from a sea platform off China’s Shandong coast on Wednesday morning, carrying a hyperspectral camera and an AI module Uzcosmos says its own engineers built.
The AI conference opens with Kazakhstan in the hall
The World Artificial Intelligence Conference opened in Shanghai on Friday, four days, more than 140 forums, over 1,100 companies, with Xi Jinping billed to deliver the opening keynote and a high-level forum on global AI governance as the first day’s main event. Tokayev is attending; what he says there is the day’s watch item.
Kazakhstan joins the mediation body China built in Hong Kong
Foreign minister Kosherbayev signed the convention of the International Organization for Mediation in Beijing on Monday, making Kazakhstan a member of the first intergovernmental body dedicated to mediating international disputes. It is headquartered in Hong Kong, it was launched by China in 2025, and its membership list is the point.
At Summer Davos, China shifts from selling to Kazakhstan to building inside it
Kazakhstan’s prime minister spent Summer Davos working a line of Chinese firms, from carmakers to battery giants. The thread running through the meetings is localisation: China moving from exporting goods to Kazakhstan toward manufacturing them there.
Uzbekistan offers Beijing the value-chain deal Kazakhstan offered Brussels
As Tokayev pressed Brussels to process Kazakh minerals inside Kazakhstan, Tashkent was making the same case to Chinese state firms. Two rival buyers are hearing one regional pitch: build the value chain here. Uranium runs through both.
Kazakhstan’s Alatau roadshow in Shenzhen lands up to $6 billion in deals
A Kazakh delegation came out of a Shenzhen roadshow on 10 June with 24 agreements worth up to 6 billion dollars for its new city of Alatau. The model, and much of the money, is Chinese.
Mongolia went to Shanghai to raise money. 300 investors showed up
The first Mongolia Investment Forum in China closed on 27 May. It was the fourth edition of a global series: after New York, London, and Singapore. The choice of city was the message.
Kazakhstan sells 3.4 billion yuan in debut sovereign panda bond
Demand was twice the supply. The Ministry of Finance calls it proof of Chinese investor confidence in Kazakhstani macroeconomics.