News stories by Chris Rickleton* - IPS/EurasiaNet
KYRGYZSTAN: Efforts to Tackle Bride Kidnapping Hit Polygamy Snag
- Inter Press Service
Legislation designed to discourage the controversial practice of bride kidnapping fizzled recently in Kyrgyzstan's parliament.
KYRGYZSTAN: China Expanding Influence, One Student at a Time
- Inter Press Service
Among its Central Asian neighbours, China these days is more often feared than loved. This attitude is perhaps most apparent in Kyrgyzstan, where despite an overwhelming dependence on Chinese imports, Chinese-owned malls and mining pits have been the subject of attacks in recent years; nationalist editorials in the local press play on fears of the Middle Kingdom.
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