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As China launches the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organisation (WAICO) to support AI training in developing countries, academics offer contrasting views on how it could extend Beijing’s global influence, much like the Belt and Road, while warning how it may intensify rivalry with the US-led Pax Silica initiative.
Carbon & Climate
South and Central Asia reel under early heatwave
In India and Pakistan, maximum temperatures were consistently above 40 degrees Celsius for over a fortnight, exceeding the average for early April by up to 10C in some areas.
Policy & Finance
What poverty looks like on your plate
An average human adult makes an average of 35,000 decisions a day. For those at the bottom of the pyramid, these decisions are a matter of life and death. Eco-Business speaks to Lin Huiyi, the economist-artist behind the award-winning The Poverty Line project, about what survival means to people living on the bare minimum.
As parts of the region experience the worst drought in 13 years, experts say Central Asian governments must urgently look at options to mitigate extreme weather events.
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Central Asian NGOs raise concerns about BRI projects
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Carbon & Climate
Central Asia’s glaciers may lose half their ice by mid-century
9 March 2015
Policy & Finance
First PE fund for Green Silk Road launched in Beijing
19 August 2014
8 February 2013
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Manufacturing
Japan, Kazakhstan unite on rare earths
9 November 2011
Policy & Finance
Russia to help finance Asian power line
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Policy & Finance
Toshiba, Marubeni to help with Kazakh nuclear power studies
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