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What is Central Asia

Handbook of Research on Agricultural Policy, Rural Development, and Entrepreneurship in Contemporary Economies
The region in Asia which extends from China in the east to the Caspian Sea in the west and consists of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
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Produce Internationally, Consume Locally: Changing Paradigm of China's Food Security Policy
Vasilii Erokhin (Harbin Engineering University, China)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9837-4.ch014
Abstract
China is one of the world's biggest importers of agricultural products. Until quite recently, China's agricultural policy focused on food self-sufficiency. Globalizing trade in agricultural commodities, however, has brought new challenges to establishing secure supply and achieving security rather than self-sufficiency. In the face of emerging trade tensions with the USA, one of China's responses to the emerging volatility of the global market is to expand production facilities abroad and thus diversify deliveries. This chapter discusses how China's Belt and Road Initiative may serve improving food security of the country by establishing of a predictable system of agricultural production and trade across Eurasia, particularly, with the involvement of land-abundant Russia and the countries of Central Asia. The author explores possible responses to emerging threats to China's domestic food market by elaborating an approach to theoretical definitions and practical issues of ensurance of food security and adaptation of China's policy to contemporary global challenges.
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The Life Story of a Kyrgyz Translator: Bridging Cultures and Languages
Subregion of Asia that includes the former Soviet Republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
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Corruption and Anti-Corruption Reform in Central Asia
The five countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, previously soviet socialist republics (SSRs) within the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), which became independent in 1991 upon USSR disintegration.
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China's Soft Power and World Challenges
The Central Asia region (CA) comprises the countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
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EU and Central Asia: The Politics Behind Energy Supply
BEYOND geographical order, the region is important because of rich energy sources and high tendency of superpower states to control the region.
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Representation of Migration From Central Asia to Russia in Post-Soviet Cinema
A region in Asia that includes five former Soviet republics: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
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Challenges and Opportunities for Regional Connectivity: Afghanistan's Role Between Pakistan and the Central Asian Region
Central region of Asia, extending from the Caspian Sea in the west to the border of western China in the east. It is bounded on the north by Russia and on the south by Iran, Afghanistan, and China. The region consists of the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan.
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