Bolot Kolbaev is an editor with RFE/RL’s Central Asian Unit. He previously worked for RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service.
Central Asia is becoming a key market for Chinese cars and their production, with consumers embracing the vehicles’ affordability and governments eager to attract billions in investment from state-backed Chinese firms.
Kyrgyzstan's divided parliament has confirmed Jantoro Satybaldiev as prime minister. He takes over as tensions within the legislature and across the country continue to simmer in the wake of the bloody 2010 rioting in the southern city of Osh. But he just might be the ideal figure to bridge Kyrgyzstan's divides.
