KAZAKHSTAN-CHINA BORDER TRADE THRIVES AFTER DEMARCATION TREATY
By Claes Levinsson and Ingvar Svanberg (2/16/2000 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: In the 17th century the Kazakh territory became a buffer between Russia and China, the two expanding empires of the Eurasian continent. However, after the conclusion of the Protocol of Tarbagatai in 1864, the Kazakh borders were delineated between Russia and China. The Russians regarded the provisional guard posts the Chinese had established on the steppe to prevent the nomads from moving into the contemporary Xinjiang region, as the actual border.
ARIANA AND INDIAN HIJACKINGS: THE TALIBAN CONNECTION
By Julie Sirrs (2/16/2000 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Although the two airline hijackings were similar in several respects, it is the differences between the two incidents that are more telling. Both planes made several stops before reaching their final destination and poor airport security, in Katmandu and Kabul, were largely to blame for allowing the hijackings to occur. But as to the differences between the two hijacking incidences, the most glaring was the Taliban’s response.
UZBEKISTAN’S TRADE LIBERALIZATION: KEY TO CENTRAL ASIAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
By Dr. Robert M. Cutler (2/16/2000 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: In 1993–1994, the World Bank and the IMF strongly supported Uzbekistan's impressive fiscal policy. However, a poor cotton harvest and lack of hard currency reserves led the authorities to increase government control over the national currency, the som. The Central Bank sharply limited and continues to limit the amount of cash soms in circulation.
UYGHUR "SEPARATISM": CHINA'S POLICIES IN XINJIANG FUEL DISSENT
By Justin Ben-Adam Rudelson (2/16/2000 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Although China's brutal suppression of the Tibetans garners a great deal of international attention, outbreaks of Uyghur violent protest against the government have made Xinjiang more of a worrisome political flash point to the government than either Taiwan or Tibet. The execution of Uyghurs for "separatist" activities have been numerous since February 1997 when huge protests broke out in Ili, near the Kazakhstan border and turned violent. At least ten possibly as many as 300 were killed.
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