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fredag, oktober 15, 2010

"Bright Future for Kazakhstan"

Kazakhstan has oil, coal and uranium -- and a capital full of stunning architecture. President Nursultan Nazarbayev hopes his country can become the region's leading economy, but his heavy-handed cult of personality is not universally welcomed. Others worry about China's growing influence. /Der Spiegel

Read more: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,721582,00.html


It wasn't that long ago that the site of Astana, Kazakhstan's gleaming new capital city, was nothing but a wind-swept steppe.


Artikeln är en intressant artikel om Kazakstan, som har blivit ett synnerligen spännande land belägget intill bl.a. ("först och främst":) Kina .

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