Khurmat Babadjanov is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Uzbek Service.
Interest in Chinese language and culture is booming in Uzbekistan, where students see a world of opportunity in the strengthening of traditional ties between Beijing and Tashkent. RFE/RL correspondents Farangis Najibullah and Khurmat Babajanov report.
Hapless refugees from a "massacre" in one of the poorest and most volatile pockets of Central Asia work hard to build new lives abroad while hanging on to their old ones in Uzbekistan.