Turkmenistan’s Leader Travels To Beijing As Dependence On China Grows – Analysis

By Reid Standish

(RFE/RL) — Hoping to boost his country’s economic prospects and deepen its energy links with China, Turkmen President Serdar Berdymukhammedov arrived in Beijing on January 5 for a two-day state visit.

Few details have been made available about the trip, but the visit marks Berdymukhammedov’s first...