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13 Feb 2012Jamestown Foundation

Tajikistan to lease 6,000 hectares of land to China

A controversial plan approved by Tajikistan’s Ministry of Agriculture to lease 6,000 hectares of land to China for development has been met with suspicion by some members of the country’s political opposition

18 Jan 2012Central Asia Online

Tajikistan to lease farmland to Chinese

Tajikistan says it will allow Chinese farmers to rent 200ha of southern Tajik farmland.

27 Jan 2011RadioFreeEurope

Tajikistan agrees to allow Chinese farmers to till land

Deal adds to anger over decision just a week earlier to cede some 1,100 square kilometers of Tajik land to China.

04 Jun 2009Wikileaks

Wikileaks: Qatari officials discuss currency, sovereign wealth funds, investment, and Iran with Secretary Paulson

"Finance Minister Yousef Hussein Kamal said he had personally been traveling to Vietnam, Cambodia, Yemen, Sudan, Tajikistan, and elsewhere to look into investing in agricultural production for the Qatari market," reports the US Embassy in Doha about a visit from US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson

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