The Associated Press: New 'Great Game' for Central Asia Riches

The Associated Press: New 'Great Game' for Central Asia Riches: "Russia sees Central Asia as an inheritance from its imperial Czarist and Communist past. For China, with its appetite for raw materials and its awakening as a world power, Central Asia is the Wild West: a land of opportunity, a reservoir of resources and a corridor to the Middle East's oil fields and Europe's wealthy shopping districts."