The pros and cons of Chinese investment in Tajikistan's gold mining sector

The investments generate money for the government but harm local populations

Originally published on Global Voices

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China controls over 75 percent of Tajikistan’s output of gold and for the last 30 years, it has remained the biggest foreign investor in the country’s struggling economy.

There are currently 40 known gold deposits in the country with an estimated 500 tons of total gold resources — much of which has remained unexplored.

The government...