The Kyrgyz government has temporarily suspended mining operations by China's Zhong Ji Mining Co. in Kyrgyzstan's Naryn province after violent protests by locals against the company's presence, AKIpress reported Aug. 7. Meanwhile, China and Kyrgyzstan held joint counterterrorism exercises in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.
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