Karimov Visits China

[stanford]

China and Uzbekistan, along with Russia, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, are members of the China-backed Shanghai Cooperation Organization, formed to combat what they consider the common threat of Islamic extremism and separatism.


http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2005/05/25/international/i082458D80.DTL