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RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 9, No. 137, Part I, 22 July 2005 TAJIKISTAN, UZBEKISTAN RECEIVE CHINESE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. China has agreed to provide Tajikistan and Uzbekistan with roughly $60 million in grants and loans, Uzbekistan's "Biznes vestnik vostoka" and Interfax reported on 21 July. China's Eximbank signed four loan agreements totaling $40 million with Uzbekistan's National Bank for Foreign Economic Activities during Chinese Deputy Prime Minister Wu Yi's recent visit to Uzbekistan, "Biznes vestnik vostoka" reported. The projects China will fund in Uzbekistan are in the areas of agriculture, communications, and computer equipment. In Tajikistan, China will provide two grants totaling $19.3 million, with the bulk of the funds ($18.7 million) going toward the construction of a tunnel, Interfax reported. The remainder will finance educational exchanges for Tajik students in China. DK