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China is focused on ‘new oil’ from Kazakhstan
ASTANA, Kazakhstan – Kenges Rakishev, one of the richest men in Kazakhstan, stepped off a private jet at a Soviet-era airport and hopped into the lead car of a convoy of sport utility vehicles. The cars tore down a two-lane road, zipping past the snow- …