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Introduction: Beyond the silk roads -- 'Take your help away and leave us in peace!' the anthropology of geopolitics as lived -- Inter-Asian corridor of connectivity (1) : the Eurasian world--China, Russia, Ukraine and Western Europe -- Inter-Asian corridor of connectivity (2) : West Asia--China, the Arabian Peninsula and Turkey -- 'Welcome to Yiwu, China international trade city' everyday life in a Chinese commercial node -- Minorities, commerce and the legacy of Muslim Asia's urban cosmopolitanism : Afghanistan's Hindus and Sikhs -- An alternative Eurasian economic geography : Afghanistan's role in long-distance distance trade -- Afghan restaurants in inter-Asian worlds : prestige, information pooling and cross-cultural exchange in long-distance trade -- Conclusion: Geopolitics, critical responsiveness and navigational agency in Eurasian connectivity.