A kite seller hawks his wares in a landlocked Middle Eastern country that borders six others, including China and Turkmenistan. Kite fighting is a popular pastime here. Strings are run through glue and ground glass so that handlers can cut the strings of other kites. The last kite flying wins. Name the country. Entries close at 4pm on Wednesday, January 2. The answer to last week's quiz was Valparaiso.