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Ties between Beijing and Moscow are at their best in years. But old suspicions may yet return
Nothing captures the strengthening state of Sino-Russian relations quite so graphically as 2,800 kilometers of tubular steel. Running from the oil reserves of western Siberia to China's Xinjiang region, this structure will be the first of two new pipelines linking the two countries and is designed to carry 30 billion cubic meters of gas per year.
No more will supplies have to be delivered by rail and, given China's energy hunger and Russia's burgeoning oil and gas capacity, this ...
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