China, Russia and the changing pace of trade
China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin have a warm relationship – but cold winds are blowing across their shared border. |||
Beijing – The warmth of the friendship between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin – who meet on Wednesday for the eighth time in two years – does little to counter the bitter economic winds blowing through their shared border.In the Chinese city of Heihe, neon-lit high-rises line the banks of the Amur river facing Siberia’s Blagoveshchensk powered by electricity from hydroelectric plants over the border.Cyrillic signs greet shoppers from the north, …read more
Source: Independent Online
