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German Spy Chief Says China’s Tech Takeovers Are a Security Risk
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s top counterintelligence official said Chinese acquisitions of high-tech companies in Germany represent a potential national-security threat.
July 24, 2018 Source: Bloomberg
U.S. Rebuffed at U.N. on North Korea Sanctions Enforcement (Published 2018)
Russia and China blocked an American request for disciplinary action to stop what the United States called illegal oil sales to North Korea.
July 19, 2018 Source: The New York Times
In a first, Spy Chiefs from Russia, China and Pakistan meet in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Spy chiefs from Russia, China, Iran and Pakistan met in Islamabad on Tuesday to discuss threat posed by the emergence of Daesh (Islamic State) in
July 11, 2018 Source: Times of Islamabad
India to hold maritime dialogues with China, Russia to discuss Indo-Pacific policy
Follow-up on PM Narendra Modi’s Indo-Pacific policy
July 5, 2018 Source: The Hindu
Exclusive poll: Americans' fear of China spikes as North Korea fades
But Russia remains the greatest perceived threat.
June 21, 2018 Source: Axios
China’s internet lights up as Russia crush Saudi Arabia in World Cup opener
Memes featuring Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince make the rounds on Weibo
June 15, 2018 Source: South China Morning Post
Two photos that perfectly sum up the state of global leadership in 2018
While Donald Trump clashed with leaders at the G7 summit, Xi Jinping drank happily with Russia’s Vladimir Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting.
June 11, 2018 Source: Quartz
China, Russia Cementing Rising Eastern Bloc as Trump Rattles G-7
As U.S. President Donald Trump left the Group of Seven nations in turmoil this weekend, China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin were putting on a very different show on the other side of the world.
June 10, 2018 Source: Bloomberg
China says to offer $4.7 bln in loans under SCO framework
Chinese President Xi Jinping, speaking at a summit of regional security bloc, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), said the country would offer the equivalent of 30 billion yuan ($4.7 billion) in loans under a framework formed by SCO countries.
June 9, 2018 Source: U.S.
Xi touts Putin ties as US tensions bring them closer
President Xi Jinping gave China's first friendship medal to Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday as the neighbouring giants touted their close ties amid diplomatic and economic challenges from the US. Xi placed the large golden medal around Putin's neck at the grandiose Great Hall of the People in front of dignitaries from both countries. China's "highest honour" is bestowed on foreigners who have made "outstanding contributions" to the country's modernisation drive and helped maintain world peace, Xi said.
June 8, 2018 Source: yahoosg
Russia Joins China's Race for Next-Generation Nuclear Reactors
China has agreed to pursue building next-generation nuclear reactors designed by Russia’s Rosatom Corp., the latest player seeking a boost for its new technology from China’s embrace of atomic power.
June 8, 2018 Source: Bloomberg
‘The West has missed the boat’ as China and Russia move into the Central African Republic
The CAR, mired in poverty and with most of the country in the hands of militia groups, is being courted by cash-rich China, with Russia providing military support
May 24, 2018 Source: BusinessLIVE
First stop, Russia: why Wang Qishan is heading to St Petersburg
First stop, Russia: why China’s new foreign policy supremo Wang Qishan is looking to Moscow
May 21, 2018 Source: South China Morning Post
Chinese defense chief says his trip to Russia is a signal to the US | CNN
The US should take notice of China and Russia's increasingly close military ties, a top Chinese official said Tuesday.
April 4, 2018 Source: CNN
China's first (and fallen) space lab was a prism for its space ambitions
One Monday, the Tiangong-1 space lab burned up over the South Pacific. Its short life was a giant step forward for China's plans to become a leading space power.
March 26, 2018 Source: Quartz
Putin performs unexpected piano recital in Beijing | CNN
Vladimir Putin, Russia's leading Renaissance man, has just shown off yet another hidden talent: He's a trained pianist.
May 14, 2017 Source: CNN
Afghanistan’s relentless opium woes have a 'new seed in town,' and it comes from China
Afghanistan's opium production is up because of new genetically modified "Chinese seed" that allows opium to be grown year round.
March 25, 2017 Source: CNBC
Russia signs 30-year deal worth $400bn to deliver gas to China
Experts warn that deal is likely to increase cost of gas in Europe and add to pressure to find alternative sources of fuel
May 21, 2014 Source: the Guardian
China and Russia Reach 30-Year Gas Deal (Published 2014)
Capping a decade-long negotiation, the two countries agreed on Wednesday to a deal, expected to be worth about $400 billion, that would send gas from Siberia by pipeline to China.
May 21, 2014 Source: The New York Times