China

New Far East Container Port At Posyet To Service The Primorsky International Transport Corridor  

China, Exports, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport

A new terminal for transhipment of various cargoes, including containers and grain, will be built in the port of Posyet in Primorsky Krai. Russia’s VTB bank are to finance the project, with a total investment of about ₽10 billion (US$106 million). The corresponding agreement was signed during the recent Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. VTB […]

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Flying fish

Container Ship Traverses St. Petersburg – Shanghai Via Northern Sea Route In Record Time

China, Exports, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Trade

The Panamax container ship Flying Fish 1 has just completed its journey along the Northern Sea Route, navigating its way from St. Petersburg to Shanghai in 21 days at an average speed of 16 knots or about 30 kilometers per hour. What makes this voyage significant for the global shipping world and supply chain logistics

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Russia, China Discuss Mineral Drilling Project In Antarctica

China, Infrastructure, Miscellaneous

It doesn’t get much further into the Global South than Antarctica, and Russia and China are in talks over joint drilling of the Gamburtsev Mountain Range in the middle of the continent, the Russian Federal Agency for Mineral Resources (Rosnedra) has stated. Last month, the Chinese cities of Beijing and Changchun hosted international conferences on

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Russia, China, Iran and Pakistan Discuss Afghanistan Security and Reconstruction 

China, Security, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has been in New York attending the annual UN General Assembly. Russia, China, Iran and Pakistan are full members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and Afghanistan is an observer country. Afghan representatives did not attend the meeting having been denied US Visas because some members of the government are on

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Oil to China

Russia, Iran, Overtake Saudi Arabia and Iraq As Leading Oil Exporters To China

China, Energy, Trade

The Future Iraq Institute for Economic Research and Consulting has reported that Iraq and Saudi Arabia have lost their positions as the largest oil exporters to China due to purchasing incentives offered by Russia and Iran. According to the report, Russia captured 22% of China’s oil imports in August 2024, offering prices that were 6%

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Russia Wants To Reel In China’s Growing Fish Consumer Market

BRICS, China, Trade

Russian fish exporters need to actively develop new niche markets through marketing tools, according to German Zverev, President of the All-Russian Association of Fishermen. This will be of interest to Russian sales and marketing businesses with China market capabilities. According to Zverev, China is currently the second largest global importer of fish products after the

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Russia Begins Paying China Traders In Hong Kong Using Couriered Gold

China, Economy, Finance, Trade

Some Russian businesses have begun using gold to pay Chinese suppliers to get around US sanctions and threats of sanctions against Chinese banks affecting Russia-China bank transfers. The alternative solution means that gold is purchased in Russia, transported by private courier to Hong Kong, where it is sold, and the cash is deposited into the

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Khabharovsk City

New China Border Checkpoint At Big Ussuri Island Spurs Additional Investment Projects 

China, Infrastructure, Investment, Logistics & Transport, Trade

The redevelopment of Big Ussuri Island, including the opening of a new Russia-China border crossing, is stimulating billions of rubles of investment into the area, according to the Khabarovsk Minister of Economic Development, Viktor Kalashnikov.    Bolshoi (Big) Ussuri Island is on the Amur River, along the border between Russia and China. The Russian part of

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