VOA Chinese, July 3, 2010.
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/europe/20100703-Russia-China-97729274.html
Note: 阿穆尔州首府布拉戈维申斯克 Blagoveshchensk, Administrative Center of
Amur Oblast
* Blagoveshchensk is across Amur River (黑龙江 in Chinese) from 黑龙江省黑河
市, which includes the ancient town Aigun 瑷珲.
---------------Separately
(1) Leila Fadel and Ernesto Londoño, Risk-tolerant China investing
heavily in Iraq as U.S. companies hold back. Washington Post, July 2, 2010.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/01/AR2010070103406.html
(2) Andrew Batson, China’s GDP: Still Number Three. China Real Time, July 2
, 2010.
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2010/07/02/chinas-gdp-still-number-three/
(for 2009, that is)