VOA Chinese, June 17, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110617-Hu-Jin-Tao-visits-in-Russia-124061579.html
("俄罗斯能源市场分析师亚历山德罗夫说，中国总体上并不缺天然气。两国目前讨论的是经俄国阿尔太地区到中国新疆的西线天然气管道。但中亚天然气管道也同样经新疆进入中国，这造成中国进口天然气分布不均衡。他认为，俄罗斯可开采离俄中边境不远的科维克金天然气田，向中国东北地区供气，这对中国更有吸引力/但俄方一直坚持首先兴建西线管道，这也是谈判一直无法获得突破的另一个原因")
Note:
(a) 科维克金天然气田 Kovykta field
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kovykta_field
(undeloped; in Irkutsk Oblast [which sits just beyond Mongolia]; discovered in 1987)
* Gazprom
(the largest extractor of natural gas in the world; was created in 1989 when the Ministry of Gas Industry of the Soviet Union transformed itself into a corporation, keeping all its assets intact. The company was later privatized in part, but currently the Russian government holds a controlling stake)
Check out the map in section 5 Transmission, and you will realize that Gazprom's natural gas pipelines are all in European part of Russia.
(b) Pipeline politics: Gazprom Increases Role as Natural Gas Supplier to China. Putin Watch, Mar 1, 2011.
http://putinwatcher.blogspot.com/2011/03/pipeline-politics-gazprom-increases.html
On Mar 1, 2011 Gazprom paid $773 million to a reluctant TNK-BP for Kovytka natural gas field.
You can see from the map that currently there is no natural gas pipeline to--or close to--China.
(c) China Won't Pay European Price for Russian Gas. RIA Novosti, June 17, 2011
http://en.rian.ru/business/20110617/164680397.html
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(1) 胡锦涛：中俄边境争端已解决. VOA Chinese, June 16, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110616-RUSSIA-CHINA-124045194.html
("胡锦涛星期四在莫斯科与俄罗斯总统梅德韦杰夫共同纪念《中俄睦邻友好合作条约》签署10周年")
Note: Signed on July 16, 2001 Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation Between the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation did not swap land. The Teaty followed
1991 Sino-Soviet Border Agreement
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Sino-Soviet_Border_Agreement
(Two areas, Heixiazi and Abagaitu Islet, were excluded from the agreement, and their status would not be resolved until 2004)
(2) 对抗大陆军力增强台湾发展自卫武器. VOA Chinese, June 16, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110616-taiwan-military-124036114.html
Note: This is translatd from
Ralph Jennings, Taiwan Develops Advanced Missiles. VOA English, June 16
, 2011
, whcih I introduced to you yesterday.
(3) 学者：美中关系不应非敌即友. VOA Chinese, June 16, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110616-american-policy-toward-china-124035209.html
Note: 美国兰德公司伊利·拉特纳博士 Ely Ratner, Associate Political Scientist, Washington Office, Rand
http://www.rand.org/about/people/r/ratner_ely.html
(4) 台湾否认将在南海进行军演. BBC Chinese, June 17, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/06/110617_taiwan_spraylys.shtml
Note: M41 Walker Bulldog
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M41_Walker_Bulldog
(Variant: M41A3 - M41A1 tanks that had their engines upgraded to fuel injection; 675 M41 and M41D vehicles in service with the Republic of China Marine Corps and Republic of China Army)
(5) 浙江参访团进入台空军基地参观引争议. VBBC Chinese, June 17, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/06/110617_taiwan_air_base.shtml
(6) 中国军队本月两次在南海举行军演. BBC Chinese, June 17, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/06/110617_china_drills.shtml
(7) 中国海监增舰船提升海洋维权能力. BBC Chinese, June 17, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/06/110617_china_maritime_forces.shtml
(8) 蒙古总统承诺对美国开放能源合作. BBC Chinese, June 17, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2011/06/110617_mongolia_us_energy.shtml
In the original posting (see attached), I forgot to provide URL:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazprom
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* Gazprom
(the largest extractor of natural gas in the world; was created in 1989 when the Ministry of Gas Industry of the Soviet Union transformed itself into a corporation, keeping all its assets intact. The company was later privatized in part, but currently the Russian government holds a controlling stake)
Check out the map in section 5 Transmission, and you will realize that Gazprom's natural gas pipelines are all in European part of Russia.