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Nearly 2,000 flights have been made between Russia and China as of April 2025, up 57% year-on-year, according to Wang Riu of the China National Tourist Office in Moscow. She said, “The number of flights between China and Russia is growing, with flights between Russian and Chinese cities reaching 1,903 in April 2025. This is […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a new law promoting the local production of taxicabs used in the country. According to the legislation, Russian passenger cars would have to meet two conditions in order to be included in the taxi registry: either score a sufficient number of localization points or be produced under a special […]
In the city of Blagoveshchensk, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia’s first production line for iron sulfate monohydrate, a key component for agriculture and agrochemicals, has begun operation. The project was implemented by Blagoveshchensk TOR resident, Russian Couper Company LLC, with financial support from the Industrial Development Fund (IDF). Iron sulphate monohydrate is in agricultural demand as […]
The world’s first cross-border cableway, which will connect Russia and China and stretch across the Amur (Heilongjiang) river, will cost more than ₽13 billion (US$164 million) according to the latest projections, according to Ekaterina Kuzmina, the CEO of the Agency for the Development of Project Initiatives (ARPI). Kuzmina said that “Right now, the total project […]
A joint project of Russia’s Tatneft and Kazakhstan’s Samruk-Kazyna wealth fund to build a butadiene plant is to begin its investment phase in July 2025, with China Tianchen Engineering Corporation as its contractor, the Kazakhstan government’s press service has said. Butadiene is a colorless gas and a crucial industrial chemical primarily used to produce synthetic […]
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China has suggested that Russia boost oil supplies via Kazakhstan by 2.5 million tonnes per year, and Russia is ready to do this, according to Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak. He was speaking about the protocol on amendments to the intergovernmental agreement approved by the Russian government. Novak clarified that “This is a proposal […]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has noted that the rapid growth of exchanges between Russian regions and Chinese provinces helps identify a variety of new investment projects, according to his statements to participants of the Russian-Chinese forum in Khabarovsk. Lavrov said that “the Sino-Russian relations of comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction are a model of […]
This past May 16, 2025 in the town of Suifenhe, Heilongjiang Province, China, the Russian Export Center (REC) jointly with Chinese partners opened the first warehouse distribution center under the “Made in Russia” brand. The total area of the warehouse distribution center in Suifenhe is 4,600 sq. m. The warehouse already stores more than 900 […]
We present an overview of the Chinese sea and rail transportation market, the reasons for the drop in shipping rates and the increase in railway tariffs, as well as what can be expected in the near future. The container transportation market between China and Russia remains difficult. Shipping rates have continued to drop since the […]
The US-China economic struggle is a tangled issue that involves both industrial and financial decoupling. The tariff saga initiated by the US in 2025 has caused not only a Chinese, but a global rethinking of buying and holding US debt. The old global model was that China would sell goods into the US and stockpile […]
China and Russia are planning to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon to power the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS), a project it is developing with Russia starting with the Chang’e-8 mission. The plan was revealed by Pei Zhaoyu, chief engineer of the Chang’e-8 mission in April 2025. The Chang’e-8 mission, set to […]
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