JRL NEWSWATCH: “What to watch for at Xi’s meeting with Putin” – Reuters
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“… [F]ive things to watch for … DEFENCE BOSSES … Defence Minister Li Shangfu has not been seen in public for more than six weeks …. For China, Russia is … a rich potential source of technology as the People’s Liberation Army … seeks to modernise … WEAPONS FOR WAR? … The United States has warned China against sending … weapons to Russia …. BEST FRIENDS? Both Putin and Xi like to project a close friendship …. OIL AND GAS The heads of … Gazprom [] and Rosneft [], Alexei Miller and Igor Sechin, will join Putin’s retinue … to China ….
Russia wants … to sell more natural gas to China and plans to build the Power of Siberia-2 pipeline … travers[ing] Mongolia …. bring[ing] gas from the Yamal peninsula … in western Siberia to China, the world’s top energy consumer and a growing gas consumer. … SOARING TRADE? [Sino-Russian] [t]rade … soared 30% in the first half of [2023] …. Russia is now China’s second largest trade partner outside Asia, second only to the United States ….”