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Along the Russian border

The above scene looks like it might be along a Russian street. Actually, it’s in the Chinese border city of Manzhouli, where most shop signs are in Cyrillic to attract Russian traders. As I mentioned in an earlier blog post,... ...full story at Tim Johnson

from Tim Johnson on Tue, Mar 24 2009

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02 Jul 07		Suifenhe, China » YouTube videoBrief introduction to the city on the Sino-Russian border
07 Apr 09		Russian oil pipeline to reach Chinese border within weeks: Putin » People's Daily The Russian state oil pipeline Transneft will finish the laying of the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean(ESPO) oil pipeline to the Chinese border within weeks, said Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Monday when presenting to the State Duma, lower house of...
03 Oct 07		From Guns to Greetings: Defrosting China's Borders (2) » People's Daily "We salute every time we meet the Russian soldiers on the river or patrolling on ice during winter. We shout hello in Russian, and they greet us in Chinese," says Jia Pengfei, head of a border sentry post. China and Russia share a 4,30 ...
19 Mar 09		China-Russia trade faces challenges but bright prospects remain » People's Daily Zhou Deshun looked disheartened at his store in Suifenhe, a small city near the Chinese-Russian border, as there was not even a single customer for almost a whole day. "Business is hard hit this year as there are much fewer Russian customers...
01 Jan 08		Russians flood into China to mark New Year with food, sun and shopping » People's Daily While Chinese were counting down the hours to the start of 2008, many Russian tourists crossed the border to join them. Manzhouli, a city in the northeastern area of Inner Mongolia and China's largest land point of entry on the Chi ...
11 Jun 09		Chinese, Russian soldiers put out grassland fire on national border » People's Daily More than 100 Chinese and Russian soldiers put out a fire that ravaged on grassland on the national border, said firefighters on Thursday. According to an officer surnamed Zhang, the fire, near the PortManzhouli of north China's Inner Mongolia, was...

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