In the pipeline
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2633952
Apr 29th 2004 | BEIJING AND MOSCOW
From The Economist print edition
China and Japan are locked in a fierce diplomatic and economic
struggle to win access to Russian oil
THE oil city of Daqing, in the bleak plains of north-eastern China,
was once a proud symbol of the country's self-reliant spirit. The
discovery of huge reserves there in 1959 allowed China to end its
dependence on Soviet oil supplies, and fortified the country in its
subsequent cold-war struggle with its fellow communist neighbour.
Daqing's ubiquitous rigs still pump away, but output from the ageing
field is dropping off. Meanwhile, China's economic boom has produced a
growing hunger for energy that only foreign supplies can satisfy.
Energy strategists in Beijing now see great promise in the former
Soviet Union. Unfortunately, so too does China's old rival, Japan.
Daqing
http://news.google.com/news?q=Daqing&num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=gn
http://www.google.com/search?q=Daqing&num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&tab=nw&sa=N
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q=Daqing&safe=images&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&as_scoring=d&lr=&num=100&hl=en
Is the wakening giant a monster?
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A Blueprint for the Future
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