Friction and Reconciliation: The Path of Contemporary Sino-Russia Energy Cooperation

Author(s): Li Lifan
Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Aglaya Snetkov, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 113
Pages: 14-16
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute of History, University of Basel
Publication Year: 2012

This article analyzes the likely trends and limitations of Sino-Russian energy cooperation. Moscow and Beijing are interested in mutual cooperation on oil and gas. This interest in cooperation is based on common interests for which neither side would have to give anything up. At the same time, a number of restrictions on the development of cooperation exist.

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