‘China to avoid dangerous maritime route thanks to gas deal with Russia’ — RT Op-Edge.
Most of China’s energy resources are imported via the Pacific, and is threatened by the US military presence. The gas deal with Russia allows China to minimize the risks, China-based journalist Brendan O’Reilly told RT.
Russia and China have agreed a second gas deal, the so-called western route. President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping signed a memorandum of understanding at the Asia-Pacific summit in Beijing. The deal is expected to be signed next year and secure a yearly supply of 30 billion cubic meters of gas to China.
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RT: Russia and China are inching towards their second huge gas deal. How big is this agreement? What does this deal mean for Russia, China and the rest of the world?
Brendan O’Reilly: For Russia and China obviously there is a lot of mutual interest involved in this deal. Russia has tremendous reserves of natural gas and other energy resources, and China needs this natural gas to fuel its economy which is still going quite robustly.
RT: Why is China looking to Russia, not Europe?
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