Russia’s borders: Mongolia looks to its old Big Brother to counterbalance China

This latest part of our series on Russia’s relations with its neighbours focuses on the huge empty land of Mongolia, Moscow’s ori…

China’s property bubble has burst: Economists

BEIJING — China’s property bubble has burst and growth in Asia’s largest economy could slow sharply to less than 6 per cent this …

Amazing Yili River Valley in Xinjiang

Yili River Valley is located in the Yili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture, northwestern part of Xinjiang. It borders Russia and Mongol…

Rosneft Pipelines to and Through Mongolia

Events in Ukraine create both uncertainties and opportunities in Ulaanbaatar. A changing balance of power in Europe and closer ti…

Li Keqiang Exchanges Congratulatory Messages with Prime Minister of Mongolia on Twentieth Anniversary of Amendment to China-Mongolia Friendship and Cooperation Treaty

On April 29, 2014, Premier Li Keqiang exchanged congratulatory messages with Prime Minster Norovyn Altankhuyag of Mongolia, exte…

Uygurs see little to celebrate in Xinjiang's economic development

Xinjiang launched its new intercity rail line on Thursday, but there was no one to cheer off the first train. Instead, armed poli…

China 1st Quarter GDP Rises 7.4%

BEIJING--China's gross domestic product growth slipped in the first quarter to its slowest level in 18 months as the world…

RF Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu suggests shifting of coal flows from Eastern to Southern direction

At the meeting of RF Government, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu suggested the development of coal transportation towards the sout…