President Putin is in China today and the consequences could mark this visit as one of the big ones.
Top of the list is the 30 year gas Deal, which all indications from both Russian and Chinese media is expected to be signed during the visit. The mega trillion yuan deal (no dollars will be involved) may be the headline grabber, but other announcements from Russia today indicate that there other deals no less momentous likely to be signed.
Building on the basic frameworks and physical requirements of the Gas Pipeline, Putin has made it clear that there are significant opportunities for Chinese companies and Capital to develop the Russian Far East and the creation of a Free Trade Zone. Whether this is simply offered as a bilateral measure or through the SCO is something yet to be seen.
This itself is being used a foundation for further strategic co-operation between the two countries
The stated projects are interesting in their own right, but such connections between Space Agencies has plenty of potential to quickly morph into areas of intelligence gathering, Integrated Air Defence and indeed Space Defence.
It also fits nicely into the pattern being discussed elsewhere about joint industrial/development projects for AeroSpace/defence Companies.
If one thing comes out of this meeting, it is the prospect of very substantial amounts of Chinese Capital about to start heading north and much of it going into strategic defence related projects and the big push to complete the modern transport infrastructure to fully connect the East and West of the Eurasian landmass and reopen the heart of the continent for trade and logistics.
Top of the list is the 30 year gas Deal, which all indications from both Russian and Chinese media is expected to be signed during the visit. The mega trillion yuan deal (no dollars will be involved) may be the headline grabber, but other announcements from Russia today indicate that there other deals no less momentous likely to be signed.
Building on the basic frameworks and physical requirements of the Gas Pipeline, Putin has made it clear that there are significant opportunities for Chinese companies and Capital to develop the Russian Far East and the creation of a Free Trade Zone. Whether this is simply offered as a bilateral measure or through the SCO is something yet to be seen.
This itself is being used a foundation for further strategic co-operation between the two countries
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin and Deputy Prime Minister of the Chinese State Council Wang Yang met in the Chinese capital on Monday and signed a protocol to create a high-level working group for control over implementation of priority strategic projects in Russian-Chinese economic cooperation.
“We decided to single out most interesting projects and place them under personal control of the two deputy prime ministers,” Dmitry Rogozin told ITAR-TASS after the meeting.
“We agreed that the chiefs of Chinese and Russian space agencies will have talks soon. This is cooperation in enlarging the market of space services,” Rogozin said. “This is primarily navigation satellite systems Beidou and GLONASS, joint production of signal-reception modules, joint development of ground infrastructure to provide for all transport corridors between Russia and China and Chinese cargo transit to the West via Russia by specific navigation systems," he added.
The stated projects are interesting in their own right, but such connections between Space Agencies has plenty of potential to quickly morph into areas of intelligence gathering, Integrated Air Defence and indeed Space Defence.
It also fits nicely into the pattern being discussed elsewhere about joint industrial/development projects for AeroSpace/defence Companies.
If one thing comes out of this meeting, it is the prospect of very substantial amounts of Chinese Capital about to start heading north and much of it going into strategic defence related projects and the big push to complete the modern transport infrastructure to fully connect the East and West of the Eurasian landmass and reopen the heart of the continent for trade and logistics.