Pipeline pulls region closer
By Wu Jiao in Saman-Depe and Zhang Jin in Beijing | China Daily | Updated: 2009-12-15 07:48
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Leaders from four nations celebrate the opening of a gas pipeline linking Turkmenistan to China's Xinjiang. Pictured (from left) are Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, President Hu Jintao, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov and Uzbek President Islam Karimov. Lan Hongguang |
China and Central Asia opened a new "Silk Road" yesterday when President Hu Jintao and leaders from three other nations officially opened a natural gas pipeline linking Turkmenistan to China's Xinjiang region.
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