China-Russia: an economic 'friendship' that could rattle the world
Watching his Russian clients partying late at a karaoke bar in the eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou recently, Chinese factory manager Chen marvelled at their stamina.
The Russians were feeling ebullient because Chen's products — industrial valves used mainly in oil and mining — offered a low-cost alternative to the European brands they had used before the Ukraine war.
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