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China’s Pipeline Diplomacy

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Sep 07, 2007
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In securing approval to build a natural gas pipeline from northern Turkmenistan to China, PetroChina, the country’s largest oil company, has pulled off a move with striking geopolitical implications, providing an extra bloodline for the world’s fastest growing economy.

For its part, Turkmenistan regards the China deal, signed in July, as an opportunity t…

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