Changing times Nov 13, 2009
Not surprisingly, the number one trading partner for many businesses in Blagoveshchensk is China, which lies just across the Amur river. But in all other respects, the city is typically Russian, Mr Dalziel says. (BBC News -- Europe)
• Petroglyphs in Southeast Alaska Nov 5, 2009
Our petroglyphs, especially those with mask like faces, do bear some similarity to those of the Amur River region of eastern Siberia. Much remains to be learned about these early migrants to North America and their relation to present-day Native peoples of the coast. (Juneau Empire)
* China and Russia: friends for now Aug 4, 2009
In 2004, Russia settled a long-running border dispute with China, handing over Tarabarov island in the Amur river, and half of another large island, Bolshoy Ussuriysky ... Next door, across the Amur river in northeastern China, there are 107 million Chinese ... During the summer, after the ice encrusting the Amur river melts, Russian tourists travel to China from the attractive Russian town of Khabarovsk. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Banyan: Blind-sided in Asia Jul 10, 2009
Across the Amur river in China, it is 140 times as much. Russians sometimes worry that they have only a tenuous hold on their vast eastern possessions. (The Economist)
Cells Use Import Machinery To Export Their Goods As Well Jul 9, 2009
(June 4, 2008) In a decision that could jeopardize already imperiled sturgeons, more caviar will be exported from Caspian Sea and Amur River states this year as a result of unacceptably permissive new trade quotas. (Jan. (Science Daily)
World Watch: Russian City Strategic Choice For Summit May 23, 2009
In a classic Oriental style, President Medvedev presented E.U. High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana with a map of the Khabarovsk territory and also took the jet-lagged E.U. delegation that had just traveled nine time zones on a boat ride on the Amur river - apparently, as a graphic visual demonstration of how close Russia is to China. The whole show was very elegantly and professionally done, Alexei Makarkin said. (CBS News -- World)
Persistent tension over energy at Russia-EU summit May 22, 2009
From left, EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana walk before a boat trip on the Amur River outside the Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk, about 6,100 km (3,800 miles) east of Moscow, Thursday, May 21, 2009. Russian and European Union leaders met Thursday for a two-day summit clouded by persistent tension over natural gas supplies to Europe and last year's war between Russia and Georgia. (Erie Times-News, PA)
