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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChinese gas company pauses $500 million Russia project (Beijing wary of sanctions)
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/exclusive-chinas-sinopec-pauses-russia-projects-beijing-wary-sanctions-sources-2022-03-25/EXCLUSIVE China's Sinopec pauses Russia projects, Beijing wary of sanctions -sources
March 25 (Reuters) - China's state-run Sinopec Group has suspended talks for a major petrochemical investment and a gas marketing venture in Russia, sources told Reuters, heeding a government call for caution as sanctions mount over the invasion of Ukraine.
The move by Asia's biggest oil refiner to hit the brakes on a potentially half-billion-dollar investment in a gas chemical plant and a venture to market Russian gas in China highlights the risks, even to Russia's most important diplomatic partner, of unexpectedly heavy Western-led sanctions.
Beijing has repeatedly voiced opposition to the sanctions, insisting it will maintain normal economic and trade exchanges with Russia, and has refused to condemn Moscow's actions in Ukraine or call them an invasion. read more
But behind the scenes, the government is wary of Chinese companies running afoul of sanctions - it is pressing companies to tread carefully with investments in Russia, its second-largest oil supplier and third-largest gas provider.
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Chinese gas company pauses $500 million Russia project (Beijing wary of sanctions) (Original Post)
pnwmom
Mar 2022
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China does not like Putin enough to risk business with the rest of the world
LetMyPeopleVote
Mar 2022
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I hope it cuts into his weekly billion dollar oil income. Go China
dchill
(38,324 posts)2. I'd call that an aftershock.
LetMyPeopleVote
(144,005 posts)3. China does not like Putin enough to risk business with the rest of the world