Аннотация:The Amur River acted as a barrier between Russia and China in the era of the
Sino-Soviet conflict. However, the Treaty for Good Neighborliness, Friendship,
and Cooperation signed at Moscow by Jiang Zemin of China and Vladimir Putin
of Russia in 2001 has been transforming the conflict-stricken border watercourse
into a river of contact and cooperation. At the time of signing of the treaty, various
kinds of international economic cooperation programs began to be tackled by
government and private initiatives both in the two countries and sometimes even
involving others in the region.
In this paper, we analyze the history and the current status of the four major
projects for Russia-China cooperation across the Amur River. The four projects are:
(1) the China spur of the ESPO oil pipeline; (2) the Power of Siberia gas pipeline;
(3) the Nizheneleninskoe-Tonjiang railway bridge; and (4) the Blagoveshchensk-
Heihe road bridge. The Kimkan & Sutara iron mine development is also seen to be
promoting project (3).