Russia moves to the “Chinese track” not in a figurative but in the literal sense of the term.
To demonstrate China’s interest in cooperation, Russia has taken the unprecedented step of not. The Russian Ministry itself proposed to provide a railway linking the Chinese city of Hunchun and the Russian port of Zarubino railway gauge 1520 mm is not in line with Russian standards and standard in China is 1435 mm.
MEAs emphasizes that it is not about the global redesign of the existing road network. It is only on the newly constructed railway serving the far Eastern ports.
However, the Chinese Agency “Sinhua” has published a material in which it is emphasized that “assignment”, which made Russia the Chinese side, has a symbolic value.
The Agency reminds that a special standard gauge adopted in Russia in the interests of military security. This measure was intended to hinder the enemy military supply of troops in case of invasion of Russia. At the same time, the Agency emphasizes, however neither were close economic ties of Russia with Europe, the European standard gauge in Russia was never introduced.
In fact — this is the first time in history, when the territory of Russia there is the infrastructure of another country, reports with pride the Agency.
Deputy Secretary General of China Association for the development of enterprises abroad, Janeway Hae, noticed that China perceives the road project Hunchun – Zarubino seriously as a strategic access not just to the port, and to the border areas and the entire Russian market.
The Chinese official also has noticed that speech does not go about creation in Russia of a “parallel” network of roads with Chinese standard, but not guaranteed, “That in the future China will not begin to lobby for the expansion of its network of Railways in the Russian Federation”.
