Asia Newsday > Politics > China’s Russian oil imports surged over 50 per cent in May, boosted by discounts amid Ukraine war sanctions PoliticsChina’s Russian oil imports surged over 50 per cent in May, boosted by discounts amid Ukraine war sanctionsPoliticsJune 20, 2022posted on Jun. 20, 2022 at 1:00 pm China spent US$5.8 billion to import a record 8.42 million tonnes of crude oil from Russia last month, helped by discounts offered by suppliers facing Western sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine. READ SOURCE See also Malaysian economy to grow 4.8% in 2020 vs 4.7% in 2019 Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on RedditasianewsdayJune 20, 2022 You Might Also LikePoliticsXi Jinping’s meet-and-greet with Hong Kong’s elite set tongues wagging on pecking order of political big guns and second-generation tycoonsJuly 2, 2022PoliticsChina eases Covid entry restriction to allow transit via third countryJuly 2, 2022PoliticsXi Jinping’s speech at 25th anniversary of handover ceremony is ‘most definitive assessment’ of ‘one country, two systems’ and a ‘calming pill’ for doubters: Beijing officialJuly 2, 2022PoliticsXi Jinping in Hong Kong: what the Chinese president’s entourage tells us about Beijing’s thinking about the cityJuly 1, 2022Hong Kong legal sector chiefs ‘encouraged’ by Xi Jinping’s remarks on preserving common law system and independent judiciary, but some lawyers express doubtsJuly 1, 2022PoliticsChina’s Li Keqiang calls for new infrastructure push to shake off economic slowdownJuly 1, 2022PoliticsXi praises Hong Kong PLA garrison for city’s transition from ‘chaos’ to ‘stability’July 1, 2022Newly sworn-in Hong Kong leader John Lee vows to take a ‘can-do’ attitude to solve problems, day by day and ‘won’t let President Xi down’July 1, 2022EMA issues second request for proposal for electricity importsJuly 1, 2022Recommended For YouUK NewsThree Dutch conspiracy theorists jailed for prolonged targeting of Covid public health scientistJuly 2, 2022Tesla delivered 254,695 electric vehicles in the second quarter of 2022July 2, 2022SportsTsitsipas takes on Kyrgios in Wimbledon blockbusterJuly 2, 2022MalaysiaWant to see stability created by Pakatan? Look at Selangor and Penang not 22 months of Putrajaya, says MBJuly 2, 2022Libyan protesters set fire to parliament building in TobrukJuly 2, 2022
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