CHINA’S PRESIDENT HU JINTAO AND THREE CENTRAL ASIAN LEADERS OPENED A NEW NATURAL GAS LINE ON MONDAY THAT WILL EVENTUALLY IMPORT 40 BILLION CUBIC METERS OF GAS TO CHINA EACH YEAR. FOX NEWS RADIO’S BILL MARCUS HAS MORE FROM SHANGHAI.
IT USED TO BE CALLED THE GREAT GAME.
BRITAIN AND RUSSIA’S EMPIRES SCRAMBLING FOR THE RESOURCES OF CENTRAL ASIA.
BUT ENERGY THIRSTY CHINA IS PLAYING NOW, TURING ON THE SPIGOT OF A 4-THOUSAND MILE GAS LINE 14-BILLION DOLLARS IN THE MAKING, EFFECTIVELY CUTTING OUT RUSSIA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 200 YEARS.
THE FIRST OF WHAT WILL BE TWO NATURAL GAS LINES DELIVERING ENERGY TO CHINA’S INDUSTRIAL EAST, AND, PRYING LOOSE FROM MOSCOW, JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE — THE FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS OF KAZAKHSTAN, TURKMENISTAN AND UZBEKISTAN.
IN SHANGHAI, BILL MARCUS, FOX NEWS RADIO
Note: If I can locate the MP3 I’ll post it, too.