China opposed to nuclear test

China is "resolutely opposed" to the nuclear test conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the Foreign Ministry said in a harshly worded statement last week.

"On October 9, the DPRK flagrantly conducted a nuclear test in disregard of the common opposition of the international community. The Chinese Government is resolutely opposed to this act," said the statement.

According to a report by the official Korean Central News Agency, the DPRK conducted an underground nuclear test last Monday morning.

China and Russia link up

China and Russia, two of the world's major energy consumers and producers, plan to spend US$10 billion over the next five years to build power plants along the Sino-Russian border to satisfy China's surging energy demand.

The planned generators have a total capacity of 10 GW (gigawatts), about 2 per cent of China's installed capacity of 508 GW by the end of last year, according to a statement on the website of the Beijing-based State Grid Corp of China.

"According to the initial plan agreed by both sides, Russian electricity monopoly Unified Energy System (UES) will work with its Chinese counterpart to build a string of power stations in the Far East region bordering China, and export the electricity back to China," the statement said.

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