Putin comes to China for talks
Beijing: Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in China on Tuesday for talks with President Hu Jintao. The talks are expected to focus on energy, defence, terrorism and other international issues and the two sides plan to sign several bilateral agreements after formal talks between Putin and Hu are concluded.

Chinese officials are hopeful that the agreements would include a feasibility study for building a branch to China of Russia's planned trans-Siberian oil pipeline.

Bilateral trade between the two countries was valued at about 30 billion dollars last year, and the two countries aim to increase it between $60 billion and $80 billion dollars by 2010.
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