Russia’s Deputy Premier Igor Sechin, taking direct aim at Middle Eastern oil producers, has urged Japan to increase its imports of Russian oil in addition to cooperating with his country on the development of its natural resources.

• Date: 20.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 20.05.2010  |  Energy  |  from News from Pacifik

This year marks the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the People's Republic of China and India, a momentous occasion that invites reflection on where the two Asian giants are heading in the much-touted "Asian century".

• Date: 18.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 18.05.2010  |  External Relations  |  from atimes.com

On the coast of China's Jiangsu province, one of the most prosperous regions in the country, there is a cluster of nuclear power plants and wind farms either in operation or soon to come online. Using technology both developed domestically and overseas, they are changing the energy landscape of the area.

• Date: 17.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 17.05.2010  |  Energy  |  from chinadaily.com.cn

China's "growing military muscle" has "raised the urgency for the US and Japan to resolve its standoff over where to station US troops in Japan," Japan's foreign minister said in The Wall Street Journal on May 14.

• Date: 14.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 15.05.2010  |  External Relations  |  from chinadaily.com.cn

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke opens a 10-day trip to China and Indonesia on Saturday to promote the sale of clean energy technologies.

• Date: 13.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 13.05.2010  |  Energy  |  from voanews.com

Noting that Sino-Indian border disputes still existed, defence minister A K Antony said the two governments had evolved mechanisms to talk about these disputes.

• Date: 12.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.05.2010  |  External Relations  |  from IndiaTimes

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today announced an Asian solar energy initiative (ASEI) to generate some 3,000 megawatts of solar power over the next three years.

• Date: 03.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 03.05.2010  |  Energy  |  from energy-enviro.fi

European talks with Chinese leaders over Iran have moved to the issue of how to target sanctions and away from whether sanctions should be applied at all, the European Union's foreign affairs chief said on Friday.

• Date: 30.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 30.04.2010  |  Markets  |  from washingtonpost.com