Hong Kong (CNN) For decades the Amur River has separated modern China and Russia -- its waters cutting though more than 1,000 of their roughly 2,500 border miles. It will become yet another thread of friendship linking the people of Russia and China," said Yury Trutnev, the Kremlin's envoy to the Russian Far East. China was "ready to meet Russia halfway," Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua said at the inauguration Friday. Known as the Amur in Russia and Heilongjiang in China, its riverbanks were once tense, heavily patrolled zones. So far, China has walked a thin line.

Source: CNN June 15, 2022 12:21 UTC