China-Russia mega gas deal takes off

``On Thursday, the Chinese side froze the design and construction plan on its side for the pipeline, which will start in northeast China's Heilongjiang province and terminate in Shanghai, China's premier commercial and industrial hub. Construction is expected to start next year, covering three main segments before the pipeline terminates in Shanghai three years later. Work on Russian segment of the pipeline, linking Siberia's Kovyktin and Chayandin gas fields with the eastern port city of Vladivostok -- a distance of 4,000 km -- commenced last month.''