Chinese state media reports that construction of the first China-Russia highway bridge across the Amur River began on December 24, more than 28 years after it was first proposed and more than a year after an agreement on the project was reached.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Work starts on first China-Russia highway bridge
This picture taken on December 30, 2013 shows people visiting the ice lanterns and carvings at the 2014 Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, in northeast China's Heilongjiang province that borders with Russian city of Blagoveshchensk. This year's "Ice and Snow World" will officially open on January 5, 2014. (China out AFP photo)
