(A) 2016 (X)
(B) 2017 (X)
(C) 2018 (✔)
(D) 2019 (X)
Answers: China has firmed up energy cooperation with Russia. It began construction of the 3,968-km-long gas pipeline to pump 38 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Russia’s far-east to Shanghai. The construction work is expected to be completed by 2018.