土 ("tu") 庫 ("ku") 曼 ("man") 斯 ("s") 坦 ("tan")Simplified, 土库曼斯坦
Turkmenistan on Monday started work on a $2 billion gas pipeline that aims to boost its export capacity and increase the reclusive nation's economic and political clout in the global gas market.
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Turkmenistan's gas wealth has long been the focus of intense rivalry between Russia, China and the West. Russia had a lock on most of the country's gas exports until last December, when a major China-bound pipeline went into operation.
By building the new pipeline on its own, Turkmenistan will essentially get the final say about the ultimate destination of the natural gas: Russia, or the West.
- Turkmenistan starts new $2 billion gas pipeline, by Alexander Vershinin, AP
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