SHANGHAI: China should work more closely with Russia on security to counter Japan, a state-run Chinese newspaper said on Thursday after Moscow and Beijing signed a huge natural gas deal.

Russian President Vladimir Putin paid a state visit to China this week, launching joint naval exercises and witnessing the signing of an agreement for Russia to supply the world’s second-biggest economy with natural gas in a deal valued at $400 billion.

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