chinese leader xi jinping starts a three day state visit to russia on wednesday, at the invitation of president vladimir putin. it s the second meeting between xi and putin since april and shows the two countries are becoming increasingly close. president putin has expressed support for china s ambitious belt and road initiative the huge infrastructure project costing more than $1 trillion and connecting 65 countries. but the two sides have more than that in common. the chinese economy is under pressure after washington raised tariffs on $200 billion worth of chinese exports in the continuing tade war between beijing and washington, and russia is also under pressure because of western sanctions over its actions in ukraine. so, with both leaders keen to escape these pressures, trade between china and russia hit a record high last year of nearly $108 billion. energy is especially important with russia now china s biggest energy supplier. the power of siberia is a 4,000km
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this hour-long debate is courtesy of wgbh boston. this is a wgbh news special presentation. the massachusetts gubernatorial debate between incumbent governor charlie baker and challenger jay gonzalez. here are the moderators. good evening and welcome to our audience here at wgbh. everybody who is watching or listening at home on 89.7 as well as our sister stations, wgp by in springfield and wcai on cape cod. three weeks until the election. we hope the next 60 minutes will help you decide who to vote for for governor of massachusetts. we know many of you see this as the red sox pregame show. regardless, let me explain the rules for tonight. there are no rules. no opening statements, no closing, no time limits, although we will be keeping track of speaking times to keep things relatively even. we want to cover ground, so brevity is appreciated. feel free to talk to each other. we encourage it. since we ask our studio audience debateapplaud during the , we would like to ta
i will share with you in a few minutes. leon: you got it. folks have a few days before the impact felt on the shore. people s labor day beach plans still up in the air. with so many planning the final summer get-aways now to the nearby beaches or south to the outer banks. that has us wondering are you changing your plans because of hermine? let us know what you are doing. head to wjla.com/votenow. let s continue the team coverage with the transportation reporter brianne carter who is live in stevensville, maryland. brianne: for many. now is the time to make the decision. look at the bay bridge. not the beautiful sunny skies many hope for as they were coming across to the beaches. while some are trying to make the decision, others say it s too late to back out. they will go ahead and go. many hopes this would be the scene at the beach, but thanks to hurricane hermine part of the weekend could look like this. we ll roll the dice and hopefully have a great weekend. jim chapm