The Ledo Road was built across the Hukawng valley to supply China.

Moreover, commodity companies do not have to deal with the same headaches as manufacturing or service businesses supplying China.

The Russian government decided to back a shorter and cheaper rival pipeline proposal instead, to supply northeastern China.

Stalin agreed to supply China with the equivalent of three hundred million dollars.

Eastern Oil supplies China, and politically it could make sense for the Kremlin to control those assets.

He said the western route was likely to be developed first and could start supplying China in five years.

The challenge of supplying China is already showing signs of strain.

When the Americans entered the war in 1941, they began to supply China with armored infantry vehicles, including the M18 Hellcat.

He then uses this shortage to make an offer to supply China all the oil it needs.

Russia could supply China with similar technology.