China will use Belarus to advance New Silk Road
Beijing's warming ties with Minsk will boost Lukashenka but economic benefits will go more to China than to Belarus
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- Minsk hopes to tap Chinese credit
- China needs Belarus for Silk Road
- Deal will help Lukashenka
- Deals help China more than Belarus
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_350.jpg "Lukashenka (R) shakes hands with his Xi Jinping (Reuters/Tatyana Zenkovich/Pool)")