New tourism offices planned across China as government eyes up five-fold increase in visitors crossing the border.
The aim? To put in place a Moscow government 'friendly' to Washington, and to protect US interests and citizens.
Nicknamed Forrest Gump, he completes a 9,905 kilometre odyssey braving temperatures as low as minus 48C on his 18 month adventure.
Amazing new pictures show a endangered Amur leopard with a cub.
Homes underwater in this Far East city, but Russia escapes the worst of destruction.
The rare predator learns to hunt in the rehabilitation centre, and the first lessons are hard.