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A Chinese-Russian joint venture plans to build a 100,000-cow dairy farm in northern China, but one analyst has serious doubts the project will achieve such scale.

Officials in Heilongjiang province said recently that building had begun, backed by a Russian company, Severny Bur, better known for making mining equipment, and Chinese company Zhongding Dairy Farming.

The location is Mudanjiang, population two million.

Russia’s embargo on dairy products from the West, is forcing companies and officials to look to look elsewhere for dairy supplies.

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