"Beijing ready to expand energy cooperation with Russia - Chinese envoy to Moscow" (No kidding)

Beijing has been playing power politics with the second Power of Siberia pipeline, stalling development until Russia was almost begging for terms:

"China wielding ‘bargaining power’ with Russia over Power of Siberia 2 natural gas pipeline"
—SCMP, three weeks ago

But now the weather is showing where the real power is.
From Ventusky (click through if the map doesn't show, it's a massive embed): 

Weather Forecast Maps

Leading to:

"Russia’s Gazprom says gas flow to China set new daily record"
—South China Morning Post, December 18

Leading to the headline story, Reuters via Yahoo Finance, December 19: 

Beijing intends to expand energy cooperation with Russia along all stages of production, Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui told the Russian state RIA news agency in an interview published on Tuesday.

"China expects to expand cooperation along the entire production chain in the energy industry," RIA cited the envoy as saying, ahead of a meeting of Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and China's top leaders....

....MUCH MORE

Puny humans. -60° to -70°F in southern Siberia, -10°F in Harbin, a city of 5.8 million people, with a further 4 million in the metro area.