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Chinese ports on tributaries of the Amur include Jilemutu on the Argun and Harbin and Jiamusi on the Sungari. The Amur's importance as a waterway diminished during the period of Sino-Soviet tensions (late 1960s-early 1990s) but increased again as the Chinese and Russians began cooperating on projects involving navigation, agricultural reclamation of marshlands, and the development of the basin's considerable hydroelectric potential..

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