China and Myanmar are working on the design of a natural-gas pipeline linking the Asian neighbors as demand for the cleaner-burning fuel rises in the world's second-biggest energy consumer.

The gas link, spanning thousands of kilometers, will be connected with China's second West-East pipeline that is being built to draw the fuel from Turkmenistan, Cui Yingkai, a director at PetroChina Co's gas and pipeline unit, said at a conference in Xiamen yesterday.

(Shanghai Daily November 28, 2008)