China, Russia set to begin their first joint military exercises on Aug. 18

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http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/08/03/2003266213

AP , BEIJING
Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005,Page 5

Advertising China and Russia will be holding their first joint military exercise on Aug. 18-25 with nearly 100,000 troops in two sites on China's and Russia's eastern coasts, the Chinese Defense Ministry announced yesterday.

The announcement highlights warming ties between Beijing and Moscow after decades of Cold War hostility. snip

The ministry attempted to reassure China's neighbors, saying that the exercises "neither aim at any third party nor concern ... the interests of any third country."

Earlier Russian news reports suggested the exercises might be held near Taiwan, serving as a rehearsal for a Chinese invasion of the country.

[fooj]

1. Great. Just great.

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[fujiyama]

2. I guess Bush was right about that uniter thing after all

Uniting the world against us!

But this is really something - after some fifty years of poor relations...