Has anyone heard anything about China making alliances with

[southernleftylady]

Russia, countries in south America Iran???
my mom said that she heard this on the radio and that they are all training military together...
anyone have any idea if this is true?

[Paleocon]

1. I have heard that.

I think it is true...

Could there be a shift in the "balance of power"?

[ixion]

2. yes, it's true... they've formed a 'partnership'

that extends across both military and economic industries.

The also held war games recently in China.

[G_j]

3. yes, true

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002132515_wdig28.html

Russia, China plan joint military exercise

Moscow

Once-bitter rivals Russia and China will hold an unprecedented joint military exercise in Chinese territory next year involving submarines and possibly strategic bombers.

"The Russian side will not bring big numbers of servicemen, but mostly state-of-the-art weapons — navy, air, long-range aviation, submarines — to practice interaction with China in different forms of military maneuvers," the ITAR-Tass news agency quoted Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov as saying.

"It's a response to a series of political defeats Russia has suffered, most recently in Ukraine ," said Fyodor Lukyanov, the editor of Russia in Global Affairs Magazine. "It's a reminder that Russia is still a great military power."

[charlie]

4. India, China, Russia, and Brazil

are supposedly working on an economic/military coalition.

http://indiadaily.com/editorial/11-10-04.asp

[democracy eh]

5. called BRIC

BRIC alliance (Brazil, Russia, India, China)

google away

[Warren Stupidity]

12. before 9/11

our little neoclown fascists were playing agente provocateur games with China, who they view as the Real Threat. Al Qaeda was just a diversion (actually a useful catalyst,) it is all about the peak oil end game.

They are pushing the world into global conflict.

[MsTryska]

13. well now.

that would make for a hell of a world war.

[McKenzie]

6. Russia is littered with Cold War era ICBM's

and the Russians recently announced the development of air-launched missiles that are seriously tricky. I'll try to find a link.

Methinks the balance of power is shifting eastwards. Nice article on the issues here>>>

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/GA20Ag01.html

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[Menshevik]

11. Where have YOU been?

I guess you have never heard of the Sino-Soviet split? :eyes:

[NewJeffCT]

8. China has been very busy forging ties

They've been forging a lot of economic ties with countries in Africa & South America. That way, when the inevitable confrontation comes with Taiwan, the US & Taiwan will be pretty much isolated on one side, and any UN votes will be similarly one-sided... that is, if the US chooses to side with Taiwan.

[madrchsod]

9. yes they have...

i watch cctv international everyday and from what i see china is the new kid on the block. thanks to bush we are slowly being replaced by china on the world stage. thank`s to the walmarts of america this expansion is being bought and paid for by the consumers of america. we of seeded our own destruction

[m_welby]

10. russia/china is the third global power - how 'orwellian'

lets see, we have the usa, the eu, and now russia/china. sounds like 1984 to me. With gonzalez as atty general, we'll have 'rat cage face masks' anytime (maybe we already do in gitmo).

[Minstrel Boy]

14. To anyone readying a Room 101 for me, I'd like them to know

my greatest fear is a cuddly bunny.