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

[dArKeR]

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.

Their reconciliation has been driven in part by mutual unease at US power and a fear of Islamic extremism in Central Asia.

The exercises with army, navy and air forces will take place on China's Shandong Peninsula and in the Russian city of Vladivostok and in nearby waters, the ministry said.

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

[wli]

1. Bushler's been busy making enemies, I see

I wonder when the joint BRIC (Brazil-Russia-India-China) exercises will begin.

[newswolf56]

2. And if there's another Communist revolution in Russia...

which is surely possible as economic conditions there steadily worsen specifically due to capitalist greed, Russia and China will move closer still. Don't forget China is still a Marxist state, that it is playing the capitalist game merely to avoid the economic errors that brought about the downfall of the Soviet Union.

[mikehiggins]

3. Well, President Bush DID promise to be a uniter and not a divider

He sure seems to be bringing the whole world together.