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From: LindyBill12/13/2004 7:01:50 PM
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China and Russia to Hold First Joint Military Exercise

By Marc Schulman on Russia - American Future blog

In what may prove to be a major geopolitical development, the Russians and Chinese, in an expansion of their rapidly growing alliance, will hold a joint military exercise on Chinese soil next year. The announcement came during a meeting in Beijing between Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov and Chinese President Hu Jintao. Hu told Ivanov that "We want ... to promote the development of the two countries' strategic collaborative relationship in order to safeguard and promote regional and world peace."

According to the Associated Press,

Beijing and Moscow have built up military and political ties since the Soviet collapse in 1991, driven in part by a shared desire to counterbalance U.S. global dominance. They are partners of the six-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization, formed to combat what they consider the common threat of Islamic extremism and separatism. The other members are the former Soviet republics of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

China is the Russian arms industry's largest customer, and is expected to buy $2 billion in weapons this year. Russia is a key supplier for the Chinese military's effort to modernize its arsenal and back up frequent threats to invade Taiwan, the self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its territory.

In contrast, The U.S. and the EU have banned weapons sales to China since its 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.
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