“China and Russia have been holding joint war games since 2005. They’re doing it in preparation for war against the WEST. Not each other.”
The inside dope on those war games is that the Russian’s show theirs and the Chinese doesn’t. The games have been tense and the Chinese are clearly using them for intelligence gathering. They’re done for show by two countries that do not trust each other. Russia is trying to form alliances with countries surrounding China to thwart Chinese ambitions. By all appearances there is a cold war brewing. Also, Siberia is empty and has oil. If you look at the satellite pictures Siberia is dark, but right across the border it’s crowded.
Although Russia’s population has recently started growing they’ve spent a long time at less than replacement numbers. (China is also facing demographic problems, but they’re starting with many more people.) Also, China appears to be entering an expansionist phase. Russia is fighting a population collapse. (Russia is countering their problems well. But, so is China. It’s just the US that’s not dealing with our issues, which are mostly government caused.)
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/HI29Ag01.html
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"Joint war games are a logical outcome of the Sino-Russian Friendship and Cooperation Treaty signed in 2001, and reflect the shared worldview and growing economic ties between the two Eastern Hemisphere giants."
http://www.heritage.org/research/commentary/2005/09/war-games-russia-china-grow-alliance