Next week will see far larger war games involving Chinese and Russian troops in and around the Shandong peninsula in the Yellow sea. Regional observers say such military cooperation is unprecedented and could mark the start of something new.
“The China-Russia exercise is intended to send a message to Taiwan,” said Andrew Yang of the Chinese Council of Advanced Policy Studies in Taipei. “But it’s also a very significant move in terms of the developing relationship between Russia and China and joint efforts to manage regional security.
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