Beijing and Moscow have gotten closer under Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian equivalent Vladimir Putin, especially since the commencement of the Ukraine war. Now, Russia, China and India are set to hold the massive "Vostok" war games in two weeks.
China's defense ministry announced on Wednesday that its involvement in the joint exercises was "unrelated to the current international and regional situation," and that Chinese troops would be traveling to Russia to participate in war games alongside troops from India, Belarus, Mongolia, Tajikistan, and other largely anti-Western nations.
While waging war in Ukraine, Moscow this month announced intentions to perform "Vostok" (East) exercises from August 30 to September 5. Without specifying them, it was stated at the time that some foreign forces would take part. It turns out that little under 50% of the world's population falls under the "foreign forces."
According to Reuters, China's defense ministry stated t...
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