China Calls Russia's Talk of Possible Military Alliance 'Positive'

Chinese and Russian personnel participate in planning for a command and control exercise as part of the Caucasus-2020 drills in Kapustin Yar, Astrakhan province in September. China and Russia have participated in more joint exercises than ever before, uniting two of the United States' top global competitors. RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENSE 

Newsweek: China Calls Russia's Talk of Possible Military Alliance 'Positive,' with 'No Limit' to Their Ties 

China has reacted warmly to Russian President Vladimir Putin's suggestion that the two nations could one day upgrade their strategic partnership to an official military alliance, thus uniting two of the United States' top global competitors. 

"You can imagine everything," Putin responded when asked during his discussion Thursday at the Valdai Discussion Club whether a military alliance could be imagined between China and Russia. 

The Russian leader explained that the reason such a pact had not already been forged had nothing to do with reservations on either side, but a lack of necessity. 

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WNU Editor: Beijing was responding to this .... Russian President Putin Says Russia-China Military Alliance 'Quite Possible' (October 22, 2020).

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