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China, Russia starts phase two drills in Shandong
(www.chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2005-08-21 09:25
Russian and Chinese paratroopers landed along China's Shandong Peninsular
coast Saturday as some 9,000 soldiers from the two countries began the phase two
of their first major joint military exercises.
 The exercises involving the army, navy, air force and marines of the two
countries, reflect the growing friendly ties between Moscow and Beijing, and the
drills are targeted no third country, Chinese military strategists say.
However, the Associated Press said in a report quoting Western analysts that
the joint games are motivated by the two big countries�� growing concern about
U.S. dominance of world affairs.
Recently, led by the Pentagon, a few Western countries are creating world
jitters about China��s military build-up, saying it won��t bode well for Asian and
Pacific stability. Beijing, backed up by a rapid growing economy, claims it
needs to modernize its backward military in order to keep pace with world
trends, protect territorial borders, and safeguard regional security.
 The maneuvers began Thursday in the Russian port of Vladivostok.
The exercise Saturday on the Shandong peninsula, which juts into the Yellow
Sea, was meant to simulate landing a joint force. A group of 86 paratroopers
with 18 military vehicles landed at a Chinese training ground and practiced
"reaching ... the assault position and the launching of an attack at enemy
positions," Russia's ITAR-Tass news agency reported.
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