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© Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Putin says Russia-China military alliance can't be ruled out
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV MOSCOW©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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OssanAmerica
That only works for China against you Russia. It's only bolstering the Chinese PLA Navy and Airforce that it works against the U.S.
PTownsend
China is the world's #1 producer of motor vehicles.
Russia has huge reserves of oil and gas.
Both states are run by authoritarians, one 'for life', the other until 2036. Their systems of authoritarian capitalism are similar.
They are a logical pairing, a dream team for climate change deniers and those favoring authoritarianism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_motor_vehicle_production
Goodlucktoyou
Everyday I dream of these two countries joining together to stop the bully nation.
venze
Indeed so. Putin has finally said it loud and clear.
This is really reassuring for China at the current critical time, notably when war drums are apparently humming over the horizon..
Hung Nguyen
Because Putin refused to rule out a future Russia-China military alliance, Russia cannot be counted as a force to counterpoise China's pressure as hoped for in Vietnam's 2019 Defense White Paper.
Accordingly, Vietnam can decide either to maintain its political dependency on China as it has been since the collapse of Soviet Union in 1991 for vulnerability and anxiety or to abandon Communism and join the QUAD for national security and prosperity.
Seth M
This is a subtle reminder to its coldwar era friends India and Vietnam of not drifting too close towards the so-called quad.