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China and Russia have forged a military 'partnership' — and they want the US to pay attention

"The Chinese side has come [to Moscow] to show Americans the close ties between the armed forces of China and Russia," China's defense minister said.

  • China's defense minister met his Russian counterpart in Moscow on Tuesday to show that they have forged a "strategic partnership" to oppose the US.
  • "The Chinese side has come [to Moscow] to show Americans the close ties between the armed forces of China and Russia ... we've come to support you," Gen. Wei Fenghe, China's new defense minister, said.
  • Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also met in Moscow on Thursday where they expressed the same sentiment of a forged "strategic partnership."
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China's defense minister met his Russian counterpart in Moscow on Tuesday to "

"I am visiting Russia as a new defense minister of China to show the world a high level of development of our bilateral relations and firm determination of our armed forces to strengthen strategic cooperation," China's new defense minister,

"The Chinese side has come [to Moscow] to show Americans the close ties between the armed forces of China and Russia ... we've come to support you."

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The two defense ministers met for the

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