China army tank. Archival photoMOSCOW, 30 Aug. The growing military cooperation between Russia and China worries the United States and the European Union, writes the German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel in light of the upcoming Vostok-2022 strategic exercises with the participation of military contingents from China. Experts interviewed by the publication believe that the growing integration of the two countries is challenging the world order. China and Russia conclude an alliance between themselves, then this will become a geostrategic challenge,» said Ulrika Franke, a security expert at the European Council on Foreign Relations in London. Elena Legarada from the Institute for Chinese Studies of the Mercator Foundation shares her opinion. «Chinese-Russian relations are a challenge to Western states. China and Russia are mutually strengthening their positions and spreading the ideas of a global order,» the political scientist believes. Stefan Meister, an expert on Russia at the German Foreign Policy Society, shares a similar point of view. «China and Russia are together challenging the world order, where the United States is the main one,» the expert said. Wolfgang Richter, a military expert at the Science and Policy Foundation, in turn, said that «there is no formal military alliance between China and Russia, but they are united by the desire replace the dominance of the United States and its allies in the international arena with a «multipolar» order. -2022″ will be held from September 1 to 7 at seven training grounds of the Eastern Military District, more than 50 thousand people, over 5 thousand pieces of weapons and military equipment, including 140 aircraft, 60 warships, boats and support vessels will take part in them. From the Russian Armed Forces, military command and control bodies and troops of the Air Defense Forces, part of the forces of the Airborne Forces, long-range and military transport aviation will take part in the exercises. Joint actions will be worked out by operational control groups, military contingents and observers of the CSTO, SCO and other partner states, in particular, Azerbaijan, Algeria, Armenia, Belarus, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Laos, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Syria and Tajikistan. Read the full text of the article on the InoSMI website >>
