What signal does China s participation in the unprecedented scale of Russia s Eastern exercises send

First of all, some experts were initially worried about whether Russia's "Vostok" exercise after organizing strategic exercises in several other directions might point the finger at China, but the PLA's participation in the exercise completely shattered this conjecture.

Second, judging from the officially announced exercise subjects, this exercise is a typical exercise in the traditional security field, which is different from the previous exercises that mainly focus on non-traditional security subjects.

Third, the PLA's participation in Russian military exercises represents the further deepening of the Sino-Russian strategic cooperative partnership in the military and security fields. Igor Korotchenko, editor-in-chief of Russia's "National Defense" magazine, also said that in view of the current US constant pressure on Russia and China, such an exercise will show the United States that containment of Russia and China will not be effective.

According to the press service of the Ministry of Defense, from September 11 to 15, China and Russia jointly organized a joint combat operation exercise ("Vostok-2018" strategic exercise) at the Chugol training ground in Russia's Zabaikal Krai

There are a few meanings.

First of all, it is a campaign-level exercise to go abroad to inspect the troops' pulling capacity and logistical supply capacity, and so on; secondly, being able to go abroad for a campaign-level exercise also shows that the relationship between the Chinese and Russian armies will be closer and more trusting, and exchanges with the Russian army can be strengthened through exercises at this level; after all, the Russian army has really fought a war in recent decades, and exchanges at this level are also a learning process for our army, from which we can draw some war experience.

Of course, the political significance of this is also self-evident, and the military-level cooperation between the two countries can fully reflect the comprehensive relationship between the two countries, and the wider and deeper the degree of military cooperation, the closer the relationship and the deeper the political mutual trust.

Xuanzhou Xie Yu Lou Bei School Shu Yun (Li Bai).

It's normal. This is normal. Every year there are military exercises and preparation plans.

But I think the Chinese Navy will be conducting a week of military exercises in the South China Sea starting this year. A signal sent to Taiwan is that we are China**, indicating that Taiwan is part of China and the South China Sea is also a part of China, and the South China Sea is China's from ancient times to the present. The Chinese Navy's exercises in the South China Sea are a tough signal to Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines and other countries.

Since Vietnam's victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the South China Sea has been considered their territory. Why do countries like Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Singapore say that some of the islands, reefs, and areas in the South China Sea are their territory? Isn't this something for Vietnam to mess with?

Why does Vietnam dare to argue with China like this, and is it supported by the United States behind it, so Vietnam dares to do this? Do you think China is going to fight a war in the South China Sea this year, that's impossible.