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| China seeks military ties with Russia | |
| 2013-03-24 | |
The new Chinese president met with RussiaÂ’s military leaders to reinforce the main message of his trip that the two countries must work together more closely if they want to counter rising US influence in Asia.
He began his trip to Russia — his first outside of China since becoming president last week — by holding talks in the Kremlin on Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Xi pointedly told Putin that he expected Russia and China to “resolutely back each other’s efforts to protect sovereignty, security and developmental interests.” Xi repeated the message in a speech Saturday to Russian and Chinese students. “Strong high-level Chinese-Russian ties not only meet our interests, but serve as an important, reliable guarantee of international strategic balance and peace,” Xi said in his speech before a full auditorium at the prestigious Moscow State Institute for International Relations. Chinese students studying at other Moscow universities were among those in the audience. Xi told the students on Saturday that China rejects an arms race and is not making any threats of war. “The development and growth of China brings to other countries not threats but opportunities,” he said. “The fulfillment of the Chinese dream will be good for China and for the whole world.” The Chinese president spoke of a need for Beijing and Moscow to stand together to “uphold the principles of the U.N. charter,” seemingly referring to their steadfast opposition to U.N. sanctions against Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime. After the Kremlin talks, Russian and Chinese officials signed agreements on deliveries of Russian oil and gas to China, which has been eager to secure greater supplies from the world’s biggest energy producer. China also has shown renewed interest in buying Russian weapons after its own attempts to build up its arms industry fell short of expectations. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #8 At last check, Moscow was suppos offering to Beijing to build PLAN warships for China, espec the latter's desired "blue water" LR Aircraft Carriers + FBM, Attack Subs, + in partnership wid Ukraine. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-03-24 19:55 |
| #7 You know that's going to cayse a LOT of Mechanics to quit, Russians peddle Junk, and the Chinese favor Precision(Like the Japanese) the two are incompatible. Yes, I'm a machinist No i wouldn't want to fix junk, It's a good living, but I'd rather work on Toyotas than Tanks. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-03-24 19:36 |
| #6 It's not just copying, it's also exploiting. Ask the Chinese who came up with gunpowder first. Then ask who exploited best. One systematic advantage of multiple warring state vs one unified kingdom is the quicker pace of evolution of technology and skills. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-03-24 18:31 |
| #5 A culture of copying is not a culture of creating. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-03-24 17:28 |
| #4 China also has shown renewed interest in buying Russian weapons after its own attempts to build up its arms industry fell short of expectations. They need contacts in the Russian arms sector who can be bribed to hand over not just the specs, but the methods used to achieve those specs. Far cheaper to steal than to re-invent the wheel. Given that they have purchased hundreds of complete Russian weapon systems some of which they've undoubtedly take apart, the issue comes down to not merely replicating the form factor, but the functionality of the parts. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2013-03-24 17:17 |
| #3 China also has shown renewed interest in buying Russian weapons after its own attempts to build up its arms industry fell short of expectations. Jet aircraft engines is my guess. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-03-24 13:33 |
| #2 Um, haven't we been there and done this before? Damn these Dems/Rinos and there greed and stupidity. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-03-24 08:03 |
| #1 China also has shown renewed interest in buying Russian weapons after its own attempts to build up its arms industry fell short of expectations. Key sentence. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-03-24 01:59 |