Now whenever the Chinese and Russian militaries need to collaborate, they can just pick up the Batphone:
The Chinese and Russian Defense Ministries opened their direct telephone line Friday to enhance bilateral cooperation, according to a statement by the Chinese ministry.
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He vowed to work with his Chinese counterpart and carry out the consensus reached between the Russian and Chinese leaders to promote military ties between the two countries.
Those who are relying on the age-old enmity between Russia and China, please pay heed.
March 19, 2008 at 10:42 am
I don’t know about that, China’s population is growing, and most of that growth is male as they are aborting many female kids because everybody wants to have a son, Russia’s population is getting smaller, older and drunker. Add in that China can only threaten people they can walk to and you have interesting times (in the Chinese curse sense of the word) for the Russians.
Velly intellesting, to steal a phrase.