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| Chinese & Russian navies to hold drills in South China Sea in September | Chinese & Russian navies to hold drills in South China Sea in September |
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| China and Russia will hold naval drills in the South China Sea in September, the Chinese defense ministry told a news conference on Thursday. | China and Russia will hold naval drills in the South China Sea in September, the Chinese defense ministry told a news conference on Thursday. |
| China Military Online published material earlier in July that the ‘Joint Sea’ naval exercise was due to be undertaken in September. The operation was first conducted in 2012, and has subsequently become an annual event for Russia and China. | China Military Online published material earlier in July that the ‘Joint Sea’ naval exercise was due to be undertaken in September. The operation was first conducted in 2012, and has subsequently become an annual event for Russia and China. |
| Last year, 22 vessels, 20 aircraft, 40 armored vehicles, and 500 marines from Russia and China took part in the drills in the Sea of Japan, off the coast of Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East. | Last year, 22 vessels, 20 aircraft, 40 armored vehicles, and 500 marines from Russia and China took part in the drills in the Sea of Japan, off the coast of Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East. |
| “These drills are not targeted against any specific country. The main thing is to develop a common military response with our close neighbor against any threat,” Russian Deputy Commander Sergey Vertepa told RT, speaking of the exercises in August, 2015. | |
| This year’s drills are likely to further increase tensions with the US, which is becoming increasingly worried about Beijing exerting what it believes are its territorial rights on the South China Sea. | |
| Meanwhile, China is becoming increasingly tired of Washington meddling in Beijing’s spheres of influence. | |
| "Western countries have a long history of failing to establish orderly rule over parts of the world. The Middle East is a classic example," Chinese state news agency Xinhua said on July 20, adding that "[t]heir intervention has led to chaos in Syria, Iraq and Libya." | |
| Saying that countries outside the region might only cause more problems in the dispute, Beijing has warned such nations to stay out of the issue, saying it "should be left to the countries of East and Southeast Asia." |