La semana pasada, Rusia y China realizaron maniobras militares conjuntas delante del Presidente Vladimir Putin y del Presidente chino Hu Jintao, pero no es probable una nueva alianza estratégica entre los dos países, pues es China la que representa la mayor amenaza estratégica para Rusia, aunque muchos en el Kremlin parecen no verlo, mientras blanden sables contra los Estados Unidos y Occidente.
Last week, Russia and China held joint military maneuvers in the presence of both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Hu Jintao. But a new strategic alliance between the two countries is not likely, as it is China that poses the greatest strategic threat to Russia, although many in the Kremlin seem blind to this as they rattle sabers at America and the West.