The Chinese armed forces have launched two separate operations alongside France and Germany while at the same time dismissing concerns by fellow NATO Western military alliance member the U.S. regarding an alleged missile test in the disputed South China Sea.
The drills, the second of their kind after a previous joint Sino-German training in 2016, will involve treating mass casualties and the outbreak of infectious diseases such as cholera. A separate press release by Germany's Bundeswehr said this year's exercise was"unique in the military cooperation of both states and creates the preconditions for being able to interact in medical terms in a combined UN scenario.
Chinese troops gesture during a ceremony marking their departure for Munich to participate in the 14-day Combined Aid-2019 exercise along their German counterparts, July 3. The joint Sino-German exercise would involve training to treat mass casualty incidents and the outbreak of infectious diseases such as cholera.The dual missions come at a complex time for relations between Europe and China, whose growing economic influence has launched as many opportunities as it has suspicions in the West.
Still, suspicions linger as to what risks China's heightened economic presence in Europe may bring. The U.S., in particular, has attempted to dissuade European powers from doing business with China and has even threatened to cut intelligence-sharing deals with those that dealt with Beijing's unrivaled 5G telecommunications network, fearing leaks to state-run Chinese companies.
And so it begins.......
The more realDonaldTrump antagonizes and abandons our allies, the closer they will drift to China and Russia, whether they want to or not. It will be a matter of self-preservation. Trump is Making America Alone.
Oh that's not going to happen now