Channel News Asia:

China says Chinese-Russian naval drills beginning on Wednesday (Dec 21) aim to “further deepen” cooperation between the sides whose unofficial anti-Western alliance has gained strength since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

The drills will be held off the coast of Zhejiang province south of Shanghai through next Tuesday, according to a brief notice posted on Monday by China’s Eastern Theater Command under the ruling Communist Party’s military wing, the People’s Liberation Army.

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