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>BEIJING (AP) – The navies of China and Russia plan to hold joint drills in the Mediterranean Sea for the first time in mid-May, China's Defense Ministry announced Thursday, in the latest expansion of the growing informal partnership between the two militaries.
>The exercises also illustrate China's continued engagement with Russia at a time when Moscow has been shunned by much of the international community over its support for separatist rebels in Ukraine.
>The "Joint Sea 2015" exercises will feature nine surface ships, including three from China that are currently taking part in anti-piracy patrols off the coast of Somalia, ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng told a monthly news conference.
>The drills involve rescue, resupply and other missions, including the firing of live ammunition, Geng said.
China is not going too sit back and let the other two world powers duke it out, China is teaming up with Russia. They always made a show of this years ago but this seals the deal for me, I no longer believe China will behave the same way they did in the last Cold War.