Anti-Terror Drills Highlight China’s Push Into Central Asia

China, Russia and several central Asian countries, all members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, or SCO, have just wrapped up a massive round of anti terrorism military drills in Inner Mongolia. The joint exercises follow a year of multiple terrorist attacks inside China, mostly in its restive Xinjiang region that borders central Asia. At least 7,000 troops from five countries participated in the joint exercises dubbed “Peace Mission 2014.”  Chinese state media say a key...

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