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Chinese and Russian military forces are engaged in joint exercises in northwestern China as ties grow between the two autocratic states amid uncertainty over instability in Afghanistan. The exercises involving ground troops and air forces are due to continue through Friday in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous region. The region borders on Xinjiang, where China has detained more than 1 million Uyghurs and members of other Muslim minorities in what it calls a campaign against terrorism and extremism. Xin

image source, Reuters image captionGeneral Mark Milley said the calls were made as part of his duty as Joint Chief of StaffsTop US General Mark Milley has defended himself after a book reported he had" secret" phone calls with China amid concerns about then-President Donald Trump.... The calls last October and January were to reassure the Chinese military, Gen Milley said on Wednesday.... President Joe Biden said he has" great confidence" in Gen Milley....

30, 2020 – four days before the presidential election – and again on Jan.... 20. Milley was motivated to contact Beijing the second time in part due to a Jan.... 8 call with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who had asked the general what safeguards were in place to prevent an “ unstable president ” from launching a nuclear strike, the report said, citing a transcript of the call.“ He’s crazy....