Four Chinese H-6K strategic bombers joined two Russian Tu-95s in a joint exercise on Tuesday over the western Pacific. Photo: AP Four Chinese H-6K strategic bombers joined two Russian Tu-95s in a joint exercise on Tuesday over the western Pacific. Photo: AP
Four Chinese H-6K strategic bombers joined two Russian Tu-95s in a joint exercise on Tuesday over the western Pacific. Photo: AP
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China /  Diplomacy

China-Russia bomber patrol a day after US sanctions upsets Seoul, Tokyo

  • Japan scrambles fighter jets as six warplanes fly over islands controlled by South Korea but which it also claims
  • Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi tells his Russian counterpart the two neighbours must ‘maintain stable relations in a chaotic world’ as Washington hits both countries with new sanctions

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Rachel Zhang
Rachel Zhang in Shanghai

Updated: 4:34pm, 25 Dec, 2020

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Four Chinese H-6K strategic bombers joined two Russian Tu-95s in a joint exercise on Tuesday over the western Pacific. Photo: AP Four Chinese H-6K strategic bombers joined two Russian Tu-95s in a joint exercise on Tuesday over the western Pacific. Photo: AP
Four Chinese H-6K strategic bombers joined two Russian Tu-95s in a joint exercise on Tuesday over the western Pacific. Photo: AP
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