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jun Bao Online in Chinese, December 23, 2008. p. 7, translated by
OSC. Though this was an all-SCO exercise, Kazakhstan denied
the PLA permission for its troops to transit the country by rail.
This resulted in units from Xinjiang travelling some 10,000 kilometers
via rail (back to northeast China and then through the
Trans-Baykal) instead of the roughly 2,000 kilometer straight line
distance to the training area in Russia. See “Russia Seen at Odds
with China Over SCO’s Future,” CEP20070822025001, Moscow,
Russia, Izvestiya (Moscow Edition) in Russian, August 20, 2007, p. 6.
37. “Chinese soldiers heading for anti-terror drill in Russia,”
People’s Daily, July 25, 2007, available from english.people.com.
cn/90001/90776/90786/6223968.html.
38. “Anti-Terror Elites—Sketches of Chinese Troops Participating
in ‘Peace Mission 2007’.”
39. “Russia: Successful Outcome of Peace Mission 2007 Exercise
Detailed,” CEP20070822358010, Chelyabinsk, Russia,
Vecherniy Chelyabinsk in Russian, August 21, 2007, translated by
OSC.
40. “RF-China Language Barrier At SCO Exercise Being Coped
With (Adds),” CEP20070811950131, Moscow, Russia, ITAR-TASS
in English, 1649 GMT, August 11, 2007.
41. “’Cooperation 2007’ wraps up successfully,” People’s Daily,
September 7, 2007, available from english.chinamil.com.cn/site2/
special-reports/2008-01/17/content_1093039.htm.
42. “武警 ‘雪豹突击队’ 赴俄参加反恐演习” (“PAP ‘Snow
Leopard Commando Unit’ Goes to Russia to Participate in an
Anti-terrorist Exercise”), August 30, 2007, available from www.
chinamil.com.cn/site1/jbzsc/2007-08/30/content_934533.htm.
43. “Sino-Russian anti-terror exercise kicks off,” PLA Daily,
September 4, 2007, available from english.chinamil.com.cn/site2/
special-reports/2008-01/17/content_1093038.htm.
44. “India, China Conduct Counter-Terrorism Exercise; Details
on PLA’s 14 Group Army,” SAP20080106342003, New Delhi,
India, Force (Internet Version-WWW) in English, January 1, 2008.
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