Chinese and Russian troops storm beaches in unprecedented war games
Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov was heading to the Chinese city of Qingdao, where he planned to watch soldiers stage an amphibious landing and simulate a battle to capture a coastal area.
The live-fire exercise, dubbed Peace Mission 2005, involves about 7,000 Chinese troops and 1,800 Russians, along with state-of-the-art warships, jetss and amphibious tanks.
