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Beijing will continue supporting the development of Russia's Far East and promote bilateral cooperation in the region, Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui has told Sputnik.

"China is a very important partner for Russia's Far East. China intends to make full use of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) platform to further strengthen comprehensive cooperation with Russia in trade, energy, agriculture, infrastructure building, science and technology, education, healthcare, culture, and other areas, as well as further support and participate in the development of Russia's Far East, contribute to achieving tangible results in Russia-China cooperation in the Far East," Zhang said.

The ambassador recalled that the Chinese delegation was the biggest to attend the EEF, which took place in the Russian city of Vladivostok from September 5-9.

Many of China's enterprises have signed cooperation agreements with Russian counterparts on the sidelines of the forum, Zhang added.

Moscow and Beijing will continue taking measures to maintain trade and economic cooperation and expect to set a new historical record in bilateral trade in 2022, Zhang Hanhui said.

Since the onset of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, China has been facing intense pressure from the West trying to hinder cooperation between Moscow and Beijing.

"This year, in the face of the complicated international environment, the coronavirus pandemic, and other severe challenges, China-Russia trade and economic cooperation showed great flexibility and showed impressive growth contrary to general trends," Zhang said on the occasion of the National Day of China, celebrated on October 1.

The ambassador said that the turnover had surpassed $117.2 billion during the first eight months of 2022, up 31.4% year-on-year.

"I believe that at the end of the year, the volume of bilateral trade will set a new historic record. China together with Russia will continue to actively take effective measures to maintain normal economic and trade cooperation between our countries and ensure the stability of production and supply chains," Zhang said.

Moscow and Beijing will be developing cooperation in energy, car manufacturing, agriculture, digital economy, green development, and biomedicine to increase the scale and quality of bilateral relations between the countries, the ambassador said.

China and Russia, as permanent members of the UN Security Council, have a common responsibility for maintaining global peace, Chinese Ambassador to Russia said.

"As permanent members of the UN Security Council, China and Russia have a common responsibility for maintaining world peace. Successful joint maritime patrols help strengthen strategic trust between China and Russia, stimulate the development of a comprehensive strategic partnership between them, and contribute to maintaining stability and security in the region," the ambassador said.

Joint patrols are aimed at deepening practical friendly cooperation between the Chinese navy and the Russian navy, increasing the level of interaction between the military, and strengthening the ability to jointly counter threats to maritime security, Zhang added.

These actions are included in the annual plan of Chinese-Russian defense cooperation and are not directed against third countries, he added.
 

Overbom

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why will Russia invest in self driving cars when most of population cannot afford it at prices that will be profitable for the manufacturers.
They did tests robotic machines in various situation including Syrian desert.
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This $600K SUV launched. rock crawling with air suspension in this weight class. Tested in Arctic and Abu Dhabi.
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Russia should try to lure Chinese manufacturers to provide the capital-heavy and boring vehicle manufacturing, and then use that as a base to build self driving on top. That should decrease their R&D costs, scaling costs and iteration speed.

Its like how China used Western chips to develop its electronics market and built so much stuff with that. Better take the L on car manufacturing and try to compete on other promising fields
 

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Iran uses 73 Ballistic missiles and Shahed-136 drones against 42 targets against Kurdish groups in Iraq. Quite an impressive number of launches.

In case anyone is wondering, former US CENTCOM commander earlier this year claims that Iran has an arsenal of 3000 ballistic missiles.
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I didn't expect Iran to have so many honestly, that's a pretty decent sized stockpile for Iran if that number is accurate. The fact they're willing to expend so many against some Kurdish groups means they can most likely replace them quickly. Also, they used Shahed-136 drones so they should be able to mass produced these too if they can spare a bunch to Russia.

This number should help give one a mental check to compare with anytime some think tank claims the PLARF only has a certain number of missiles.
 

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The message from Xi is something that starts with an F and ends in a U. Only way I can see Germany getting saved is by Mother Merkel begging in China personally.
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That man is going to suffer one of these days, and I suspect that the German people might actually turn him into a sausage due to his USA shaft sucking, something I believe that if things become bad enough, might eventually allow for the advent of a second hitler and this time, neither China nor Russia will save the EU from this crisis that they have dug up for themselves. The stupid part is that this is all avoidable
 

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Russia should try to lure Chinese manufacturers to provide the capital-heavy and boring vehicle manufacturing, and then use that as a base to build self driving on top. That should decrease their R&D costs, scaling costs and iteration speed.

Its like how China used Western chips to develop its electronics market and built so much stuff with that. Better take the L on car manufacturing and try to compete on other promising fields
I am sure there is cooperation going on in automobiles and infrastructure projects but overall size of real government spending in Russia make investment and collaboration a second priority. We cannot assume that private collaboration is the only way to innovation and prosperity where it may inhibit things over long term in other sectors.
this Siemens example will not apply to Russia where Siemens is telling Asian countries investment depends on export potential as if Asians cannot do R&D or they dont have money to do some thing else.
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