Analyzing Peace Mission 2014: China and Russia Exercise with the Central Asian States

From August 24-29, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) held “Peace Mission 2014” at China’s Zhurihe Training Base, in Inner Mongolia in North China.

This is China’s base for engaging in large-scale exercises with foreign armies on its soil.

Peace Mission 2014 was the largest military exercise conducted by the SCO, with five of the six member countries participating (China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan but not Uzbekistan).

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