Given China's disdain for military alliances (it technically has one with North Korea, dating from 1961, which it would rather forget), staging the manoeuvres on Chinese soil was a big gesture.
Given China's disdain for military alliances (it technically has one with North Korea, dating from 1961, which it would rather forget), staging the manoeuvres on Chinese soil was a big gesture.
考虑到中国对军事联盟（中国和朝鲜自1961年起在技术上保持着某种军事联盟关系，但中国宁愿没有这一联盟）不屑一顾的态度，在中国的土地上与外军举行军演不啻是一个巨大的姿态。