Russia-China fighter deal strengthens defence ties
Beijing and Moscow defence cooperation is growing and the Kremlin has now sold its best fighter-jet to China
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- Major deal
- Hard bargaining
- Boosting Chinese capabilities
- 4++ generation fighter
- Greater strategic range
- Air defence identification zone
- Pragmatic partnership
- Future sales
- Reverse engineering
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_350.jpg "A Sukhoi Su-35 fighter aircraft takes part in a flying display, during the 50th Paris Air Show (Reuters/Pascal Rossignol)")