Military personnel prepare equipment for a joint military drill by the Chinese and Russian armies on Aug. 5, 2021. A joint military exercise by the Chinese and Russian armies will be held from Aug. 9 to 13 at a training base of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Chinese, Russian militaries to hold joint drill in NW China" (Photo by Ding Kai/Xinhua)