Shotgunner51
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China has not ruled out joining the Russian-Syrian effort to strike at Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria.
Thanks bro! That's quite an accurate statement.
China still has massive vested interests in Syria, oil fields & refineries in particular. However since the military target is against IS, it's only a low-intensity warfare, there is no need for any involvement of major scale when Russian-Syrian regular forces are more than capable of doing the job.
For the time being, fair level of involvement would be sending advisers or observers to assist Russian-Syrian regulars in dealing with terrorist cells associated with China, say ETIM. Some materials, logistical or information/intelligence (e.g. satellite images, scout UAV) support could be delivered on request. The maximum level, upon strong request from Russia-Syria, would be cruise missile launched from the Mediterranean sea (where China-Russia hold naval drill in May 2015), and armed UAV. However I don't see any chance of manned aircraft in Syrian airspace, nor boots (regulars) on the ground.
I believe Putin and Xi maintain good communications on this war since very early. Wish all sides try to contain it at current level and not escalate, otherwise it could be unimaginable.
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