Six days of joint military drills between China and Russia have ended in the Sea of Japan. Chinese state media said the drills, named Northern/Interaction-2024, aim to deepen strategic cooperation between the two countries and strengthen their ability to respond to security threats. Drills are expected to continue in the Sea of Okhotsk later this month. According to a statement by China’s Ministry of Defence, the Chinese navy will also participate in the Russian navy’s larger Ocean-2024 strategic exercise. That spans the Pacific and Arctic Oceans, the Mediterranean, Caspian and Baltic Seas and…