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protomolecule | 1 year ago

If you seriously think it's possible, than you yourself should be worried a lot -- the last thing the West needs is even stronger China with its enormous industrial base and control of Siberian resources.

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peutetre|1 year ago

It's already started. China sees Russia's annexation of Outer Manchuria as a great historical wrong:

https://lansinginstitute.org/2024/02/16/chinas-global-triump...

China has reverted to using Chinese place names for cities and regions in the Far East. e.g. "Vladivostok" is now officially "Haishenwai":

https://cepa.org/article/goodbye-vladivostok-hello-haishenwa...

https://asiatimes.com/2023/03/china-eyes-russias-far-east-re...

Russia is in demographic decline. China simply has more people to throw at the problem, even amid it's own demographic decline:

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/russia-tomorr...

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-population-drop-2046-worst-c...

Killing off even more Russians in a pointless war of choice in Ukraine isn't helping matters.