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Cross-posted from: https://feddit.de/post/8893848

"It is not visible how China's creeping expansion is slowly alienating Russian territories," Sergey Aslanyan stressed.

Many years ago, a large number of Russian lands were closed to Russians themselves. Enclaves for timber processing, smuggling poaching – all this was guarded by the Chinese. Even now, some local border regions say that they are afraid to go deep into the territories because there are Chinese guards around the perimeter. They're armed.

"If you read the Chinese media outlets, they say that you should not invest in the economy of neighboring territories, but you should allow your locals to assimilate these territories in order to enter them and then begin to develop," said Aslanyan.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (3 children)

To give you an idea, Mediabiasfactcheck has never even heard of this so called news site

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

MBFC has its own biases and flaws. It is not final authority, it is a guide.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

To give you an idea, Mediabiasfactcheck has never even heard of this so called news site

@Mr_Blott, What media do you read if I may ask? Would be great if you could post a few links, I'm always eager to learn reliable sources.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Russia will be divided between China and Europe. A new era of peace will descend.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

If Russia decides to start an armed conflict with Europe/"The West", then this is what will most likely happen.

Xi and his cabinet are only interested in widening "the central kingdom", and unlike Putin, Xi is no fool.

If it happens, Russia is facing economies it cannot oppose and it will lose. At that point, Xi will help Europe in some way, and as Russia loses - and loses hard - certain Eurasian oblasts and republics will be absorbed into China...

..which is good for those republics and oblasts, because Russia dgaf about them. Their only reason to exist is to give Moscow taxes, with no services or infrastructure levied can, something that will also help to motivate these oblasts and republics from Russia.

Again, Putin and his government are morons.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

China is redefining its borders with its neighbors, including Russia (September 2023)

[...] Located at the confluence of the Amur and Ussuri rivers, this island of around 300 square kilometers has long been a subject of dispute between the two countries. In 1929, Russia occupied the island and prohibited China from navigating that part of the Amur River, which Beijing has always contested. In 2004, however, the two countries reached a compromise: The western part of the island went to China, which could also navigate on the Amur River, but in return, Beijing accepted that the eastern part would go to Russia.

Addition: Russian Foreign Ministry has rejected China's apparent claim of ownership over a disputed island that has been a source of tension between Moscow and Beijing for decades (September 2023)