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Re:China stages 'strike drills' around Taiwan, citing provoc... by scarmig on Sunday December 25, 2022 @01:59PM (#34129993)
China barely cares about its own far north, let alone Siberia. It would much prefer to have Russia as a client state ready to supply oil and gas in the case of a war where sea routes for those are cut off.
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Re:China stages 'strike drills' around Taiwan, citing provoc... by BurningFrog on Sunday December 25, 2022 @11:07PM (#34134479)
I'm not suggesting formal conquest of territories.

If Russia falls apart, and as the last grand colonial empire, it bloody well should, China should have a lot of influence over the regional pieces.

It's hard to imagine something this ingrained ending, but nothing is forever.

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