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Re:Finland Becomes a Member of NATO on Tuesday 4 April by actionfromafar on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @12:42PM (#35442399)
China will not annex Russia or anything like that. But their government has everything to gain from extracting concessions from Russia. Russias influence is already waning in Central Asia, and China is eager to fill that role.

Russia is on its way to becoming hamstrung by China. Who else can Russia turn to?

China does not want Russia to implode and fracture, because that is an unstable situation for them. But if Russia was to fracture, you can be sure that China will want to control the pieces bordering China. They don't want chaos on their borders, or the power vacuum there somehow filled by western powers.

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Re:Finland Becomes a Member of NATO on Tuesday 4 April by foverzar on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @01:52PM (#35443465)
But how would the relationship you're describing be different from early post-Cold War era relationships between Russia and Europe?
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Re:Finland Becomes a Member of NATO on Tuesday 4 April by actionfromafar on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @04:29PM (#35445470)
Europe is more democratic and has more liberty than China.
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Re:Finland Becomes a Member of NATO on Tuesday 4 April by foverzar on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @05:08AM (#35451335)
Might be, but that wouldn't affect Russia that much specifically.

China's and Europe's attitudes and practices towards their let's say "dependent trade and strategic partners" is a different story, but EU can hardly boast on that front, judging e.g. by various African states.

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