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asthfghlHere's a simultaneous process for your consideration. I'm talking about the gradual colonization of the Russian Far East by Chinese migrants. They do big business in a sparsely populated area with an unregulated market. The Kremlin accepts the growing Chinese presence to overcome the pandemic crisis and economic fallout from its military adventure in Ukraine. So, while we're preoccupied with the economic impact of this insanity, and worrying about Europe's dependence on Russian energy resources, China is quietly taking over Siberia.
The increasingly significant Chinese presence in Siberia, also thanks to recent agreements between Beijing and the Kremlin, is somehow overlooked and remains outside the focus. But the fact is, today an increasing number of Chinese immigrants are living in the territory of the Russian Federation, especially in its Asian part, and they're starting to call the shots there.
All in all, the point is that China imports the energy resources it increasingly needs from Russia. In some way, Beijing extends its systems of control and management of the economy and public life to its Russian neighbor. The enormous disparity in the number of inhabitants (the Russians are about a tenth of the Chinese, and most of them live nowhere near Siberia) means that China increasingly tends to consider Russia as a modest province of its own empire.
Food for thought, Vlad.
The increasingly significant Chinese presence in Siberia, also thanks to recent agreements between Beijing and the Kremlin, is somehow overlooked and remains outside the focus. But the fact is, today an increasing number of Chinese immigrants are living in the territory of the Russian Federation, especially in its Asian part, and they're starting to call the shots there.
All in all, the point is that China imports the energy resources it increasingly needs from Russia. In some way, Beijing extends its systems of control and management of the economy and public life to its Russian neighbor. The enormous disparity in the number of inhabitants (the Russians are about a tenth of the Chinese, and most of them live nowhere near Siberia) means that China increasingly tends to consider Russia as a modest province of its own empire.
Food for thought, Vlad.
