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China absolutely has designs on Mongolia. The whole existence of the modern Mongolian state is a mess of cold-war / world war 2 geopolitical compromises that le

China absolutely has designs on Mongolia. The whole existence of the modern Mongolian state is a mess of cold-war / world war 2 geopolitical compromises that left basically no one happy. If Sino-Russian relations cool, or the climate of Mongolia itself warms, it could quickly find itself in an awkward spot between two notoriously bad-faith superpowers and with essentially no alternatives to vassalage.

laurent92 5y ago
I suppose it would be very different from Tibet: Tibet provides 2/3rd of the water resources of China, and China came and secured it. I don’t think Mongolia has such scarce resources… does it?
- codezero 5y ago
  Maybe potential for mining rare earth elements?
- enkid 5y ago
  Mongolia has a lot of copper, coal, and significant deposits of gold and other raw materials. Mostly, it's the Russians and Chinese that mine it, so that don't really have a reason to invade at this point.