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Certainly a trajectory that looks and feels very likely now. But if China tries to wrap the cord too tight around Russia... tries to salami slice Siberia or so
by elefanten 5y ago
Certainly a trajectory that looks and feels very likely now.
But if China tries to wrap the cord too tight around Russia... tries to salami slice Siberia or something like that... it may find itself the prime target of Russia's ire.
And the ballistic missile flight times between Russia and China are a little bit of a different story than US-Russia.
- morpheos137 5y agoThe only case that China would be interested in Siberia (and it is extremely far fetched) is if Russia became an enemy state that refused to trade with China. Otherwise China can get whatever it wants from Siberia from mutually beneficial trade. I will also note for thousands of years that China except for the brief period when it was a part of the Mongol empire has never expanded beyond its basic territory, i.e. limited by the extent of rice agriculture. These memes (Putin is in it for the money, China covets Siberia) are basically Reddit tier thinking in my opinion. Reality is quite a bit different.