It's already started. China sees Russia's annexation of Outer Manchuria as a great historical wrong: https://lansinginstitute.org/2024/02/16/chinas-global-triu

It's already started. China sees Russia's annexation of Outer Manchuria as a great historical wrong: https://lansinginstitute.org/2024/02/16/chinas-global-triumph-impossible-without-some-parts-of-the-far-east-back/ https://lansinginstitute.org/2024/02/16/chinas-global-triump... China has reverted to using Chinese place names for cities and regions in the Far East. e.g. "Vladivostok" is now officially "Haishenwai": https://cepa.org/article/goodbye-vladivostok-hello-haishenwai/ https://cepa.org/article/goodbye-vladivostok-hello-haishenwa... https://asiatimes.com/2023/03/china-eyes-russias-far-east-resources-patriots-want-more/ https://asiatimes.com/2023/03/china-eyes-russias-far-east-re... Russia is in demographic decline. China simply has more people to throw at the problem, even amid it's own demographic decline: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/russia-tomorrow/a-russia-without-russians-putins-disastrous-demographics/ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/russia-tomorr... https://www.newsweek.com/russia-population-drop-2046-worst-case-scenario-1859384 https://www.newsweek.com/russia-population-drop-2046-worst-c... Killing off even more Russians in a pointless war of choice in Ukraine isn't helping matters.