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Originally Posted by August
Very interesting take on the situation by a friend of mine:
Hard to argue with all this but I am sure someone here will!  |
I don’t think there was a Chinese foreign policy catastrophe. I think China is content to watch Russia weaken or die off, as it would open many opportunities to exploit nearby resources, reclaim lands taken by Russia in the late 1800’s, and offer a huge amount of leverage to set terms with what’s left of Russia in East Asia.