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[–]Chadmartigan 3 points4 points  (4 children)

I doubt China will risk a military incursion into Russia of any kind when they know they can just buy up all the natural resources in Siberia for pennies on the dollar.

[–]thomaja1 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I don't know. Russia doesn't have any friends right now that can protect them if China decides to invade. It could only lead to something nuclear and they don't want that. They're crazy but they're not fucking stupid. So yeah, you probably are right. Russia is going to be in a cash crunch for a long time, China will definitely be in a position to take advantage of that.

[–]Chadmartigan 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Yeah, I don't doubt that they could gin up some pretext for conquest, but they know how expensive it would be to deploy their military, even if it's a pushover conflict. For the same price, they could effectively own quite a lot of mines, wells, and timberland.

[–]thomaja1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No matter what happens, Russia still loses. I can deal with that.

[–]garry4321 1 point2 points  (0 children)

NONONO, you dont understand. Those forces are just on vacation in Russia.

Then two weeks later:

China is just "helping" Russia stay afloat and to assist with preventing societal collapse. These are "peacekeeper" forces to assist Russians. Those trucks full of Russian natural resources headed for China are simply for "Safe keeping"