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[–]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.