Russian weakness has enabled China to emerge as Eurasia’s dominant power
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In the Russian Far East, Chinese immigrants are starting to arrive in significant numbers worrying locals that they will seek to reoccupy land that they believe traditionally belonged to China. To add to these concerns, in 2023 the Chinese government declared that the names of eight Russian cities in the territory lost to Russia in the Treaty of Peking be changed on Chinese maps back to their original Chinese names, including cities such as Vladivostok and Khabarovsk.
China soon claimed this to be a model of a “new great power relationship”, based on co-operation for the common good of the planet, rather than competition. Together, they increasingly sought to provide leadership to the Global South. In Central Asia, this led to a “division of labour” between Russia providing security and China economic development, especially through the Belt and Road Initiative.
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