I have worked with numerous people of ‘recent’ and ‘more distant’ (30 yrs ago) Chinese descent in Australia, over the years.
In more recent times, can say the ones from Hong Kong have been aggressively buying up property in Australia (last 15 years especially). An initial investment for them to get a foot-hold — these were / are typically cashed up. They make a lot of money in China.
In the 1980s it was the Japanese who were doing pretty much the same in Australia. But compare the population of Japan to China; and many Japs I know in Australia are actually selling their property in Australia and moving back to Japan now.
The more recent Chinese, some of whom enter Australia via NZ, are usually from mainland China, surprising or not, are also cashed up. A few of those clearly state they don’t want to live in China as a ‘life choice’ because in main cities in China there are too many people living in high rise buildings (on top of each other, literally), and no other space to “enjoy life”.
I do believe the Chinese are colonizing and their attempt at colonization is expansionist, yet currently in a more economic sense.
In fact, in Australia, I wouldn’t worry about muslim influence but much more the Chinese influence.
http://uk.businessinsider.com/china-lost-500-billion-in-reserves-in-2015-2016-5
But the strategy to acquire land in Russia is probably not for safe keeping.