Posted on 04/28/2024 10:01:41 AM PDT by Dr. Marten
China is waiting for the Russian Federation to collapse so it can seize a slice of land taken from it by Russia 200 years ago, it has been claimed.
Beijing has been a crucial supporter of Vladimir Putin since he invaded Ukraine and was essentially cut off from the Western world due to sanctions.
But Canadian journalist and author Diane Francis believes that China is also preparing to take back a slice of land in the far east of Russia.
Speaking to Times Radio, she explained how the war in Ukraine may have just Beijing-Moscow relations.
She said: "China was put in a terrible position. They had an Olympics they were proud of in 2022, and Putin went there and got Xi to sign a partnership agreement without telling him that three days later he was going to genocidally invade his neighboring country.
"He never told Xi. This was hugely embarrassing."
Ms Francis believes the Russian Federation will collapse after the war in Ukraine, allowing China to reclaim land previously under its jurisdiction.
She added: "China is very much involved in what happens to Russia after this is over. Many of us speculate that once the centre doesn't hold and they lose the war, whoever replaces Putin is not going to be able to hold on to 11 timezones of nation.
"It is just too big a country. At the far-east edge is Manchuria, which was stolen from China over 100 years ago. They want Manchuria back, and they are going to get it.
"The minute there is weakness, they will move. Not necessarily with troops but they will move politically to seize control of it."
This week, Putin announced plans to visit China in May. His announcement came while US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken was in the country to meet President Xi.
According to a recent U.S. assessment, China has surged sales to Russia of machine tools, microelectronics, and other technology that Moscow in turn is using to produce missiles, tanks, aircraft and other weaponry for use in the conflict.
China has repeatedly said it isn’t providing Russia with arms or military assistance, although it has maintained robust economic connections with Moscow.
Russia invaded Manchuria in 1900 after the after the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895.
I have always believed that China would eventually grab the Eastern part of Russia.
If the world actually is getting warmer, that would be the obvious thing to happen IMO
I don’t think this land grab is going to happen for a while. For now they are allies.
This is false. Xi absolutely knew about the invasion of Ukraine. He was just promised it would be very quick.
100 years worth
So stupid. The Russians should be our ally against the real enemy China.
I don’t disagree with the timeline. But China is never an “ally.” China ONLY cares about China. They don’t trust anyone, and I don’t see them keeping any deal for very long.
Diane Francis is a globalist who favours depopulation
Just sayin
Thanks for posting. Dr. Jack Wheeler told me this several months ago. He told me the USSR would collapse a few months before it did.
Can you picture us being an arbiter between the 2 of them thereby avoiding as war?
I can see Trump doing it. We’d benefit.
China is about China snd they take a very long view
I never had any doubt that any apparent cooperation between Russia and China was being done - from China’s point of view - solely for China’s benefit, and that they were playing a double-game with Russia.
It’s also in demographic collapse.
Reminds me of an episode of “The Rifleman’. Lucas McCain was digging his own grave in front of 2 gunman. The told the 2nd guy: “Notice how he’s in charge? He wants this grave deep enough for two.” That’s all it took.
Comparing Russia and China, Russia is far more similar to the USA than China, not saying that we should be close allies with Russia, but we should be enemies either.
All we’ve done is push Russia close to China which is incredibly shortsighted and stupid.
China will get what it wants by installing a puppet government. Like it did here
I was saying that after the collapse of the Soviet Union over 30 years ago.
But the Neocons rubbed Russia's nose in their humiliation. They also sent Harvard "economic advisors" to Russia, to help their oligarchs financially rape the Russian people.
The Neocons thought that America as a unipolar superpower would last throughout the 21st century. That America could "remake the Middle East" and democratize (subdue) the entire world.
Their imperial dreams began with the collapse of the Soviet Union and Gulf War, and pretty much ended with our humiliating withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Now that the Ukraine and NATO has lost the war is lost the leftist neocons are praying for a war between China and Russia. Pretty damn sad.
From China’s perspective, it is a perfect scenario. The longer it lasts, the better for China.
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