Forbes: China May Seize Russia's Eastern Regions

• 26.10.2022, 7:55

Beijing plans to take advantage of Russia's exhaustion from the war with Ukraine.

The People's Republic of China may take advantage of the fact that Moscow has been weakened by the war with Ukraine and will attempt to seize Russia's eastern territories, Forbes magazine wrote.

Analyzing the political and military situation in China after the CPC congress, the authors concluded that Beijing's ill-concealed contempt for a weakening Moscow is growing day by day.

And since Putin has weakened the defense of the Asian part of Russia by moving troops from there to Ukraine, the territory adjacent to China is in fact open for invasion.

Notably, Forbes analysts consider a Chinese military operation to seize parts of Russia more likely than an attack on Taiwan. The fact that the Celestial Empire and Russia have been quarrelling over their shared border for centuries is cited as the reason for the conflict.

"Expansionist Chinese nationalists, coupled with China's growing and barely concealed contempt for Russian weakness, could instantly undermine the current rapprochement between Russia and China," Forbes wrote.

They add that Russia's military reputation is now badly damaged after the failed "special operation" in Ukraine, and the Russian army is forced to beg for ammunition from Iran. Consequently, if China decides to launch a military campaign, Moscow will have nothing to respond to it.