Why Russia's Biggest Threat is Actually China

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I always saw the Russian-Chinese "alliance" as the definition of "there are no allies, only common interests".

sergioacevedo

I am Mongolian, the friendship between Russia and China is beneficial for us, but it also brings danger.

mgllegendgamer

Since Russia invaded Ukraine I've always thought it was a great opportunity for China to overtake valuable lands to their north.

justbe

In 1979 I was on an official UK government mission to China. Our hosts kept going on about reclaiming Siberia north of the Amur River. It wasn’t about a few islands in the river, but about Czarist Russia seizing eastern Siberia from China. Yes, there is a geopolitical deep tension between China and Russia.

stanyeaman

I got a sudden chill when you started talking about water scarcity and how conflicts may arise from it. The saying that my parents used to say that "one day, there will be a war for water" is beginning to come into fruition.

lavishkumar

Just a small correction, the territory ceded by China to Russia in 1858 was Manchuria in its entirety not just Outer Manchuria. Inner Manchuria was eventually returned to China while Outer Manchuria remained in Russian hands and is where the port city of Vladivostok is located. You can see this discrepancy in your own maps, with your statement on supposed 'outer Manchuria' encompassing the border with North Korea while in the next map which still talks about outer Manchuria that territory suddenly shrunk(inner Manchuria back to Chinese hands as it currently is).

Owlrider

"No nation has friends, only interests." - French President Charles de Gaulle

chaosXPRT

Wait till the chinese decide they should not have to pay for that oil.

tomwoehle

You know what’s interesting?

My grandmothers husband (complicated relationship, look below) who is Latvian and was conscripted into the Russian army during our subjugation by the USSR, traveled quite far and wide. Learned quite a lot about Russia itself, all thanks to his conscription.

Few years back we were chatting, on the topicsof world relations and geopolitics. The only thing I remember from that discussion was his dead look in my eye and saying “Russia is scared of China”. Apparently back in his day Russia genuinely knew it was the second rate power. And honestly? Kinda looks the same right now.

Zman

It would have been great if you talked about the impact of having Mongolia right between China and Russia in this.

benurm

"The Earth was small, light blue, and so touchingly alone, our home that must be defended like a holy relic. The Earth was absolutely round. I believe I never knew what the word round meant until I saw Earth from space."
- Aleksei Leonov, Russian Cosmonaut

Dr.Yalex.

rotating the map to where the top is west and north makes it confusing

countyingula

I love your style of explaining current world affairs through geography. It makes it simple to understand and leaves all the political bias at the door.

krucible

China invading Outer Manchuria while Russia is weak would be insane, and the crazy thing is that I think they could easily get away with it. It's not like Russia has a long list of allies ready to jump to their aid right now.

fishie

It's interesting seeing you flip the map so that it's useful from a russian or chinese perspective rather than the age old global perspective that we've seen forever.

kraken

Why is the video rotating so much? It makes the maps very hard to follow.

alkimite

I would find it useful if you added a north arrow when you rotate the map. It gets really confusing seeing continents and small countries upside down when I take my off the screen for a second then try to reorient myself viewing these maps.

markmartin

As a history teacher, I have to say I’m very impressed by this rather historically accurate educational video. 👍

BennyChang-he

Literally applying the concept of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" until they no longer have a common enemy

nmf

What is with the rotation of the maps? Drives me crazy trying figure out N/S and E/W

fweddah

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