From the East and South China Seas to Taiwan, the fate of which controls Asia's commons and waterways and straits, both nations seem set to face off over who will not only dominate Asia, but the much larger Indo-Pacific region.
First, there is China's massive one belt, one road initiative that will help interconnect large sections of the old Soviet Union's Central Asian assets into China's orbit.
Combined with massive energy deals between these former Soviet republics and Beijing and greater economic advantages in working with China than Russia, Moscow must be concerned that parts of what it likes to call its "Near abroad" could slide firmly into Beijing's near control over time.
As China continues to receive some of Russia's most advanced pieces of military equipment, like the S-400 air defense system and Su-35 fighter jet, China will most likely pilfer and reproduce such technology as it has done in the past-only to include it in indigenous weapons systems or sell it for far cheaper prices, competing directly against Russia in the lucrative arms sales market.
Lastly, Russia and China have had a contentious past-and Beijing might someday seek payback for perceived past historical wrongs.
Some Chinese look to parts of Asiatic Russia as part of classic China-and may someday, when much stronger, make claims to this area like Beijing does now to various islands and waterways in the South China Sea.
With China claiming Okinawa, Vladivostok, when Beijing is far more powerful, could be the next outlandish territorial prize.
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-coming-american-russian-alliance-against-china/
First, there is China's massive one belt, one road initiative that will help interconnect large sections of the old Soviet Union's Central Asian assets into China's orbit.
Combined with massive energy deals between these former Soviet republics and Beijing and greater economic advantages in working with China than Russia, Moscow must be concerned that parts of what it likes to call its "Near abroad" could slide firmly into Beijing's near control over time.
As China continues to receive some of Russia's most advanced pieces of military equipment, like the S-400 air defense system and Su-35 fighter jet, China will most likely pilfer and reproduce such technology as it has done in the past-only to include it in indigenous weapons systems or sell it for far cheaper prices, competing directly against Russia in the lucrative arms sales market.
Lastly, Russia and China have had a contentious past-and Beijing might someday seek payback for perceived past historical wrongs.
Some Chinese look to parts of Asiatic Russia as part of classic China-and may someday, when much stronger, make claims to this area like Beijing does now to various islands and waterways in the South China Sea.
With China claiming Okinawa, Vladivostok, when Beijing is far more powerful, could be the next outlandish territorial prize.
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-coming-american-russian-alliance-against-china/
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