You either don't understand the extent of the invasion, or you're faking it. I live in Ulan-Ude, where almost a third of all construction projects are carried out by Chinese firms under the guise of Russian LLCs. I think Blagoveshchensk is much more invaded. They also seized part of the shore of Lake Baikal through russian entities and front men. I'm not even talking about mining, gold, jade, Bitcoin mining, and so on. Their interests are everywhere. It's not a particularly covert invasion.

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It's called investment. We live under capitalism. India has serious interests in our region too. I think in ten years you can talk about the Indian "invasion" of Sakhalin.

Never saw a one Indian here. At first you say that there are no significant amount of chinese business (and chinese people) at far east of Russia, only small businesses, and now you are talking about ordinary investments. Okay.

Yes, investments can and should be higher. Trade turnover between Russia and China is extremely small, if we exclude oil/gas

China is capable of investing more, but for a number of reasons it does not do so. What you have seen in the Russian Far East is only a small part of Chinese capabilities. Go to China itself and compare.

So of course what is now "little Chinese business" and certainly no "invasion". The usual cross-border partnership.

This in no way contradicts my words that they take only what is needed. And they take it peacefully. Far East, Siberia, whatever. Very unlikely for them it is small investments, but for Russia it's not small at all. I don’t understand what their entire capabilities have to do with it. I think they also buy everything they are given in the America/Europe/Asia/Africa/Australia/etc despite the opposition.

Business. Where and who does otherwise? Russia? Well, we see what Russia's work on the territory of neighboring states leads to.

When it comes to business and economic invasions, China clearly does things differently.