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| Russia to return Chinese territory siezed during 1929 border skirmish |
| 2008-07-23 |
| Russia will soon return 174 sq km of territory on the northeast border to China, ending more than 40 years of negotiations. Putin making nice? Eh? The area to be returned is half of the Chinese territory the former Soviet Union occupied during a 1929 border skirmish. In Chinese, the area is collectively referred to as the Heixiazi Islands. The two countries will sign an agreement to this effect during Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's two-day visit to Beijing that starts today. What did they stand to gain by this? Russian territory is inviolate... According to the agreement to be signed, Russia will return Yinlong Island (Tarabarov Island) and half of Heixiazi Island (Bolshoi Ussuriysky Island). The islands are at the confluence of the Heilongjiang and the Wusulijiang rivers that serve as the natural border between the two countries. "This will end the boundary demarcation work (between China and Russia), for which the two countries have been negotiating for more than 40 years," the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday. |
| Posted by:gromky |
| #5 Lest we fergit, RUSSIA + IRAN are also pres engaged in ongoing diplo-talks over the establishment of a INTER-NATION TRADE CORRIDOR, which as per OWG FREE TRADE ZONES will prob be linked to to SAKHALIN, etc. + Russia's proposed RUSSO-JAPAN-ALCAN [Arctic?] NORTH PACIFIC CORRIDOR into NORAM. JAPAN per se is starting talks over dev of another super-corridor linking "the DRAGON ISLE" wid SOKOR, and which in LT will prob also link wid the PHILIPPINES, TAIWAN, + SE ASIA. "ALL [OWG?] ROADS LEAD TO ROME" = CORSICANT = USA/USSA-USR, at least for time being. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-07-23 19:20 |
| #4 PUTIN now VLADVEDEV appears to also be trying to get CHINA + JAPAN involved in various joint dev projects as per SAKHALIN ISLAND, which IMO is causing a maritime border ripple/domino effect bwtn JAPAN + SOKOR as per minor islets??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-07-23 19:11 |
| #3 I'm still waiting for the Russians and Japanese to get together and work out the transfer of those islands the Russkies grabbed at the end of WW2. It seems Japanese know-how and need of raw materials would go well with Russia's possession of the islands and raw materials. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-07-23 12:35 |
| #2 I think you're partly correct P2K. China is an economic powerhouse who benefits Putie immensely. They have a whole new round of military technology to sell the Chicoms, who can now easily afford the payments. Putie is willing to give a little to stay in their good graces. They are both growing and puffing their chests together. Back to harmony for the commies. |
| Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2700 2008-07-23 10:49 |
| #1 It's business. Who has power, who can help who. Meanwhile, Puty has no problem threatening and territorially posturing with Poland and the Baltic States. I think the analysis back in the Kremlin is that China is going to be the economic bully boy on the Eurasian continent while Russia stagnates. No need to provide provocation which might end up with the loss of the Siberian resource region. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-07-23 09:34 |