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>>anigbr+(OP)
China is gonna keep buying up Russia for pennies on the dollar. I wouldn't be shocked if we start seeing actual territory switch from Russia to China in the next few years.

>>wnevet+G7
Vladivostok was recently required to be called 符拉迪沃斯托克 on Chinese maps. China claiming that territory back one way or another does seem to be likely.

>>bryanl+u8
You're probably thinking of 海参崴.

>>throw-+Na
Thank you, I relied on Wikipedia to be accurate, and it wasn't.

In September China released a new map using the old Chinese name (Sea Cucumber Bay) rather than the transliterated Vladivostok.

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/chinas-standard-map-is-a...