

On Thursday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova dismissed any suggestion of reopening the territorial dispute, which she said had been settled by bilateral agreements more than 15 years ago.
Strange… I thought Ukraine had similar deals… I wonder what happened to those agreements…?
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said publishing the map was “a routine practice in China’s exercise of sovereignty in accordance with the law.” Wang added: “We hope relevant sides can stay objective and calm, and refrain from overinterpreting the issue.”
I think the problem is the map is that you can’t over interpret a map. It’s pretty basic and quite clear.
What people might not get is this is pretty common for the people of China to haggle for everything. They usually will try to start from a position of power and negotiate down.
They might not understand that they are negotiating with people’s lives though, and people might not appreciate the nuance.
Biggest problems I see here.
So it’s not even a choice for these people.
And they are being paid in a worthless currency that can only be used in Russia.
Most of them will not make a salary as they will be dead before they collect their first paycheck. Not speculation, Russia is known to use tactics where they fling human meat at gunner emplacements until they run out of ammo. Then finish off the gun emplacements with advance troops.