Agreed. If china needed territory they could ask to buy a few million acres from Putin. There's a huge mass of unoccupied territory to their west.
Invading and conquering America would give them one thing though. Taken intact, it would give them a country with operating industry. That's a gem. Buying chunks of Russia would give them nothing but open land with neither developed resources or people with the know-how to develop them.
China wants America to no longer be a threat to them on the world stage. They don't care how they achieve that goal but they do not want to expend too much Chinese resources to achieve it.
Agreed. If china needed territory they could ask to buy a few million acres from Putin. There's a huge mass of unoccupied territory to their west.
Invading and conquering America would give them one thing though. Taken intact, it would give them a country with operating industry. That's a gem. Buying chunks of Russia would give them nothing but open land with neither developed resources or people with the know-how to develop them.
China wants America to no longer be a threat to them on the world stage. They don't care how they achieve that goal but they do not want to expend too much Chinese resources to achieve it.