Does Beijing Have Designs on Siberia?

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping before an extended-format meeting of heads of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit (SCO) member states in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on Sept. 16, 2022. Sputnik/Sergey Bobylev/Pool via Reuters

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Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin met virtually on Dec. 30, 2022, touting the usual and expected bilateral economic and political engagement, cooperation, and development between China and Russia.