FlemishDuck
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Unless it’s been stripped of them it’s supposed to have a decent chunk of Natural resource’s.
Nothing that is of special note i presume to the Chinese. The region notably does not have oil or gas afaik and its a relatively low populated area.
China might be more interested in oil and gas that it can simply purchase rather than needing to take it, especially at the moment it should be able to strike bargains. Then again there is a fair distance between the main Russian oil/gas fields and hubs and there isnt sufficient pipeline capacity in place and building up that capacity would take years if not decades and a lot of money.
China might aswell just keep Russia on friendly terms,Russia is becoming increasingly dependent on China as is and that gives China leverage.