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Dreams of a 'broken up' Russia might turn into a nightmare for the West – and an opportunity for China

  • Written by Susan Smith-Peter, Professor of Russian history , City University of New York
Dreams of a 'broken up' Russia might turn into a nightmare for the West – and an opportunity for ChinaBreaking up is hard to do.Glasshouse Images/Getty Images

Do names on a map matter? When they are in border territories, the answer is probably “yes.”

Earlier in 2023, China’s Ministry of Natural Resources ordered that new maps must use the former Chinese names of its lost territories in what is now Russia’s Far East....

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