Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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When we think of China expanding its territory, Taiwan usually comes to mind. But there’s another region China once controlled - and lost - that almost nobody talks about. Outer Manchuria, including the strategic Pacific port of Vladivostok, was taken from Qing China by Tsarist Russia in the 19th century. Today, with Russia weakened by sanctions and the war in Ukraine, China’s growing influence in the Russian Far East is raising quiet but serious questions.

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 China's target: NOT Taiwan?
02:32 What is (Outer) Manchuria?
03:06 How it became part of China
04:23 The arrival of the Russians
05:16 Border Treaty of 1689
05:49 Russian 19th century conquest
07:30 Russian control & Chinese disputes
08:38 Why China wants it today
11:22 Opportunity

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