Why Beijing and Washington are Moving to the Russian Far East

... forthcoming decades, which highlights the imminent necessity for conducting a more assertive policy towards China (p.245). As mentioned before, China is striving to secure its continental borders (the continental part of South Asia, Central Asia, the Russian Far East). The USA is unequivocally interested in ebbing Chinese influence in the region which may be fraught with Beijing’s expansion and a new, more confident style of dialogue with Washington. Weight to the RFE is also being lent by its geographical proximity to ...