It has been almost three years since I posted, “Why Russia Should be Worried, ARCTIC PRC’s 13th Arctic expedition creating concerns for Russia” –The Watch.” Now the we have another clear explanation of why China may attempt to recover territory handed over to Russia under the “unequal treaties” in 1858/1860, “If China recovers Russian Far East coast, it will suddenly outflank island chain,” which appeared in “The Strategist” an on-line magazine of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.

This new post primarily suggests this development would make it more difficult to track Chinese submarines. (China has overtaken Russia and the US to become the largest builder of submarines in the world.) In addition, it provides additional reasons why China would want to do this.