China is Forgetting its History with Russia

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President Donald Trump invited Mr. Putin to Alaska to discuss ending this conflict, but apparently this public attention and request from Mr. Trump wasn’t enough from a seemingly over-confident Mr. Putin. What is ironic is the attention and support Mr. Xi provides to the Russian Federation and its leader, Mr. Putin. Certainly, students and others in China must be aware of China’s contemporary relations with Russia (Soviet Union) and relations dating back to the 19th century. Others have: Britain returned Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories to China in 1997; Portugal returned Macau to China in 1999. Hopefully, textbooks in China accurately document this period and the treatment China received from the Russian Empire.