Russia will transfer a river to China for access to the Sea of Japan.

Russia and China are preparing to begin negotiations on the free passage of Chinese ships along the border river Tumen flowing into the Sea of Japan, Nikkei Asia reports.

The river, which flows along the border of the PRC and North Korea, and then along the border of Putinistan and the DPRK, is located on lands that belonged to China until the middle of the XIX century. Now Chinese ships can move along the river only to the village of Fangchuan and do not have access to the lower reaches - a 15-kilometer section that allows you to go to sea.

The Chinese authorities have been seeking permission from Moscow for the passage of ships on the river for years, but met resistance. Now that China has become russia's "largest trading partner", and the Kremlin's dependence on oil supplies to China and technology purchases has become critical, the issue has been moved forward.

China claims the Senkaku Islands, and its ships can gain access to disputed territories, which means that the Japanese coast guard will have to increase forces in the region, Masuo points out.

In the mid-2000s, Putin had already agreed to transfer to China the islands of Tarabarov, Vinogradov, Koreysky, Romashkin and part of the island of Bolshoy Ussuriysky on the Amur River. In August 2023, the Chinese state-owned "Standard Map Service" presented a set of geographical maps for 2023, in which the entire Big Ussuri Island was attributed to the territory of the PRC, that is, for the first time, part of the territory of russia was indicated as part of China.

The explanatory note to the map said that it was "compiled in accordance with the national standards for the design of the borders of China and other countries of the world."

In addition to the Big Ussuri Island, China marked the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh and the border region of Aksai chin as its territory on the maps.

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