https://lansinginstitute.org/2024/02/16/chinas-global-triump...
China has reverted to using Chinese place names for cities and regions in the Far East. e.g. "Vladivostok" is now officially "Haishenwai":
https://cepa.org/article/goodbye-vladivostok-hello-haishenwa...
https://asiatimes.com/2023/03/china-eyes-russias-far-east-re...
Russia is in demographic decline. China simply has more people to throw at the problem, even amid it's own demographic decline:
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/russia-tomorr...
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-population-drop-2046-worst-c...
Killing off even more Russians in a pointless war of choice in Ukraine isn't helping matters.