Russia’s spy hunters are increasingly worried about China’s espionage, even as the two countries grow closer.

In public, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia says his country’s growing friendship with China is unshakable — a strategic military and economic collaboration that has entered a golden era.

But in the corridors of Lubyanka, the headquarters of Russia’s domestic security agency, known as the F.S.B., a secretive intelligence unit refers to the Chinese as “the enemy.”

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    • @Gsus4@mander.xyzEnglish
      3•2 days ago

      In China, especially after the rise of Chinese nationalism in the 1920s,[citation needed] the treaty has been denounced as an unequal treaty.[7]

      In September 2024, the President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Lai Ching-te claimed that if China’s claims on Taiwan are about territorial integrity then it should also take back land from Russia signed over by the last Chinese dynasty in the 19th century, mentioning the treaty.[8]

      Eheh