More threatening for Russia is Chinese immigration into Siberia, with illegal Chinese migrants there purportedly numbering in 1995 3 million to 5 million, compared to a Russian population in Eastern Siberia of about 7 million. "The Chinese " Russian Defend Minister Pavel Grachev warned, "are in the process of making a peaceful conquest of Russian Far East." Russia's top immigration official echoed him, saying"We must resist Chinese expansionism."
The Clash of Civilizations. P 243.
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