China Just Turned Putin Into Their Pawn. 168 Years Old Revenge Plan Finally Paid Off - The Russian Dude

What happens when a leader mistakes resentment for strategy and history for something that can be ignored? This video breaks down how Vladimir Putin’s “strategic partnership” with China turned into one of the biggest geopolitical miscalculations of the 21st century. Convinced he was building a counterweight to the West, Putin fed Beijing cheap energy, raw materials, military know-how, and diplomatic cover — all while isolating Russia, hollowing out its economy, and bleeding it dry in Ukraine. What looked like an equal alliance was, in reality, a one-sided dependency that handed Xi Jinping time, leverage, and patience.

China has never forgotten the humiliations of the 19th century, especially the 1858 Treaty of Aigun that stripped it of vast territories, including access to the Sea of Japan and the future site of Vladivostok. For Beijing, history didn’t end — it paused. While Russia improvised year to year, China planned in centuries. As Russia descended into sanctions, manpower losses, and economic decline after invading Ukraine, China quietly positioned itself as the dominant partner, dictating energy prices, expanding influence in the Russian Far East, and turning Moscow into a captive supplier.

This analysis explains why the Ukraine war marked the moment Russia lost its bargaining power, how China benefits from Russia’s isolation without firing a single shot, and why Beijing doesn’t need open confrontation to win. Through economic gravity, demographic pressure, infrastructure, and “historical reinterpretation,” China is playing a long game of influence before ownership and dependency before borders. In the end, Putin didn’t build a multipolar world — he built a ladder for China to climb, using Russia as the bottom rung. As China rises and Russia weakens, the question is no longer if Putin becomes disposable, but how quietly Beijing moves on when the pawn reaches the end of the board.