Resource rich but sparsely populated Siberia is bordered by resource-deficient but teeming and rising China. If the Central Asian republics are cut off from the West, they are liable to turn to China in order to avoid becoming totally dependent on Russia.
西伯利亚资源丰富但是人口稀少，它与资源短缺但是蓬勃发展的中国交界。如果各中亚共和国与西方断绝，那么它们就可能转向中国以避免完全依赖于俄国。