After framing the issue and noting the disproportion in its importance for the two countries, we lo- cate Chinese migration to the Russian Far East in the broader context of Chinese internal and international migration. [...] Some estimates put the number of legal and illegal migrants at 10 to 12 million before the onset of the global economic crisis in 2008, placing Russia second only to the United States in the number of migrants received. [...] Concerns about Safety in Russia If they get past predatory Russian border enforcement personnel, Chinese migrants still have to worry about the skinhead movement and a rise in the prominence of nationalist groups in Russia.47 Chinese media have re- ported murders of Chinese workers in Russia, including the homicides of six Chinese businessmen in the city of Chita in 2006. [...] The shift in the configuration of the age pyramid as the full impact of the one-child policy is felt means that the burden on China’s working-age population will, by the 2030s, become the most daunting in the world. [...] Sapozhnikova reported that the Russians who were moving to take advantage of economic op- portunities were among the “most talented and entrepreneurial.” It is not unreasonable to think that the number of Russians living in China could eventually exceed the number of Chinese residing in Russia.57 WHAT COULD CHANGE THE PICTURE? Many of the opportunities for substantial and mutually beneficial Chine.
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