From Asia Times (link):
The Chinese are coming! They are invading the Far East! If headlines in the new and free – but often sensational and irresponsible – Russian press are to be believed, a massive influx of Chinese into Siberia and the Russian Far East is turning the area “yellow” and Russia is about to lose its easternmost provinces.
But in cities such as Vladivostok, Khabarovsk and Blagoveshchensk the Chinese are not very much in evidence. They are there, but seldom seen outside their hotels and restaurants – and the region’s ubiquitous casinos and Chinese markets. It is true, however, that Chinese merchants now dominate the region’s trade and commerce. Economically, the Russian Far East is becoming separated from European Russia.
