SPENGLER: A Sino-Russian “Greater Asia” from Shanghai to Lisbon. President Trump won’t meet Russian strongman Vladimir Putin at the Buenos Aires Group of 20 summit, but he will meet (and probably announce some kind of trade deal) with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Putin’s senior partner. Russia envisions a “Greater Asia” led by Russia and China, stretching from Shanghai to Lisbon, absorbing a Europe that is “not viable on its own.”

Demographics is destiny, and shrinking Europe’s — especially Russia’s — destiny looks increasingly like a Chinese satrap. Europe’s “elites” seem to think they can import enough Muslims to replace non-breeding Europeans, but dhimmitude is just another form of satrapy.

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