隐忧更重要的原因是俄罗斯远东外贝加尔地区的人口负增长趋势以及对中国实力膨胀的担忧（这一点中国的所有邻国都感受得到 ） 。
The more important reasons for the unease are the negative demographic trends in Russia’s far-eastern Trans-Baikal region, and the fear – shared by all of China’s neighbors – of overweening Chinese power.