evidence: Compared with last year’s joint statement, Russia replaced the country’s recognition that Taiwan is an inalienable part of "China’s territory" with that of Taiwan is an inalienable part of the "People’s Republic of China". [...] Meanwhile, China and Russia have also agreed to jointly develop the Bolshoi Ussuriysky Island or Heixiazi Island, which sits at the confluence of two border rivers — the Ussuri and Amur — and ownership is legally shared between Russia and China. It is expected that China and Russia will build a port here to facilitate Sino-Russian trade and benefit the economic development of northeastern China.