China is Russia's best hope to blunt sanctions, but wary

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

BEIJING (AP) — China is the only friend that might help Russia blunt the impact of economic sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine, but President Xi Jinping’s government is giving no sign it might be willing to risk its own access to U.S. and European markets by doing too much.

Even if Beijing wanted to, its ability to support President Vladimir Putin by importing more Russian gas and other goods is limited.

Relations with Moscow have warmed since Xi took power in 2012, motivated by shared resentment of Washington, but their interests can conflict. While their militaries hold joint exercises, Putin is uneasy about the growing Chinese economic presence in Central Asia and Russia’s Far East.

“China-Russia relations are at the highest level in history, but the two countries are not an alliance,” said Li Xin, an international relations expert at the Shanghai University of Political Science and Law.

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-business-china-beijing-0cddcb31f04748a3de8f36b5cd1ac7df

Pooty's like Trump. If you loan him money you may not get it back.

[Irish_Dem]

1. Wow, China is walking back their alliance.

China and Russia may have miscalculated when making their superpower plans.

[mitch96]

4. I think China will gladly buy putins oil and gas and sell them technology that they stole from

the world for a pretty penny. Maybe a place to park his billions for a while?
That's about it in my opinion.
I also think China is looking at this attempted takeover to factor in how they are gonna take Taiwan. YMMV

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[Irish_Dem]

5. Yes of course on all your points.

Yes China will bail out Putin from sanctions.

Absolutely, the Chinese are taking copious notes as they watch Putin's invasion roll out. In fact I think they had Putin go first for this very reason. They wanted to shock and awe the world, but instead the world is angry.

The Chinese will have to put Taiwan on hold for a bit.

[Sneederbunk]

2. China busy working on Taiwan invasion plans.

[Gore1FL]

3. Even if they gave 100% cooperation, there isn't the infrastructure to handle the supply chain.

Russia can't rely on the majority of their goods coming from their east.