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green_flash t1_j28pofv wrote

China doesn't enter military alliances. They cooperate only if there is a concrete benefit for them.

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alphagusta t1_j28u9n4 wrote

The only effect that this war has is the closing of one of China's widest doorways into the European Market

Thats a big no no

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TheKappaOverlord t1_j293kld wrote

With their economy circling the toilet, and a looming covid catastrophe thats already here it wouldn't surprise me if China publicly says "piss off" but we discover Chinese weapons in the hands of russian soldiers not but 2 weeks after the visit.

Like with China building an entire naval armada in months during the beginning of the housing bubble bursting as a way to lessen the effects of looming economic problems by having x industry fire off on all cylinders.

They won't enter an alliance like say "we will physically aid you if things get serious" they might enter an alliance such as "we won't wink wink help you during this war, but we will shake hands and continue to supply you with things for future wars"

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tehcraz t1_j296wj6 wrote

Russia is needing hardware. China will gouge them on pricing but will actually sell sone. That's the relationship.

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Denworath t1_j29i2qb wrote

I think if Xina wanted to sell russia weapons they would have already. They arent doing too well economically right now and its super risky for them to aid Russia in any meaningful way. Basically its not worth it to mess with the status quo.

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TomTorquemada t1_j2bwgeb wrote

Why would China sell weapons to Russia?

China: "Send the rest of your soldiers and weapons to the front with Ukraine."

Russia: "You're asking us to leave virtually all of our country without defense, while your army sits on our borders?"

China: No, no, our army will take your positions and defend your territory as if it were our own."

Russia: "You would do that for us, without charge?"

China: No, no. Right at the beginning, our army shouts 'Charge!'.

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Kopextacy t1_j2am417 wrote

Yea, and Putin seems like far too much a liability to China with all the poor decisions made under his “leadership”.

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CumtissueSevant t1_j2cg932 wrote

Yet, China is always looking toward the future - 20 or 30 years down the line, way after Putin. That is the wild card here, what does a post Putin look like for Russia and is it a good bet for China (answer is probably yea imo).

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KomradeCarma t1_j2cpghp wrote

Russia and its sphere of influence already act as western buffer states so maintaining good relations is a no-brainer. Why else maintain good relations with North Korea?

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