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What's in it for China? [1]
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Date: 2023-12-02
This is a simple question. What does China have to gain by supporting its traditional enemy/competitor Russia?
Now, the short-term answer is likely for access to gas/oil. But China is rapidly moving away from fossil fuels. And, sadly fossil fuel is available elsewhere. Further, China’s population is demanding less and less air pollution. (Not that popular demand is a big consideration in China.)
Theoretically, Russia and China are Communist countries, but no one believes that any longer. They are merely dictatorships with a veneer of democracy and communism. Further, dictators are always wary of other dictators. There is little ideology to connect them.
Now, there is little chance Russia will be able to pay its bills.
A more heavily armed Russia could be a threat to China.
A victorious Russia would be even more of a threat to China.
A defeated Russia would provide plenty of opportunities for China.
If anything, the Russia/Ukraine war has united NATO.
If anything, the Russia/Ukraine war has increased the tempo of Western arms research and development.
Thus, overall, this trade will weaken China relative to Russia, and likely to the Western world.
This leaves, really, one possible answer. China’s oligarchs are making money from the war trade. Does anyone know if this is true. Am I missing something?
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