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Who the heck is going to be able to stop China?

No-one will be able to cut them off even if they side with Russia openly.

China sells $2.5 TRILLION per year to other countries, half trillion to USA

USA would collapse if China stopped selling here.




The play between the West and China is not so direct it is more played indirectly. So US/EU will not ask/impose China something nor China will support Rusia against US/EU directly. Everything will happen indirectly and none of these two sides will risk the chance of a direct question where the answear could be NO thus making them act directly => collapsing global economy.

So if China wants to support Occident they will do it indirect and the same will go for US/EU: they will not ask China directly to ban Russia but more suggest that China should not be very active to support Russia.


Well put, it's all about making China see how serious the situation is. And this description is closer to how things work in reality.

It's probably not the best way to treat China like Belarus, a middle ground is better for all.




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