[fortes fortuna juvat]

if it is intent, why not give the info directly to moscow?
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Because such an aggressive “in your face” provocation would have generated a firestorm of international criticism and condemnation.

[SteveH]

> Because such an aggressive “in your face” provocation would have generated a firestorm of international criticism and condemnation.

ok, through a reliably neutral country then. trusting mainland china for anything much less strategic diplomacy signaling strains credibility imho.