Yes, that exercise is far away from the Ukrainian theatre.
China won’t risk its troops to fight on the losing side.
Who said anything about troops? They’ll use Russians the way we use Ukrainians, as cannon fodder. I’m saying Xi can mass produce the cannons and tanks and Putin has an unlimited supply of Chinese petrorubles. Guess who’s going to match whatever Chinese arms are introduced in the Eastern European quagmire? That’s right buddy, that guy in the mirror.