” and a quiet united front against China.”....don’t you think Russia favors China before us?....
We really annoy the Russians with our constant persecution based on their actions in Georgia, Ukraine etc. Actions that have been more restrained than what we would do in our hemisphere IMO.
But, I think most Russian leadership privately considers China to be real threat, based on their population, modernizing and huge military, and rather bellicose attitude. The public stance is conciliatory but they are worried.